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The California Air Resources Board approved up to $40 million to promote the purchase of next-generation clean cars and trucks in the third year of its Air Quality Improvement Program.

The Canadian government formally published a regulation July 20 mandating a 2% biodiesel blend in most provinces.

Hino Trucks USA, Novi, Mich., said on July 12 its cabover trucks in Classes 4-5 and conventional trucks in Classes 6-7 have been approved to use up to B20 biodiesel.

EnviroDock Inc. has completed a truck-stop electrification project at the TR Auto Truck Plaza in Dandridge, Tenn., marking the latest installation of technology designed to reduce idling and enhance driver comfort.

StarTrak Information Technologies LLC said truckload carrier Hirschbach Motor Lines Inc. has begun deploying the supplier’s Sentry communications system on refrigerated trailers.

The ongoing heat wave over much of the country is causing railroad rails and asphalt roads in some Midwestern states to expand and buckle, forcing transportation officials to make repairs and railroads to pay close attention to their tracks’ safety, the Associated Press reported.

Cash fares will rise 10% on the Pennsylvania turnpike in 2012, but tolls will remain the same for E-ZPass users.

YRC Worldwide said it has named transportation industry veteran James Welch its new CEO, effective immediately, following the company’s restructuring.

Truck and auto components maker Eaton Corp. said Monday its second-quarter profit rose 47% as its truck unit’s sales rose to a quarterly record.