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Online Map Shows TSE Network

The Texas Transportation Institute has put an interactive map online showing where truck stop electrification units are located nationwide.

June 25, 2007

So. Calif. Emissions Rules Could Boost New Truck Sales

A push for lower emissions from heavy-duty trucks, coupled with grants from state and localities in order to meet Southern California’s air-quality standards, are prompting interest in and sales of new trucks in the region, the Long Beach Press-Telegram reported Monday.

June 25, 2007

Existing °®¶¹´«Ã½ Sales Drop 0.3%

Existing homes sales fell in May to the lowest level in four years, while the median home price dropped for a record 10th consecutive month, the Associated Press reported.

June 25, 2007

Soot-Filter Makers Say Units Will Be Ready for Reefers Ahead of Calif. Retrofit Deadline

By Andrea Fischer, Staff Reporter
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June 26, 2007

Ala. Court Overturns Truck Tax Assessed for In-State Use

An Alabama appeals court ruled Friday that a trucking company with headquarters in the state should not have been required to pay more than $900,000 in state use tax for trucks that were originally delivered to a terminal in Ohio, a state appeals court ruled Friday, the Associated Press reported.

June 25, 2007

Hino to Build Medium-Duty Truck Plant in W.Va.

Japan's Hino Motors said it will spend $8.6 million to open a medium-duty truck assembly plant in West Virginia, which is scheduled to open in November.

June 25, 2007

Diesel Gains 3¢ to $2.835; Gas Dips 2.7¢ to $2.982

The average retail price of U.S. diesel fuel rose 3 cents $2.835 a gallon, the Department of Energy said Monday following its weekly price survey.

June 26, 2007

FedEx Drivers in Mass. Gain Union Certification

FedEx Corp. drivers in Massachusetts received certification as members of the Teamsters union, the first unit in the company’s home-delivery network to get that recognition, Bloomberg reported.

June 22, 2007

Senate Passes Energy Bill

The Senate passed a comprehensive energy bill late Thursday that raises average auto fuel efficiency standards, but the measure did not include a tax on oil companies that would have boosted alternative fuel development, Agence France-Press reported.

June 22, 2007