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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.

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EV Startup REE Plans Merger With 10X Capital SPAC

REE Automotive, an electric-vehicle technology startup, has agreed to go public through a merger with 10X Capital Venture Acquisition Corp., a blank-check company, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

February 3, 2021
GovernmentBusinessFuel

Oil Jumps to One-Year High on Depleting Supplies

Oil climbed to the highest level in over a year as tightening global supplies and signs of strength in physical markets aided crude’s virus-recovery rally.

February 2, 2021
BusinessFuel

Volvo Group, Natso Add Plans for Greater Electric Deployments

Truck maker Volvo Group and the travel plaza trade group Natso separately announced additional steps to ensure they assist in the infrastructure development and broader deployment of electric trucks.

February 2, 2021
GovernmentFuel

Diesel Increases 2.2¢ to $2.738 a Gallon

The nationwide average price of diesel fuel rose 2.2 cents to $2.738 a gallon, according to Energy Information Administration data released Feb. 1.

February 1, 2021
BusinessFuel

Coal to Exit US Power System by 2033, Morgan Stanley Says

Coal is on track to disappear from the U.S. power grid by 2033 as the push for a carbon-free electricity system gains strength, according to Morgan Stanley.

February 1, 2021
BusinessTechnologyFuel

Battery Maker Microvast Agrees to Merger With Tuscan SPAC

Battery maker Microvast Inc. will go public via a merger with blank-check company Tuscan Holdings Corp. in a deal that values the combined company at $3 billion.

February 1, 2021
GovernmentBusinessFuel

Biden Revokes Oil Drilling Permits for Additional Review

The Biden administration is revoking dozens of invalid drilling permits issued by agency workers without the approval of political appointees, despite a temporary order for such reviews.

January 29, 2021
BusinessTechnologyFuel

GM Sets Goal of Going Largely Electric by 2035

General Motors Co. has set a goal of making the vast majority of the vehicles it produces electric by 2035, and the entire company carbon neutral, including operations, five years after that.

January 28, 2021
BusinessFuel

Pilot Co. Unit to Buy Ethanol Plant With Sights on Recovery

A unit of truck stop chain Pilot Co., which is partly owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., is buying an ethanol plant just as the beleaguered industry may be turning around.

January 28, 2021