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Universal Lubricants hits 1.5M gallon production mark for recycled motor oil

Green Car Congress

The company has been selling to professional installers, but is now moving the product into retail channels, said John Wesley, CEO. Universal Lubricants collects used oil from the government and private business such as auto parts stores, dealerships, service stations, and oil change centers across the US. Earlier post.)

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Alaska Airlines 737 May Have Left Boeing Factory Missing Bolts, N.T.S.B. Says

Baua Electric

The report intensifies the scrutiny on Boeing, which has been scrambling for weeks to contain the fallout from the incident, and it raises fresh questions about whether the company did enough to improve safety after two fatal crashes of 737 Max 8 planes in 2018 and 2019. Mr. Calhoun visited Spirit in Wichita. The N.T.S.B. 27 to Dec.

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‘Shortcuts Everywhere’: How Boeing Favored Speed Over Quality

Baua Electric

Such reports, and interviews with aviation safety experts and more than two dozen current and former Boeing employees, paint a worrying picture about a company long considered to be at the pinnacle of American engineering. The agency has given the company three months , or until about late May, to address quality-control issues.

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National Drive Electric Week 2023 Recap: Let’s Give Them Something To Talk About

Plug in America

Of course, that kind of electr ic enthusiasm is palpable at every NDEW event and, clicking on any NDEW news story, practically jumps off the screen, whether reporters come calling from Boca Ratan, Wichita, Pittsburgh, Niagara Falls or Santa Monica. ” In the limelight: E. Gail Chandler, who just bought her first EV at age 80.

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Boeing Reinstalled Panel That Later Blew Out of 737 Max Jet

Baua Electric

The request to open the plug came from employees of Spirit AeroSystems, a supplier that makes the body for the 737 Max in Wichita, Kan. It was the second time in recent years that the company and its leaders have had to answer for serious problems with its planes. Boeing employees then reinstalled the door. In addition to the N.T.S.B.,

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