15 Nov Cummins Promotes X12 for New Market Cummins Inc. announced its X12+Endurant powertrain is available for customers in regional haul applications, delivering what it termed as the lightest solution to this market with industry-leading maintenance intervals. Read more...
15 Nov Next Trucking to Expand App With Drayage Loads Digital freight broker Next Trucking announced it concluded a beta program that allowed qualified independent owner-operators and small-fleet drivers to access port loads directly through Next’s mobile app. Read more...
15 Nov Uber Freight Subsidizes Geotab ELDs Uber Freight has partnered with fleet-management services provider Geotab to offer small carriers electronic logging devices and one year of service. Read more...
15 Nov VW Challenges Rivals With $66 Billion Splurge for Electric Era Volkswagen AG will ramp up spending on electric vehicles and automated driving by 36% as the world’s largest automaker challenges rivals to keep pace with an aggressive shift into the post-combustion era. Read more...
15 Nov Options Abound for Elevating Drivers’ Health and Wellness There is a wellness movement on the rise aimed at improving the health of truckers, though the challenge remains to educate and motivate. Read more...
15 Nov Former BMW Executive Markus Duesmann Named New CEO at Rival Audi BERLIN — German automaker Audi says former BMW executive Markus Duesmann is to become its new CEO. Read more...
15 Nov Ford Puts Iconic Mustang Name on First Electric Crossover Ford Motor Co., which pioneered the racy pony-car body style 55 years ago, will use the Mustang name and insignia on an electric crossover utility vehicle coming next year. Read more...
15 Nov US Factory Output Declines by Most Since April Due to GM Strike U.S. manufacturing output slumped in October by the most in six months as an auto workers strike at General Motors Co. curtailed vehicle production and the trade war continued to weigh on other factories. Read more...
15 Nov Atlas Promotes Phil Wahl to Lead Logistics Unit Atlas Logistics Inc., a subsidiary of Atlas World Group Inc., promoted Phil Wahl to president and chief operating officer, a newly created position for the company, effective Jan. 1. Most recently, Wahl was senior vice president. Read more...
15 Nov US Signals China Trade Talks in Final, Hardest Steps to a Deal President Donald Trump’s administration signaled talks with China over the first phase of a broad trade agreement are entering the final stages when the most contentious and complex issues are debated, with no guarantee that another breakdown will be averted. Read more...