25 Feb Activists Say USPS Truck Purchase Defies Biden’s EV Order The U.S. Postal Service currently plans for only 10% of its new truck fleet to be electric, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said Feb. 24, angering environmentalists who say the move flies in the face of a White House executive order to electrify the government’s vehicles. Read more...
25 Feb Daimler Truck Eyes Profit Rebound, Electric Rig in Spinoff Year Daimler AG’s truck unit will focus on restoring earnings this year and start producing an electric big rig as it gets ready to separate from the larger Mercedes-Benz luxury-car division after more than a century. Read more...
25 Feb Jobless Claims Decline by More Than Forecast Last Week Applications for U.S. state unemployment benefits fell by more than forecast last week to the lowest since November, signaling that job cuts are starting to ebb as COVID-19 infections decline and vaccinations accelerate. Read more...
25 Feb Peterbilt Launches Updated Vocational Models 567 and 520 Peterbilt Motors Co. has updated its vocational Model 567 and 520 trucks, the company announced Feb. 24. Read more...
25 Feb Fraudulent Movers Are a Major Threat to the Industry The hardworking men and women in the household goods moving profession call their fraudulent counterparts “rogue operators.” Read more...
24 Feb Climate Change to Dominate Highway Policy, Top Transportation Lawmakers Say This year’s update of the nation’s premier highway policy law will focus heavily on climate change initiatives, Sen. Tom Carper and Rep. Peter DeFazio told state officials Feb. 24. Read more...
24 Feb For Recruiting and Retention, Trucking Companies Should Focus on Equipment, Pay Trucking companies must focus on maintaining good equipment and keeping lines of communication open with drivers to ensure effective recruitment and retention, a new report found. Read more...
24 Feb Ford CEO Farley Calls for Battery Production in US Ford Motor Co. CEO Jim Farley said the U.S. must begin building batteries for the coming wave of electric vehicles in order to avoid supply disruptions like the semiconductor shortage now shutting American auto factories. Read more...
24 Feb Kenworth T680E Eligible for CARB Incentives Qualifying California purchasers of the new Kenworth T680E battery-electric vehicle are eligible for a $120,000 incentive voucher from the California Air Resources Board, Kenworth Truck Co. announced. Read more...
24 Feb Senate EPW Panel Starts Looking at Infrastructure Package A Senate committee began consideration Feb. 24 of President Joe Biden’s follow-up to the pandemic-relief bill: a major push on infrastructure. Read more...