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Transport Topics fuel coverage looks closely at what powers trucks. From the latest on battery, diesel and alternative fuel technology to the costs and prices associated with each, this news category covers today’s fuel ecosystem extensively. Topics include green house gas regulation, fuel prices, equipment costs, fuel infrastructure, surcharge and more.

Government, Business, Technology, Fuel, Logistics

Advocates of Hydrogen Fuel Are Primed for Global Markets

The CEO of Nel ASA, a Norwegian company founded in 1927 and the largest manufacturer of electrolyzer technology that produces hydrogen from water, said Nel is ready to “cut and paste” its manufacturing approach in locations around the world as interest in the alternative fuel climbs.

June 23, 2020
Government, Business, Fuel

Diesel Rises 2.2¢ to $2.425 as Demand Begins to Increase

The national average retail price of diesel rose for the third consecutive week, 2.2 cents to $2.425 a gallon, according to data the Energy Information Administration released June 22.

June 22, 2020
Business, Fuel

Oil Hovers Near $40 With Investors Weighing Virus Against Demand

Oil hovered near $40 a barrel in New York as investors weighed a resurgence in the coronavirus against signs of rebounding demand.

June 22, 2020
Government, Business, Fuel

US Slaps Sanctions on Mexican Companies Helping Venezuelan Oil

The U.S. Treasury Department levied sanctions on Mexican trading company Libre Abordo SA de CV for buying Venezuelan oil via oil-for-humanitarian-aid agreements with the embattled country.

June 19, 2020
Government, Business, Technology, Fuel

House Policymakers Consider Multiyear Highway Bill

The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee in the U.S. House continued to debate a five-year, $494 billion highway policy bill on June 18, a day after kicking off the measure’s consideration.

June 18, 2020
Business, Technology, Fuel, TCA

Volkswagen, Battery Firm Eye Pilot Plant for Electric SUV Production

Volkswagen has boosted its stake by $200 million in a San Jose, Calif., company that targets solid state battery technology, and the two partners are looking at setting up a pilot plant.

June 17, 2020
Business, Technology, Equipment, Fuel, Autonomous

Nikola Sets Truck Production Schedule, Envisions Autonomous Model

Zero-emission truck maker Nikola Corp., which recently jumped to a publicly traded company from its startup perch, has begun building prototypes of its heavy-duty battery-electric model in Germany and is set for groundbreaking on a plant in the United States this summer.

June 17, 2020
Government, Business, Fuel

OPEC Quota-Busters Start to Toe Line in June

Three OPEC members identified by their peers as failing to bring production down to target levels in May appear to have begun improving their compliance in June, if lower exports are any indication. But for the biggest overproducer, Iraq, that first step is a small one.

June 16, 2020
Government, Business, Fuel

Average Price of Diesel Inches Upward by 0.7¢ to $2.403

The national average price of diesel has increased seven-tenths of a cent to $2.403, according to the Energy Information Administration.

June 15, 2020
Business, Technology, Equipment, Fuel

Is Tesla Bigger Than Toyota? It’s Complicated

Many investors, including those using financial data terminals such as Bloomberg’s, were seeing something very different — that Tesla still had to gain more than $25 billion in market value to surpass Toyota.

June 15, 2020