On a bright, sunny Monday, a fleet of bright yellow school buses glints in the Austin school district’s Southeast Bus Terminal at 7200 Bluff Springs Road. Kris Hafezizadeh, the schools’ executive director of transportation and vehicle services, walked aboard one of the district’s newest buses as it clicked to life, with almost no detectable sound. […]
Chevrolet added a diesel option to the new-generation 2021 Tahoe and 2021 Suburban, the first time the full-sizers had the option of an oil-burner since 1999. Chevy’s chief engineer for the SUVs told Autoblog at the time, “It really came down to us giving customers a lot of choices. We know the SUV buyer is […]
The US has announced nearly $1bn in grants to replace diesel-powered school buses with electric and lower-emitting vehicles. The Environmental Protection Agency will disburse funds to 280 school districts serving 7 million children across the country in an effort to curb harmful air pollution and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. “Today we’re once again accelerating the […]
Farmers have blocked highway access roads in parts of Germany and gathered for demonstrations, launching a week of protests against a government plan to scrap tax breaks on diesel used in agriculture. Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s unpopular three-party coalition infuriated farmers last month by drawing up plans to abolish a car tax exemption for farming vehicles […]
The Randall County Sheriff’s Office is seeking any info on this blue van suspected in a fuel theft on Dec. 23 at the J&B Quicki Stop at 11601 FM 1541. AMARILLO — Randall County officials last week recovered hundreds of gallons of stolen diesel, and a minivan suspected to be involved in the recent fuel […]
(Bloomberg) — Colombia President Gustavo Petro said his government will keep diesel subsidies in place going into the new year while allowing local gasoline costs to fluctuate in line with international prices. Most Read from Bloomberg “There will be no harm to truckers and public transportation as long as we will maintain the subsidies,” Petro […]
“Fast & Furious” star Vin Diesel is being accused of sexual battery by a former assistant. In a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Thursday and obtained by USA TODAY, Asta Jonasson alleges that the actor sexually assaulted her the fall of 2010 during the filming of “Fast Five” in Atlanta. According to the lawsuit, Jonasson […]
Fast And Furious star Vin Diesel has been accused by his former assistant of sexual battery while working for him in 2010. Astra Jonasson filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles on Thursday alleging that Diesel forced himself onto her in a hotel suite in Atlanta. The lawsuit alleges she tried to escape from the room […]
Tampa police are searching for the captain of a sunken 63-foot shrimp boat that has leaked thousands of gallons of diesel fuel into the water in northern Hillsborough Bay. Officers arrived to the 2600 block of Causeway Boulevard, near McKay Bay, before 8 a.m. to find the Miss Jordi underwater. The police department has been […]