The U.S. average retail price of diesel dropped 3.5 cents to $2.489 a gallon, while the stubborn glut of crude caused oil prices to tumble to about $43 a barrel — a range last seen in early August — and into a bear market, experts said.
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Cummins to Offer Option of Electric Engines by 2019
Cummins Inc. will have a fully electrified powertrain system available for commercial customers by 2019 and a range-extended electric truck ready in 2020, and is developing its next-generation heavy-duty diesel engine, the Columbus, Ind.-based company said.
June 26, 2017Pepsi Heads Seven Fleets Competing in Run on Less Event
Seven fleets are participating in national Run On Less event hosted by the North American Council for Freight Efficiency and Carbon War Room, led by PepsiCo Inc., which ranks No. 1 on the Transport Topics Top 100 rankings of private carriers in North America.
June 21, 2017US Xpress to Make SmartTruck Feature Standard on 2017 Trailer Builds
SmartTruck announced truckload carrier U.S. Xpress will include its fuel-saving TopKit Aero System on all its trailer builds in 2017.
June 20, 2017Oil Extends Decline as US Crude, Gasoline Stockpiles Rise
Oil tumbled to the lowest intraday level in four weeks June 7, as U.S. industry data showed an unexpected increase in crude inventories. Gasoline stockpiles also rose.
June 7, 2017Editorial: A Start to Budgeting, Not the End
The infrastructure section of President Donald Trump’s budget proposal is highly problematic in that it probably would lead to a sharp increase in tolled highways and bridges, but for now, we are hopeful that this is just an opening-round statement and not the final word on spending and taxes for fiscal 2018.
May 29, 2017Diesel Price Falls 0.5¢ to $2.539 a Gallon
The U.S. average retail price of diesel dropped 0.5 cent to $2.539 a gallon, the Department of Energy said May 22.
May 22, 2017Editorial: The Cost of Waiting Is Going Up
Traffic congestion is getting worse, and so is the logjam on Capitol Hill as the Trump administration and congressional leaders struggle to come up with a viable program to fund the nation’s infrastructure.
May 22, 2017New DTNA Chief Roger Nielsen Says GHG Rule Will Stick
MADRAS, Ore. — Fleet owners should not expect the truck and engine sections of the federal Phase 2 rule on greenhouse gas emissions to change before implementation starts in 2021, said Roger Nielsen, the CEO of Daimler Trucks North America.
May 19, 2017Uber Ordered to Return Stolen Waymo Files
SAN FRANCISCO — Uber Technologies Inc. must promptly return stolen confidential files to Alphabet Inc.'s Waymo self-driving car unit, a federal judge ruled May 15, while stopping short of shutting down the ride-services company's autonomous car program.
May 16, 2017