06 Aug California Grand Champion Hobie Eirich Conquers the 4-Axle If you do what you love for a living, you’ll never work a day in your life. Or so the adage goes. For Hobie Eirich of FedEx Freight, driving a 4-axle is a passion that has manifested into the highest honor in his home state of California. Read more...
06 Aug New Jersey Beverage Distributor Seeks 14-Hour Workday for Its Drivers Allied Beverage Group, a large New Jersey beverage distributor, has requested that the company’s shorthaul drivers utilizing the record of duty status exception be allowed to return to their work-reporting location within 14 hours instead of the usual 12 hours, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced Aug. 3. Read more...
06 Aug GM to Hire Hackers to Find Bugs in Car Computers Highly computerized cars or trucks could mean consumers’ data is vulnerable or the driver safety might be endangered if car companies aren’t prepared to cut off at the pass any data breach or threat to cybersecurity. Read more...
06 Aug Toyota Introduces Version 2.0 of Zero-Emissions Class 8 Electric Truck Toyota’s new zero-emissions, hydrogen fuel cell Class 8 electric truck is a leap forward to creating a completely environmentally friendly vehicle that lowers air pollution especially around the nation’s ports. Read more...
06 Aug Dana Expands E-Commerce Aftermarket Platform Dana Inc. announced it is expanding its e-commerce platform, DanaAftermarket.com, to support customers in the European, Middle Eastern and African regions after recently launching the platform in the United States. Read more...
06 Aug Beemac Adds Alabama Terminal Flatbed carrier Beemac Trucking announced it opened a terminal in Birmingham, Ala., to better serve its growing customer demand. The company now has 28 terminals across North America. Read more...
06 Aug Oil Companies Fret as Congress Debates Russia Sanctions WASHINGTON — Oil and gas executives have watched wearily in recent years as the relationship between the United States and Russia deteriorated, steadily closing off their ability to drill the vast shale plays underlying Siberia and the deep-water oil fields off Russia’s Arctic coast. Read more...
06 Aug UPS, Thor to Partner on Battery-Electric Class 6 Delivery Truck UPS Inc. has announced a collaboration with Los Angeles-based Thor Trucks on a battery-powered, Class 6 delivery truck that can drive approximately 100 miles on a single charge. Read more...
06 Aug Ohio to Receive Funding Boost Through Recent Senate Bill Ohio transportation projects will receive a funding boost through the recently passed U.S. Senate bill. Read more...
06 Aug Crossword Puzzle Solution August 6, 2018 Here's the solution to the crossword puzzle found in the August 6, 2018 print edition. Read more...