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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.

Qualcomm Inc., a maker of trucking communication devices and wireless chips, said fiscal third quarter income rose to $1.03 billion, or 61 cents per share, on revenue of $3.62 billion.

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.

Six of seven publicly traded large truckload carriers delivered strong second-quarter profit increases last week, as capacity constraints helped to boost rates and margins.

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.

WASHINGTON — Leaders of a key U.S. Senate committee said bipartisan support for their two-year transportation reauthorization plan is growing, although they have yet to introduce a bill.

New York City is hoping to ease midtown Manhattan traffic congestion with new technology that will track the flow of vehicles and allow engineers to control traffic lights in real time, the Associated Press reported.

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.