06 Apr Illinois DOT Explores Initiatives to Reduce Bridge Strikes The Illinois Department of Transportation is pursuing two pilot initiatives meant to reduce bridge strikes by large trucks. Read more...
06 Apr States to Compete for 10 Biggest Bridge Fixes The Biden administration plans to have states compete for a slice of the proposed $2.25 trillion infrastructure-and-jobs program that’s dedicated to fixing 10 unnamed bridges that are seen as economically important. Read more...
06 Apr US Forecasts Highest Summer Fuel Prices Since 2018 Drivers eager to get back on the road more than a year into the pandemic will face the highest summer gasoline prices since 2018, according to a U.S. government report. Read more...
06 Apr NACFE to Monitor Downtime in Run on Less — Electric As the North American Council for Freight Efficiency prepares for its Run on Less — Electric demonstration in September, it expects vehicle downtime likely to be a factor and something to chart. Read more...
06 Apr GM to Build Electric Pickup at Detroit Plant General Motors Co. is about to enter the electric-pickup battle, announcing April 6 that it will build a battery-powered Chevrolet Silverado model at its Detroit-Hamtramck plant. Read more...
06 Apr Canada May Run Out of Warehouse Space This Year Canada is in danger of running out of warehouse space by the end of the year, thanks to the boom in e-commerce sparked by the pandemic. Read more...
06 Apr Automakers Want Aid for Car-Grade US Chip Production Automakers want a portion of the money Congress approved for addressing the global semiconductor shortage to be reserved for vehicle-grade chips — warning of a potential 1.3 million shortfall in car and light-duty truck production in the U.S. this year. Read more...
06 Apr Tesla’s Blowout Deliveries Lift Shares Even as Smaller Peers Lag Tesla Inc. first-quarter delivery numbers blew past analysts’ estimates, helping the stock fend off a slide in the broader electric vehicle industry amid growing skepticism about the future of President Joe Biden’s infrastructure bill. Read more...
06 Apr Suez Canal Traffic Briefly Stopped as Oil Tanker Loses Power Traffic through Egypt’s Suez Canal was briefly halted April 6, just two weeks after a giant containership ran aground and blocked the waterway that’s vital for global trade. Read more...
06 Apr New Samsara Service Helps Carriers Compare to Industry Samsara launched a new service aimed at helping carriers identify areas for improvement by revealing industry benchmarks, the company announced April 6. Read more...