24 Sep New York Faces New Flood Threat Just Weeks After Ida’s Havoc New York and the U.S. Northeast are facing another flood threat just three weeks after the remnants of Hurricane Ida devastated the region, but the heavy rain expected through Sept. 24 won’t match that storm’s deadly deluge. Read more...
24 Sep Containers Piling Up at Rail Yards Add to Port Strains To understand why more than 100 containerships are waiting to enter U.S. ports from Southern California to Savannah, Ga., it helps to keep tabs on the congestion that’s building at another key junction of freight transportation: rail yards. Read more...
24 Sep Ryder Partners With Embark to Open Autonomous Truck Transfer Points Ryder System and Embark Trucks are launching a nationwide network of transfer points that will be used to transition shipments from driverless longhaul trucks to driver-enabled last-mile trucks, the companies said Sept. 21. Read more...
24 Sep FMCSA Nominee Meera Joshi Promotes Autonomous Tech’s Safety Potential WASHINGTON — Autonomous technology meant to enhance freight connectivity could transform the country’s commercial landscape and improve safety, President Joe Biden’s nominee to oversee trucking regulations told a U.S. Senate panel Sept. 22. Read more...
24 Sep Tesla Is Building a New Battery Factory in California A California mayor said Tesla Inc. broke ground in his city on what it calls a new “Megafactory,” praising the planned facility in a Facebook post that was deleted and is now visible again. Read more...
24 Sep Worsening Chip Woes to Cost Automakers $210 Billion in Sales The cost of the intractable semiconductor shortage has ballooned by more than 90%, pushing the total hit to 2021 revenue for the world’s automakers to $210 billion. Read more...
24 Sep NACFE Finds Many Fleets Could Run Electric Trucks Now Fleets in four market segments could switch to battery-electric vehicles right now, the North American Council for Freight Efficiency concluded after its recent Run on Less — Electric event. Read more...
22 Sep Retailers Face Challenges Installing Electric Vehicle Chargers Retail fuel outlets such as truck stops and gas stations say they are seriously weighing investment in electric vehicle chargers, but face such challenges as customer “range anxiety,” high utility charges for electricity and political policy uncertainties. Read more...
22 Sep Driver Positive Drug Tests Up Nearly 13% in August The number of positive driver drug tests through August increased by nearly 13%, when compared with a year ago, according to a new Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse summary report. Read more...
22 Sep House GOP Squeezes Pelosi on Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill House GOP leaders are urging Republican lawmakers to vote against the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, increasing the likelihood that Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) will have to postpone a planned Sept. 27 vote on the bill given opposition in her own caucus. Read more...