20 Jul Taking a Look at Turbo Compounding Much is being said and written about the role electric power will someday play in moving Class 8 vehicles down the road, but for the foreseeable future most trucks still will be powered by good old-fashioned internal combustion engines. And there is plenty going on to advance the technology that powers those engines. Read more...
20 Jul Trump Blasts Fed Rate Hikes, Says Strong Dollar Hurts US President Donald Trump lashed out at China and the European Union for their weak currencies and said a stronger dollar and rising interest rates are undermining America’s “competitive edge,” taking a fresh jab at the Federal Reserve. Stocks and the dollar fell. Read more...
20 Jul Horton to Launch New Emissions-Cutting Fan Drives, Blades ROSEVILLE, Minn. — Horton Holding Inc. will launch in September new variable-speed fan drives and fan blades designed to improve commercial vehicle cooling system performance and help engine makers meet the increasingly stringent requirements in Phase 2 of the federal greenhouse-gas regulations. Read more...
20 Jul Is Amazon Moving Into a Former Ohio Mall Site? Almost every indicator points to an Amazon fulfillment center, or something like it, at an old Ohio mall near Akron. Read more...
19 Jul First Time’s the Charm for Alaska Grand Champion Ryan Wolcoff The saying goes, “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.” Ryan Wolcoff, a truck driver for SPAN Alaska, won’t have to put that idiom into practice. He succeeded on the first try. Read more...
19 Jul Editorial: Influx of Talent on the Horizon It’s our hope that the executive order President Donald Trump signed last week to create the National Council for the American Worker will lead to an influx of new talent across the industry’s spectrum — from behind the wheel to behind the scenes. Read more...
19 Jul Union Pacific 2Q Earnings Are Up, but Facing Efficiency Challenges Union Pacific Corp. on July 19 reported second-quarter net income of $1.51 billion, a 29% increase over $1.17 billion in the year-ago period. Read more...
19 Jul Trump Signs Order to Boost Workforce Development Trucking industry executives joined President Donald Trump at the White House on July 19 for the signing of an executive order that establishes a council focused on increasing resources for workforce training. Read more...
19 Jul Nation’s Ports Set Records, but Concerns Heighten Over Tariffs Ports across the United States are reporting record volumes, but transportation officials are raising concern that economic tariffs being imposed against other countries by the Trump administration — and retaliatory efforts those nations are enacting in response — could affect the longer-term global trade outlook. Read more...