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Transport Topics fuel coverage looks closely at what powers trucks. From the latest on battery, diesel and alternative fuel technology to the costs and prices associated with each, this news category covers today’s fuel ecosystem extensively. Topics include green house gas regulation, fuel prices, equipment costs, fuel infrastructure, surcharge and more.

BusinessTechnologyFuel

Nel Launches Modular On-Site Hydrogen Generators

Nel Hydrogen Electrolyzer announced it launched the MC250 and MC500 containerized Proton PEM electrolyzers, its modular on-site hydrogen generators.

February 19, 2021
BusinessFuel

Texas Gas Stations Still Dark Following Big Freeze

More than 1,700 gas stations are without electricity Feb. 19 because of the Texas power disaster, threatening to push pump prices even higher with key refineries in the state still shut.

February 19, 2021
BusinessTechnologyFuel

Daimler Posts Income Increase, Revenue Dip in Q4

Daimler AG reported a dip in revenue and a gain in net income in the fourth quarter compared with a net loss a year earlier.

February 18, 2021
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentFuel

DTNA’s Outgoing CEO Roger Nielsen Reflects on Industry’s Transformation

Roger Nielsen’s four years as CEO of Daimler Trucks North America coincided with a time of rapid change in the commercial vehicle industry, highlighted by the introduction of electric-powered trucks and the continued advance of automated driving and connected vehicle technologies.

February 18, 2021
GovernmentBusinessFuel

EPA Steps Up Efforts to Catch Emissions Tampering

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is in its second year of a four-year enforcement effort to catch truckers who are installing emissions defeat devices or otherwise tampering with emissions systems.

February 18, 2021
GovernmentBusinessFuelLogistics

Texas’ Gas-Export Clampdown Shocks Market as Blackouts Continue

Texas is restricting the flow of natural gas across state lines in an extraordinary move that some are calling a violation of the U.S. Constitution’s commerce clause.

February 18, 2021
GovernmentFuel

California Lawmakers Propose Ban on Fracking by 2027

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — New legislation would ban all fracking in California by 2027, taking aim at the powerful oil and gas industry in a state already planning to ban the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035.

February 17, 2021
BusinessFuel

Oil Production Slumps by Record 40% as Permian Freezes

Total U.S. oil production has plunged by close to 40% — the most ever — as an unprecedented cold blast freezes well operations across the central U.S., according to traders and industry executives with direct knowledge of the operations.

February 17, 2021
BusinessTechnologyFuel

Ford to Go All Electric in Europe by 2030

FRANKFURT, Germany — Ford announced a major push into electric vehicles in Europe, vowing to convert its entire passenger car lineup on the continent to electrics by 2030.

February 17, 2021
GovernmentBusinessFuel

Diesel Climbs 7.5¢ to $2.876 a Gallon

Diesel surged 7.5 cents a gallon, boosting the price of trucking's main fuel by 13.8 cents the past two weeks, according to data released by the Energy Information Administration.

February 16, 2021