25 Feb Peterbilt Launches Updated Vocational Models 567 and 520 Peterbilt Motors Co. has updated its vocational Model 567 and 520 trucks, the company announced Feb. 24. Read more...
25 Feb Fraudulent Movers Are a Major Threat to the Industry The hardworking men and women in the household goods moving profession call their fraudulent counterparts “rogue operators.” Read more...
24 Feb Climate Change to Dominate Highway Policy, Top Transportation Lawmakers Say This year’s update of the nation’s premier highway policy law will focus heavily on climate change initiatives, Sen. Tom Carper and Rep. Peter DeFazio told state officials Feb. 24. Read more...
24 Feb For Recruiting and Retention, Trucking Companies Should Focus on Equipment, Pay Trucking companies must focus on maintaining good equipment and keeping lines of communication open with drivers to ensure effective recruitment and retention, a new report found. Read more...
24 Feb Ford CEO Farley Calls for Battery Production in US Ford Motor Co. CEO Jim Farley said the U.S. must begin building batteries for the coming wave of electric vehicles in order to avoid supply disruptions like the semiconductor shortage now shutting American auto factories. Read more...
24 Feb Kenworth T680E Eligible for CARB Incentives Qualifying California purchasers of the new Kenworth T680E battery-electric vehicle are eligible for a $120,000 incentive voucher from the California Air Resources Board, Kenworth Truck Co. announced. Read more...
24 Feb Senate EPW Panel Starts Looking at Infrastructure Package A Senate committee began consideration Feb. 24 of President Joe Biden’s follow-up to the pandemic-relief bill: a major push on infrastructure. Read more...
24 Feb House Panel, DeJoy See Need to Address USPS Financial Woes Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said some mail could be delayed under his plan to revitalize a U.S. Postal Service plagued by slow delivery and what he called a dire financial outlook. Read more...
24 Feb Biggest Electric School Bus Deal in US Approved in Maryland A school system outside Washington is poised to become the nation’s biggest operator of electric school buses. Read more...
24 Feb Biden to Order Review of Supply Chains President Joe Biden is preparing to sign an executive order to review U.S. supply chains for large-capacity batteries, pharmaceuticals, critical minerals and semiconductors that power cars, phones, military equipment and other goods. Read more...