Natural gas will become a more popular fuel for commercial trucks if Navistar International and Clean Fuels Corp. can help it, and they intend to. Continue Reading

For the first time in three weeks, average U.S. diesel and gas prices dropped, but only by less than a tenth of a cent for each. The current averages for diesel and gas are $3.848 and $3.389, respectively, down from last week’s $3.854 and $3.391. Continue Reading

Startup company Joule Unlimited Technologies announced it received $70 million from undisclosed private and institutional investors, and the company hopes this funding will bring it closer to a breakthrough in biofuel technology. Continue Reading

A forecast from Pike Research says that sales of hybrid and electric medium- and heavy-duty trucks will nearly double in 2012, but one industry expert thinks some of the numbers might be overly optimistic. Continue Reading

Emerald Technology Partners is preparing to test a new refrigeration system that it says will eliminate the use of fossil fuels and still maintain a cool operating environment for refrigerated loads. Continue Reading

The California Air Resources Board has reminded heavy diesel truck owners that new emission rules take effect Jan. 1 and they may need to report their compliance online. Continue Reading

The U.S. average diesel price declined for the fourth consecutive week after surpassing $4 a gallon, declining 6.6 cents to $3.828 for the week ending Monday, Dec. 19, according to the latest figures from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration. The latest price is 58 cents higher than the same week last year. Continue Reading

The U.S. average diesel price declined for the second consecutive week after surpassing $4 a gallon, the first time it had hit that mark since mid-May, declining 3.3 cents to $3.931 for the week ending Monday, Dec. 5, according to the latest figures from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration. The latest price is 73.4 cents higher than the same week last year. Continue Reading

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — The United States is awash in gasoline. So much so, in fact, that the country is exporting a record amount of it. The country exported 430,000 more barrels of gasoline a day than it imported in September, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. That is about twice the amount at the start of the year, and experts and industry insiders say the trend is here to stay. Continue Reading

Congress will have until Sept. 30 to approve an extension the nation’s transportation spending plan, which includes a federal gasoline tax and a diesel tax. Outspoken anti-tax advocate Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, says he will not block the extension, on which thousands of highway projects depend. Norquist’s next big push will be to reduce fuel taxs and transfer more transportation decisions to the Continue Reading