22 Nov NHTSA Requests Comment on Draft Test Procedures for Driver Assistance Systems The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is seeking public comment on draft research test procedures to assess certain types of advanced driver assistance systems. Read more...
22 Nov Tesla Pickup Truck Demo Was Smashing, but Not a Success Elon Musk unveiled Tesla Inc.’s electric pickup truck Nov. 21, but it didn’t go as planned, ending with two smashed windows and the hashtag #cybertruck trending on Twitter for all the wrong reasons. Read more...
22 Nov Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Announces Partnership With Mobileye Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced on Nov. 21 an agreement with self-driving car-vision technology developer Mobileye to create a pilot program to test the company’s products in the ice and snow on Michigan roads. Read more...
22 Nov Connecticut House Democrats Propose Trucks-Only Tolls for Transportation Funding Leading Democratic lawmakers in the Connecticut House of Representatives have responded to Gov. Ned Lamont’s transportation investment plan with a proposal to toll only trucks. Read more...
21 Nov Anheuser-Busch, Nikola, BYD Complete First Zero-Emission Beer Run Anheuser-Busch announced it completed on Nov. 21 its first zero-emission beer delivery in the company’s hometown of St. Louis using only zero-emission trucks from Nikola Motor Co. and BYD Motors. Read more...
21 Nov Trump Signs Bill to Extend Government Funding Agencies at the U.S. Department of Transportation and throughout the federal government will continue to operate through Dec. 20 after President Donald Trump signed a monthlong funding bill the Senate passed Nov. 21. Read more...
21 Nov Coyote Predicts Spot Market Prices to Rise in Q1 2020 Coyote Logistics forecast truckload spot rates will increase heading into 2019’s peak season and continue into 2020 in its prediction for the final quarter of the year. Read more...
21 Nov 3,200 Union Workers With Canadian National Railway Go On Strike Canadian National Railway pleaded for a neutral arbitrator Nov. 21 to resolve a strike by thousands of its conductors, yard workers and other employees who walked off the job Nov. 19. Read more...
21 Nov GM CEO Mary Barra Charges Ahead With Electric Cars but Shuns Hybrids If General Motors Co. CEO Mary Barra had her way, the auto industry would forget about selling hybrid electric models and instead concentrate on getting more battery-powered vehicles into showrooms. Read more...
21 Nov Pelosi, White House Seek USMCA Deal at Crucial Meeting House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is meeting Nov. 21 with President Donald Trump’s trade representative Robert Lighthizer, but she said even if they reach a deal on the stalled U.S.-Mexico-Canada free trade agreement, there might not be time to vote this year. Read more...