19 May US Strikes Gentler Tone on NAFTA as Talks Countdown Begins President Donald Trump's top trade negotiator came out of the gate sounding like he wants to fine-tune the North American Free Trade Agreement, not blow it up as some feared. Read more...
19 May Paccar to Open Manufacturing Plant in Texas Seattle-based truck manufacturer Paccar Inc. has reached a preliminary agreement to build a 130,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in McKinney, Texas, the city's economic development agency said. Read more...
18 May Daimler Trucks North America Opens $18.7 Million Truck Proving Grounds MADRAS, Ore. - Daimler Trucks North America opened its $18.7 million High Desert Proving Grounds here May 18. It will enable the parent of Freightliner and Western Star Trucks to do more broad-based vehicle testing not far from its Portland headquarters. Read more...
18 May Transport Topics' 'CDL or Bust' Series Wins National Honor Transport Topics has won a national award for its CDL or Bust daily online series that traced the efforts of seven students to earn commercial driver licenses and become professional truck drivers. Read more...
18 May Amazon's Delivery-Drone Research Focuses on Avoiding Birds Amazon.com Inc.'s development of package-delivery drones is progressing to the point where the company is now thinking a lot about geese. Read more...
18 May Volvo Expands Truck Building Into East Africa as Economies Grow Volvo AB's trucks division is seeking to boost market share in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania to as much as 18% from about 2%, as the East African region's economic growth outpaces the sub-Saharan Africa average. Read more...
18 May Post-Election Rally Fades for Americans' Economic Expectations This month's slide in Americans' economic expectations to the lowest level since November indicates the euphoria about U.S. growth prospects since the election has diminished, Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index figures showed May 18. Read more...
18 May Uber Launches App-Based Freight Platform After surging to prominence with its ride-hailing app for car passengers, Uber Technologies Inc. is targeting trucking as its next big venture. Read more...
18 May Falling Jobless Claims Add to Signs of Labor Tightness The U.S. labor market continues to show signs of tightening, with unemployment claims declining for the third straight week and benefit rolls matching the lowest level since 1973, Labor Department data showed May 18. Read more...
18 May Bestpass, PrePass Agree to Use Single Transponder Users of Bestpass transponders to pay tolls are now able to use the same transponder to participate in Help Inc.'s Prepass truck weigh station bypass service. Read more...