24 Apr Ford Partnership With EV Manufacturer Rivian Includes $500 Million Funding Ford Motor Co. will invest $500 million in Rivian Automotive Inc., aligning the maker of the industry-leading F-Series pickup line with an upstart that’s electrifying gas-guzzling trucks and SUVs Read more...
24 Apr ATRI Calls for Operational Cost Data From Fleets The American Transportation Research Institute is looking for for-hire motor carriers to participate in the annual update to its Operational Costs of Trucking report. Read more...
24 Apr Suppliers’ Input Helped Shape Nikola’s Class 8 Vision SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The zero-emissions Class 8 models Nikola Motor Co. designed and is preparing to build reflect more than just a go-it-alone attitude by an entrepreneur with a vision of trucking’s clean future and the necessary infrastructure to support the trucks. Read more...
24 Apr Carriers Need to Use Data More Effectively, Experts Say LONG BEACH, Calif. — Trucking firms are generating massive amounts of data, but they don’t necessarily have the expertise to handle and interpret it, said an expert on connectivity. Read more...
24 Apr Trucking Firms Large and Small Urged to Think Electric LONG BEACH, Calif. — Regional trucking firms should take a good long look at electric trucks, experts in the industry said. Read more...
24 Apr Trump, Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Discuss Infrastructure Proposals April 30 House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she plans to meet with President Donald Trump next week to discuss an infrastructure deal, even as she resists calls from some fellow Democrats to initiate impeachment proceedings against him. Read more...
24 Apr Truckmaker Volvo Gains After Profit Surge Offsets Order Slowdown Volvo Group rose after a jump in first-quarter profit helped to quell fears that demand is weakening in key markets. Read more...
23 Apr Perspective: The Time Is Now for Blockchain in Transportation In the transport and logistics sector, skepticism about blockchain remains, which means it’s important to note the advantages of blockchain but also clear up some possible misconceptions, says John Monarch of ShipChain. Read more...
23 Apr CEO Elon Musk Makes Self-Driving Technology Tesla’s Costly New Calling Tesla Inc.’s calling used to be bringing affordable electric cars to the masses. Elon Musk is now ripping up the script, vowing to pair self-driving technology with a sharing service that will make it crazy for consumers to buy other cars. Read more...
23 Apr US House Hearing on Lawmakers’ Priorities Set for May 1 Concerns related to freight and commuter connectivity, pipelines and air travel will be among the themes the transportation panel of the U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to address May 1. Read more...