EPA proposes onboard diagnostics for heavy trucks

WASHINGTON -- For the first time, the Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to require the emissions control systems of large diesel and gasoline highway trucks and buses to be monitored similarly to passenger cars.

Biodiesel standard tests begin in the West

CALGARY -- A two-phase biodiesel project in anticipation of a federal renewable fuels strategy is set to kick-off in Alberta.

Oil companies sued over “hot fuel” allegations

WASHINGTON -- U.S. truck drivers and motorists in seven states filed a class action lawsuit against 17 oil companies and fuel retailers for overcharging at the pump for fuel heated above the industry standard.

Tankless Job: The costs of new fuel hauling

TORONTO -- It's said that every time ULSD changes handlers, another 2 ppm of sulfur is added to the mix. While it's refiners and suppliers that are charged with keeping sulfur levels on spec, petroleum haulers are being counted on to keep the fuel compliant at the tail end of the distribution chain.

Free Flowing: Life after ULSD

TORONTO -- The transition to ULSD went as planned. But the cold could add wrinkles.

Enviro Canada proposes B2 biodiesel target

OTTAWA -- Environment Minister Rona Ambrose has unveiled alternative fuels package that requires two percent biodiesel blends in diesel and heating oil by 2012 and five percent ethanol mixture in gasoline by 2010.

APU PAYBACK

Thermo King introduces web-based TriPac ROI calculator.

ULTRAMAR QUEST 15W-40

New premium heavy-duty diesel engine oil meets '07 CJ-4 criteria.

Biodiesel for the birds

ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- The rising cost of soybean oil is allowing another unique biodiesel cocktail to take flight -- this one made from chicken fat.

Biomethane’s Next? Biowaste could be the hot fuel for ’07

SAN FRANCISCO -- Biomethane, chemically the same as natural gas yet available from most organic waste, is emerging as a viable renewable alternative to fossil fuels, according to experts in the field.

Oil Bets Are Off: High priced diesel here to stay

TORONTO -- Get used to high diesel prices. That, according to Eric Starks, president of FTR Associates, a Nashville-based trucking consultancy. FTR products include the U.S. Freight Mode analysis,

Freightliner prepares for first unveiling of hybrid truck

GAFFNEY, S.C. -- New hybrid powertrain technology developed by Freightliner Custom Chassis, Eaton, and Detroit Diesel will be on public display for the first time at two of the trucking industry's largest shows in early 2007.

COLD WEATHER FUELING

Frigid temperatures, and the effect it has on fuel and how your engine burns it.

Bush calls for increased use of biodiesel, alternative fuels

WASHINGTON - U.S. President George Bush wants to make America less dependent on foreign oil supplies by increasing the use of renewable and alternative fuels.

Gov’t anti-idling rebate program under scrutiny

OTTAWA -- The federal Conservative government says bureaucrats botched the multimillion-dollar FleetSmart program and has ordered a series of audits into the beleaguered initiative.