Technology Briefs - Oct. 21. - Oct. 27

This briefing can be e-mailed to you every week. Just to register.

The Latest Headlines:


Cummins Executive Urges Low-Sulfur Fuel Use

World policymakers should recognize the importance of ultra-low- sulfur diesel fuel in improving air quality, Joe Loughrey, Cummins Inc. president of engine business, said.

The engine-company executive spoke Oct. 17 at the Global Commercial Vehicle Industry Meeting in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. At the meeting leaders from the commercial vehicle industry discussed common issues of the industry, including global harmonization of regulations, diesel fuel quality and exhaust emissions aftertreatment.

“It is no longer acceptable to produce a product with only regional compliance when so much of our customers’ equipment moves across borders,” Loughrey said.



The availability of low-sulfur diesel “is critical to making new emissions technology available,” he said. “This summit … has provided us the opportunity to align our thinking and coalesce our efforts to enable an increasingly significant global economy." Transport Topics


New Jersey Cracks Down on E-ZPass Speeders

State highway officials said they would soon begin cracking down on drivers who speed through E-ZPass tollbooths, the Associated Press reported.

By November, drivers who fail to observe the speed limit at tollbooths on the Garden State Parkway, the New Jersey Turnpike and the Atlantic City Expressway will receive warnings in the mail, AP said.

After two warnings, a third violation would result in a 60-day suspension of the E-ZPass tag, AP said. A fourth violation would result in a 180-day suspension and a fifth would result in a one-year revocation of the account. Transport Topics


Hines Named Pegasus Division President

Pegasus TransTech, which provides truck stop scanning and other business-process improvements, said Oct. 27 it named Chris Hines president of its transportation division.

Most recently, Hines served as an executive at Terion, Inc., Pegasus said. Before that, he served as president of GE Capital’s North American trailer leasing business, TIP, Pegasus said.

The company said it provides carriers with products that streamline billing, collections, payroll, A/P, driver qualifications and other paper-intensive processes. Transport Topics

This story appeared in the Oct. 27 print edition of Transport Topics.

Previous Technology Briefs