14 Mar Volvo Trucks Debuts New Heavy-Haul Model DUBLIN, Va. — The timing is right for Volvo Trucks North America to “take a further step” into the heavy-haul market, a company executive said during the launch of an updated model in its VNX series. Read more...
14 Mar Dana Inc. Moves to Acquire Driveline Division of GKN Dana Inc. announced its signature of definitive agreements to combine with the driveline division of United Kingdom-based GKN plc to create Dana Plc, a global driveline systems company. Read more...
14 Mar Xpress Global Systems Announces South Florida Expansion Chattanooga, Tennessee-based Xpress Global Systems announced plans to begin expanding in several markets this year. Read more...
14 Mar Retail Sales Unexpectedly Fall for Third Straight Month U.S. retail sales unexpectedly fell in February for a third month, adding to signs that consumer spending will cool this quarter from the previous period’s hot pace, according to Commerce Department figures released March 14. Read more...
14 Mar Waymo Autonomous Trucks Haul Freight in Atlanta It’s getting to be a traffic jam. Alphabet Inc.’s autonomous vehicle division Waymo began this month operating an autonomous freight truck in the Atlanta area, carrying server equipment, racks and related material to Google data centers. Read more...
14 Mar Trump to Promote Infrastructure Plan as Lawmakers Seek Funding The White House says Donald Trump will campaign to pass legislation this year to upgrade roads, bridges and other public works, as members of Congress from both parties say it will only happen with a push from the president. Read more...
14 Mar FMCSA Gives Ag Haulers 90-Day Extension on Waiver From ELD Rule The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has announced an additional 90-day temporary waiver from the electronic logging device rule for agriculture-related transportation. Read more...
13 Mar Medium-Duty Sales Rise in February, Top 17,000 U.S. retail sales of medium-duty trucks inched up in a normally flat month, clearing 17,000 units in February, WardsAuto.com reported. Read more...
13 Mar Fleets Must Learn From ‘Big Data,’ Maintenance Director Says “Big data” is essentially of no benefit to fleets if they don’t take all of the information they have on their equipment and repairs and learn from it, a maintenance director of a Canadian fleet said. Read more...
13 Mar TIGER Grants Address Freight Movement, Bridge Rehabilitation Projects that will address truck movement are included in the most recent round of Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery grants. Read more...