13 Jun West Virginia’s Jeremy Thomas Wins Second Straight Grand Champion Honors This year’s West Virginia Truck Driving Championships featured the second consecutive win by Jeremy Thomas. Read more...
13 Jun EPA Issues Rule to Create Transparency, Prevent Manipulation of RINs Market The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is taking steps to modify certain elements of the Renewable Fuel Standard compliance system to create more transparency and prevent manipulation of the Renewable Identification Number market. Read more...
13 Jun Past 3-Axle National Champ Heladio Fernandez Earns First Oregon Grand Champion Honor FedEx Freight driver Heladio “Lalo” Fernandez has a national title to his name — 2010 3-Axle champion — and four Oregon state titles but had never been named the state’s Grand Champion. That changed June 8. Read more...
13 Jun Humans Wanted: Self-Driving Truck Technology Firms Seek Drivers A pair of leading developers of autonomous truck technologies, TuSimple and Starsky Robotics, are looking for human drivers to help advance their businesses. Read more...
12 Jun ATA Economist Bob Costello: Recession Remains Uncertain, but Expect More Carrier Closures INDIANAPOLIS — Bob Costello isn’t sure that a recession — a downturn that could impact freight and trucking companies across North America — is coming, or when, but the economist senses something is amiss. Read more...
12 Jun ATA President Chris Spear Presses Congress on Infrastructure Funding, Autonomous Tech WASHINGTON — Allowing segments of the country’s surface transportation system to deteriorate hinders economic growth and contributes to a significant number of road accidents, American Trucking Associations President Chris Spear told a congressional panel June 12. Read more...
12 Jun Michelin Taps Alexis Garcin to Lead North American Operation Michelin Group promoted Alexis Garcin, a 17-year company veteran, to chairman and president of Michelin North America Inc. Read more...
12 Jun Urban Planning Must Consider Freight, Engineers Say ALEXANDRIA, Va. — As cities continue to embrace designs for “complete streets,” tailored for cars, bicyclists and pedestrians traveling alongside one another, urban planners should consider freight needs too, engineering experts said. Read more...
12 Jun Musk Tells Tesla Shareholders Consumer Demand Not a Problem Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk dismissed concerns about demand for his company’s trademark electric vehicles, telling shareholders at the company’s annual meeting June 11 that sales this quarter could hit record levels. Read more...
12 Jun Walmart’s New Pricing Tool Allows Suppliers to Factor in Cost of Tariffs Walmart Inc. has updated the information network used daily by its suppliers to let them submit cost increases that are directly attributable to higher U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods. Read more...