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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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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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‘Shortcuts Everywhere’: How Boeing Favored Speed Over Quality

Baua Electric

One quality manager in Washington State who left Boeing last year said workers assembling planes would sometimes try to install parts that had not been logged or inspected, an attempt to save time by circumventing quality procedures intended to weed out defective or substandard components. After the Jan. I think they’re doing that.”

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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. How the panel was installed at Boeing’s factory will almost certainly be a focus of federal investigations. Boeing employees then reinstalled the door. In addition to the N.T.S.B.,

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