Diesel’s national average pump price rose for a fourth straight week, gaining 3.6 cents to $2.936 a gallon, while gasoline prices jumped more than 14 cents, the Department of Energy reported March 2.
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Three experts from Transport Enterprise Leasing discuss strategies for buying and selling trucks amid regulatory shifts, trade tensions and economic uncertainty.
Mileage Tax Could Replace Fuel Taxes in Near Future, Lawmakers, Experts Say
WASHINGTON — It’s only a matter of time before fuel taxes will be replaced or supplemented with mileage taxes to pay for the nation’s roads, lawmakers and transportation policy experts said.
March 2, 2015FedEx Partners With Con Edison for Electric Vehicle Research
FedEx Corp. worked with Con Edison in New York City in an experiment to reduce the cost of charging electric vehicles using smart grid technology at its charging stations.
February 24, 2015Mileage Tax Builds Momentum as Alternative to Gas Tax
WASHINGTON — It is only a matter of time before the gas tax will have to be phased out and replaced with a tax on miles traveled to support the nation’s roads, said a room full of transportation policy officials and their congressional allies who met here Feb. 24.
February 24, 2015Shell-Oil Union Talks to Resume This Week Over Strike
Royal Dutch Shell Plc and the United Steelworkers, which represents 30,000 U.S. oil workers, are said to be planning to restart talks this week to resolve a labor dispute as more workers joined in the nation’s biggest refinery strike since 1980.
February 23, 2015Diesel’s National Average Price Rises 3.5¢ to $2.90 a Gallon
Diesel’s national average retail price continued its recent string of increases, gaining 3.5 cents to $2.90 a gallon, the highest level in five weeks, the Department of Energy reported.
February 24, 2015Diesel Gains for 2nd Week
U.S. retail diesel prices rose last week, by 3 cents a gallon, the first back-to-back increase for the fuel average since June.
February 23, 2015Type of Oil Car in West Virginia Fire May Be Rolling for Years
Oil tank cars like those that ruptured in a train derailment in rural West Virginia on Feb. 16, sending a massive fireball into the sky and forcing evacuation of nearby homes, could be rolling through U.S. cities for years to come.
February 19, 2015Oil Train Crash Adds Pressure for New Safety Standards
Video images of a fireball billowing from the wreckage of a derailed train hauling Bakken crude are adding to pressure on federal regulators to act on new safety standards for oil shipments.
February 18, 2015Los Angeles Gasoline Rises to 17-Month High Following Blast
Wholesale gasoline in Los Angeles surged to the highest level in more than a year after an explosion at an Exxon Mobil Corp. oil refinery in Southern California.
February 19, 2015