Russia plans to put trade sanctions on Ukraine, penalizing imports of chocolate, coal and glass in retaliation for a Ukrainian emergency import tax on cars.
Category Archives: Motoring News
Nestlé USA adopts EcoPower oil for its fleet
Safety-Kleen announced that Nestlé USA has switched to EcoPower Engine Oil in its private fleet of Class 8 tractors. The move will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and protect the environment, while it protects engines.
EU warns Germany over Mercedes car refrigerant
The European Commission has warned Germany it faces possible action over Daimler’s refusal to remove a banned refrigerant from new cars, after France moved to block most Mercedes sales within its borders.
Pennsylvanians push for more electric vehicle charging stations
Electric cars have been a part of the U.S. car market since the early 1990s, but nearly two decades later few are found cruising the streets of Pittsburgh. And while the automotive industry accounts for between 4 and 5 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product, according to selectusa.commerce.gov, electric vehicles make up only a small portion of that market.
Two dead in Michigan after running through stop sign
Two people are dead and four others injured, one critically, in yet another lethal accident on Kalkaska County, Mich. roadways.
Kalkaska County Undersheriff Abe DeVol said the accident occurred Monday when the driver of a 1997 Saturn ran through a stop sign at the intersection of Plum Valley Road and U.S. 131 just after 10 a.m. The Saturn traveled into the path of a semi tractor-trailer headed south on 131.
