10 Nov VTNA D13 Turbo Compound Engine Now Standard in Three Models Volvo Trucks North America announced it made the latest generation D13 turbo compound engine standard in all VNL 740, 760 and 860 models. Read more...
10 Nov Eaton Assesses 3D Printing for Production Parts Eaton Corp. is evaluating 3D printing technology that could broaden the power management company’s application of it to include production parts, an executive said. Read more...
10 Nov Ford Announces Michigan Investments, Plans to Debut New Electric Van Ford’s newest electric vehicle — a commercial van called the E-Transit — will be unveiled by the company Nov. 12, assembled at Ford’s Kansas City, Mo., plant and be available by late 2021. Read more...
10 Nov GM’s Cruise, Walmart Team Up for Driverless Delivery Walmart Inc. is about to team up with Cruise, the self-driving car unit majority-owned by General Motors Co., to experiment with delivering customer orders using driverless vehicles. Read more...
10 Nov FAA Poised to Lift Boeing 737 Max Jet’s Grounding ‘In the Coming Days’ Boeing Co.’s 737 Max could be approved to resume commercial service as soon as the week of Nov. 16, with U.S. aviation regulators finalizing their review of fixes to the grounded jetliner. Read more...
10 Nov Plus, FAW Self-Driving Truck Passes Certification Test in China Self-driving truck startup Plus announced that a commercial truck equipped with its automated driving technology has passed a national certification test and met all safety and performance requirements to begin on-road operation in China. Read more...
10 Nov Nikola’s Losses Widen in Third Quarter Zero-emission truck developer Nikola Corp. saw losses grow as it spent heavily on research and development and legal fees during the third quarter. Read more...
09 Nov Diesel Increases Nationwide as Refinery Closes, Vaccine Hopes Rise For just the second time in 2½ months, the weekly national average price of diesel fuel rose. Read more...
09 Nov Support Grows for Infrastructure Policy on Biden’s Agenda With decades of experience working to advance legislation on Capitol Hill, expectations are high for President-elect Joe Biden in terms of infrastructure policy. Here's your Capitol Agenda look at the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill. Read more...
09 Nov COVID-19 Jolts Workhorse Production; Year-Over-Year Losses Widen A COVID-19 outbreak has upended production at electric truck startup Workhorse Group as nearly 40% of the company’s factory workforce have become infected or exposed to the virus. Read more...