20 Sep Trade Tensions Push Finance Chiefs’ Outlook to Worst in a Year As the Trump administration keeps piling on tariffs, U.S. stock traders are averting their gaze and holding on tight. Corporate finance chiefs are having a more difficult time. Read more...
20 Sep Electrification, Technology Take Center Stage at IAA 2018 HANOVER, Germany — The global truck manufacturers and suppliers exhibiting here at the massive IAA Commercial Vehicles show expressed a broadly shared vision that connectivity, automated driving and electric power are the dominant trends that will mold the future of commercial vehicles. Read more...
20 Sep I-5 in Washington, Oregon Best Route to Deploy Self-Driving Semis, Report Says Of all the freeways in the United States, the most productive corridor for self-driving trucks appears to be Interstate 5 through Washington and Oregon, according to a report released this week by the Kirkland, Wash.-based Inrix data company. Read more...
20 Sep Tonnage Slips 1.8% in August Truck tonnage showed a slight downturn of 1.8% in August, according to American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted for-hire Truck Tonnage Index. Read more...
20 Sep Trailer Orders Boom Amid Nonstop Demand Records keep falling. U.S. trailer orders reached 38,200 in August, the most ever for the month, ACT Research Co. reported. Read more...
20 Sep Transportation Bill Could Be Next Up After Senate Sends House Defense Bill The U.S. Senate has gained more time to finalize a transportation measure that includes a key trucking provision prior to a Sept. 30 deadline now that it has approved a fiscal 2019 defense funding bill. Read more...
20 Sep Trump Presses OPEC to Reduce Prices as Crude Trades Near $80 President Donald Trump resumed his criticism of OPEC, saying on Twitter that the cartel “must get prices down now!” Read more...
20 Sep PHMSA Exempts Hazmat, Secure-Cargo Carriers From California Rest Rule The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration has pre-empted motor carriers hauling hazardous materials, explosives and security-sensitive cargo from California’s meal-and-rest-break requirements. Read more...
20 Sep Volvo Exhibits Autonomous Vera Concept HANOVER, Germany — Volvo Trucks exhibited an autonomous truck concept that entirely removes the cab from the tractor and highlighted its investments in electric vehicles at the IAA Commercial Vehicles show. Read more...
20 Sep Editorial: Making Connections at IAA Connectivity was all the rage during this week’s media preview for the IAA Commercial Vehicles show in Hanover, Germany, with many manufacturers touting the value and capability of the technologies they’re developing and deploying for their customers. Read more...