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«We have a long history of testing new technology — including alternative - fuel trucks — and we are excited to be among the first to pilot this new heavy - duty electric vehicle,» a Walmart spokesperson told Fortune in an email.

On Thursday in Salt Lake City, the Nikola Motor Company unveiled the Nikola One, the world's first hydrogen fuel - cell electric freight truck.

The company claims its service conserves one gallon of fuel per idling hour per truck, and with more than one million truckers on the road at any given time, the savings add up — so far, says Wilson, eight million gallons of fuel have been saved, 83,000 metric tons of emissions have been eliminated, and 150,000 road cowboys have plugged in.

Perhaps by skipping the Prairies in initial launches, car manufacturers also realize there is some truth to the stereotype of Albertans as big truck - and SUV - driving types who are not as interested in fuel - efficient vehicles.

Scott urged gas stations in evacuation zones to stay open as long as possible, and said that millions of gallons of fuel have been delivered by tanker trucks to areas with shortages.

In May 2009, U.S. President Barack Obama announced new fuel economy standards intended to compel manufacturers to achieve an average of 35.5 miles per gallon across their car and light truck models by 2016.

As part of its Worn Wear program, Patagonia employs 45 full - time repair technicians in Reno and sends a biodiesel - fueled repair truck around the country.Photograph by Donnie Hedden — Patagonia Archives

MAPUTO (Reuters)- Some 43 people were killed and 110 injured in Mozambique on Thursday as they tried to siphon fuel from an overturned truck which exploded near the border with Malawi, the government said on Thursday.

As the community settled into its new normal, the food truck continued its free service, fueled by more than $ 200,000 in donations.

In a statement, the government said the truck was transporting fuel to Malawi from the port city of Beira when the accident occurred.

«As an entrepreneur, it's inevitable that you'll face adversity,» says Chris Nolte, an Iraq War Veteran who served in the Army as a fuel truck driver from 2000 - 2005.

The CPM Group anticipates palladium demand to reach an all - time high this year, up 3 percent from last year, on tightened emissions standards and the purchase of larger cars and trucks in the U.S. on lower fuel costs.

Using Epcot as a staging area to fill up their fuel before they head out, thousands of power trucks and tree trimming trucks prepared for their journey to restore power to the more than 6 million customer in Florida who lost it after Hurricane Irma.

Trucking Efficiency informed the government's new, more - stringent fuel economy and emissions standards for heavy - duty trucks — estimated to save 1 billion metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions and $ 170 billion in fuel costs.

Earlier this year, researchers at the University of Michigan found that the average fuel economy of new, light vehicles (a designation that includes cars, SUVs, vans and pickup trucks) had reached 25.4 miles per gallon, as compared to 20.8 mpg in 2007.

Add in fuel and other components and another 1,500 pounds (at most) are put on the truck.

Also, many truck enthusiasts will be satisfied simply in receiving the large fuel - economy benefits by replacing their older, less fuel - efficient vehicles

«This survey found strong support for phasing out coal power faster and cleaning up the fuel in our cars and trucks.

And most of the fuel delivered as part of the relief effort was stuck in San Juan because roads weren't passable and truck drivers couldn't get to work.

Calling Wal - Mart «our best $ 35 oil idea» in a mid-December note, Nomura analyst Robert Drbul wrote that low oil and gas prices help Wal - Mart «for two key reasons: 1) we believe lower income demographic consumers stand to benefit most from lower gas prices, and 2) we believe its private transportation fleet (> 6,650 trucks; one of the largest in the world) will realize cost benefits due to low fuel prices.»

Even as we've begun to improve efficiency in factories and power plants, our cars and trucks have grown bigger and more wasteful: average fuel efficiency actually declined in the 1990s, even as engineers came up with one technology after another that could have saved gas.

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One of the largest restaurant franchisor / franchisee organizations in the United States, TA Restaurant Group is a division comprised of more than 850 food concepts that are affiliated with TravelCenters of America LLC - a Fortune 500 company that offers gasoline and diesel fueling, restaurants, truck repair facilities and convenience stores in 43 states and Canada.

In addition to reducing the truck body's weight to save on fuel, the GuardianLT's high thermal performance also reduces fuel and electricity consumption without skimming on performance, which means the body helps maintain desired temperatures using less energy.

«[We] quickly identified the suppliers that could collaborate in determining the best way to turn the concept of a fuel - efficient, lightweight and cost - effective truck into reality,» Hodgdon says.

The company is also converting its truck fleet from diesel fuel to more environmentally friendly compressed natural gas and is aiming to reduce its landfill - bound waste by 50 percent in the next five years.

In one corner, a worker uses a hand crank to filter used restaurant grease, fuel for the company delivery truck.

They put lots of gas or diesel fuel in their cars or trucks, and sometimes they have to get their trucks or trailers repaired by local businesses before they can return home.

The biodiesel fuels the family cars and company trucks, and the glycerin by - product is purified and put in to Further products.

Gary Schaefer, president of Hey & Associates, which oversees the dredging project for the Park District, learned that some of the truckers working for Elgin - based Martam Construction Inc. had put diesel fuel in their truck beds to keep the material from adhering when it was dumped.

Strikes by the US - led air coalition fighting the Islamic State group destroyed 116 fuel trucks used by the jihadist organisation in eastern Syria, the Pentagon said on Monday.

Our Bolga Depot was shut down for so many years, the pipeline from Buipe to Bolga was not operational, today we are pumping fuel from Buipe to Bolga and we are loading 40 trucks a day to Burkina Faso and Mali, I mean if that is not economic progress, I don't know what else anybody will call economic progress, yes we've been through a period of challenges and we've had to make sacrifices as citizens but I believe that in everyone's life, there are times when you have to make sacrifices in order that things get better for the future, we are working to ensure that we create a better future for not only our citizens of today but for our citizens of tomorrow.

There are currently excise taxes on alcohol, tobacco, liquid vehicle fuels (for highways), oversized tires for large trucks (presumably for highways), airplane tickets (for the FAA and TSA), multiple aspects of the firearms industry, bows and arrows, vaccines (for a vaccine injury fund), and in a variety of industries in support of marketing boards in those industries (although those cases have had mixed results in litigation).

Federal authorities in May gave approval for a company to truck spent nuclear fuel over the Peace -LSB-...]

These include: • One of the most technically advanced and cleanest smelters in the world which captures 99.9 per cent of sulphur emissions and generates two thirds of the plant's electrical power • A US$ 10m combined heat and power system that will reduce emissions by 90 per cent compared with separate heat and power systems • A vehicle idling reduction programme that now covers 360 vehicles and has resulted in the avoidance of more than two million gallons of fuel and emissions • New, more efficient trucks with fewer emissions

The post read: «This morning the Vice-President is visiting fuel depots in Lagos to monitor the loading of trucks, and to ensure distribution is going on without a hitch.»

In a statement issued by NNPC's Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Mr Ohi Alegbe, in Abuja on Wednesday, he said that the arrangement with both bodies was to assist in the monitoring of nationwide fuel truck - out to retail outlets and stop hoarding by unscrupulous marketerIn a statement issued by NNPC's Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Mr Ohi Alegbe, in Abuja on Wednesday, he said that the arrangement with both bodies was to assist in the monitoring of nationwide fuel truck - out to retail outlets and stop hoarding by unscrupulous marketerin Abuja on Wednesday, he said that the arrangement with both bodies was to assist in the monitoring of nationwide fuel truck - out to retail outlets and stop hoarding by unscrupulous marketerin the monitoring of nationwide fuel truck - out to retail outlets and stop hoarding by unscrupulous marketers.

Over the past months, the company has converted ten percent of its truck fleet to environmentally - friendly fuels, as its tests out both electric trucks and CNG trucks in advance of a full conversion.

It has come to my notice and indeed the notice of most Ghanaians that about 200 trucks of premix fuel meant to power fishing boats in our coastal areas have been diverted to pump stations in the country and sold to unsuspecting motorists.

Fuel Spill at Chrysler Dealership in Clarkstown A tanker truck at the Rockland Chrysler Jeep Dodge dealership on Route 304 sprang a leak and spilled about 50 gallons of engine fFuel Spill at Chrysler Dealership in Clarkstown A tanker truck at the Rockland Chrysler Jeep Dodge dealership on Route 304 sprang a leak and spilled about 50 gallons of engine fuelfuel.

, was originally addressed in the microgrid project literature as a reduction: «Noise associated with the obsolete emergency diesel generators will no longer exist and tractor - trailer trucks delivering fuel will be reduced,»

The heavy traffic of diesel trailer trucks, which has been an ongoing issue in the South End, was originally addressed in the microgrid project literature as a reduction: «Noise associated with the obsolete emergency diesel generators will no longer exist and tractor - trailer trucks delivering fuel will be reduced,» the project's FAQ site reads.

A petrol tanker on Thursday morning collided with a truck conveying diesel at Aseese in Ogun State with fuel gushing out from the petrol tanker.

On November 24, last year, 19 passengers died in a fire that broke out when a bus collided with a fuel truck on the Njaba Bridge along the Owerri - Orlu Expressway, Imo State.

Funding for the RTP portion of MAP - 21 comes from a portion of the motor fuel excise tax collected across the country from non-highway recreational fuel use in snowmobiles, all - terrain vehicles, off - highway motorcycles and off - highway light trucks, and comes out of the Federal Highway Trust Fund.

Reducing fuel use, emissions and «havoc» A Department of Transportation pilot project underway in Ann Arbor, Mich., has already collected 7 billion safety messages exchanged among 3,000 cars, trucks and transit buses equipped with vehicle - to - vehicle (V2V) and vehicle - to - infrastructure (V2I) technology.

In 2007, medium - size and heavy trucks used 34 billion gallons of diesel fuel.

One option is to truck it in from centralized production facilities located primarily along the Gulf Coast, where hydrogen is used at oil refineries to desulfurize fuels.

The President's program will accelerate increases in fuel economy and impose the first - ever national greenhouse gas emission standards on cars and trucks

One is that replacing utility power is one thing, but [a] lot of the total energy in the country goes in transportation, so another big assumption is that you'd largely have to convert the U.S. passenger fleet to hybrid plug - in cars and trucks, all that, so that essentially you are fueling vehicles with electricity as well.