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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鈥檚 fuel ecosystem extensively. Topics include green house gas regulation, fuel prices, equipment costs, fuel infrastructure, surcharge and more.

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鈥檚 Berkshire Hathaway Inc., is buying an ethanol plant just as the beleaguered industry may be turning around.

January 28, 2021
GovernmentBusinessSafetyFuel

Biden Directs Agencies to Address Climate Change

New directives approved by President Joe Biden in response to climate change set in motion an extensive environmental agenda throughout federal agencies while rolling back Trump-era guidance on permitting.

January 28, 2021
GovernmentBusinessFuel

Biden Signs Ambitious Climate Change Orders

WASHINGTON 鈥 In the most ambitious U.S. effort to stave off the worst effects of climate change, President Joe Biden issued executive orders Jan. 27 to cut oil, gas and coal emissions and double energy production from offshore wind turbines.

January 27, 2021
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentFuelAutonomous

Nikola Backer Luxor Invests in European Electric Truck Startup

Nikola Corp. backer Luxor Capital Group LP is investing in European electric truck startup Volta Trucks AB to help the company scale its manufacturing and expand into North America and Asia.

January 27, 2021
BusinessTechnologyFuelBreaking NewsTop 100

Navistar, GM Cooperate on Fuel Cell System for Class 8 in 2024

Navistar Inc. announced it intends to produce a zero-emission longhaul truck using fuel cell systems supplied by General Motors and will have an International RH Series FCEV model commercially available in 2024.

January 27, 2021
GovernmentBusinessFuel

Biden to Require Electric Trucks at USPS, Federal Agencies

President Joe Biden is preparing an executive order to marshal the federal government鈥檚 purchasing power by requiring that federal agencies 鈥 including the U.S. Postal Service 鈥 buy clean vehicles and renewable power, according to three people familiar with the matter, though the timing of the announcement isn鈥檛 clear.

January 26, 2021
BusinessTechnologyFuelAutonomousTop 100

U.S. Xpress Latest to Invest in TuSimple

U.S. Xpress Enterprises Inc. announced it made a 鈥渟ignificant鈥 investment in autonomous trucking company TuSimple and that CEO Eric Fuller was named to TuSimple鈥檚 executive advisory board.

January 26, 2021
GovernmentBusinessFuel

Biden to Pause Oil Drilling on Public Lands

WASHINGTON 鈥 President Joe Biden is set to announce a wide-ranging moratorium on new oil and gas leasing on U.S. lands, as his administration moves quickly to reverse Trump administration policies on energy and the environment and address climate change.

January 26, 2021

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