07 Feb Toyota, Honda Extend China Shutdowns as Virus Gathers Pace Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co. were among carmakers extending shutdowns at their China plants as the country steps up measures to fight the deadly coronavirus. Read more...
07 Feb Battery-Electric Nikola Tre to Be Made at Iveco Plant in Germany Nikola Corp. and joint venture partners Iveco and FPT Industrial announced they will manufacture the battery-electric Nikola Tre model at Iveco’s plant in Ulm, Germany, beginning in 2021, after the facility undergoes a $43.9 million upgrade. Read more...
06 Feb DHS Prohibits N.Y. Residents From Signing Up for Trusted Traveler Programs The Department of Homeland Security said New York residents will be prevented from enrolling in certain Trusted Traveler Programs, including the Free and Secure Trade (FAST) program geared toward commercial truck drivers. Read more...
06 Feb Ocasio-Cortez Announces Bill for National Network of EV Chargers The Democratic congresswoman who pushed the Green New Deal to prominence aims to build a national network of high-speed chargers for electric cars under legislation unveiled on Feb. 6. Read more...
06 Feb House Lawmakers Agree on Infrastructure Investments, but Lack Funding Proposals Democrats and Republicans on the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee in the House demonstrated a rare show of bipartisanship Feb. 6 by endorsing stakeholders’ consistent calls for investing in multimodal connectivity. Read more...
06 Feb CSA Turns 10, but Is It Making Trucking Safer? It’s been a decade since the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration kicked off its Compliance, Safety, Accountability program aimed at assessing the safety of the nation’s motor carriers. Yet there are still some concerns about its benefits. Read more...
06 Feb Werner Q4 Profits Dip Werner Enterprises posted declines in fourth-quarter and full-year profits but came in ahead of Wall Street expectations for its Q4 profit. Read more...
06 Feb NHTSA Grants First Approval for Vehicle Without Human Driver For the first time, the U.S. government’s highway safety agency has approved a company’s request to deploy a self-driving vehicle that doesn’t meet federal safety standards for human-driven cars and trucks. Read more...
06 Feb Old Dominion Q4 Profits Dip, but 2019 Earnings Grew Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. reported a dip in fourth-quarter profits and revenue as it contended with what the motor carrier called a challenging operating environment. But net income and revenue continued to grow for all of 2019. Read more...
06 Feb Boeing Identifies New Software Problem on Grounded 737 Max Boeing Co. engineers have discovered a new software problem on the grounded 737 Max that must be patched before the plane can return to service, Federal Aviation Administration chief Steve Dickson said. Read more...