17 Dec ASCE Gives Utah C+ on Infrastructure Report Card Utah earned a C+ on its most recent infrastructure report card, according to preliminary findings from the American Society of Civil Engineers. Read more...
16 Dec Amazon Alabama Workers Get Chance for First-in-US Union Amazon .com Inc. workers at an Alabama warehouse were given the go-ahead by federal regulators to vote on whether to form what would be the first union at a U.S. facility of the e-commerce giant. Read more...
16 Dec Fed to Maintain Bond Buys Until Economy Improves The Federal Reserve strengthened its commitment to support the U.S. economy, promising to maintain its massive asset purchase program until it sees “substantial further progress” in employment and inflation. Read more...
16 Dec COVID Drives Trucking Industry Consolidation The economic fallout from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic has prompted a number of carriers to consolidate. Read more...
16 Dec CEO of Arrival Aims to Make Electric Buses, Vans in Microfactories Russian-born entrepreneur Denis Sverdlov wants to revolutionize automaking, replacing Henry Ford’s century-old conveyor-belt assembly lines with tiny factories that cost far less. Read more...
16 Dec Batteries for Electric Cars Speed Toward Tipping Point According to a survey conducted by BloombergNEF, electric vehicle makers soon will be producing models that are as affordable — and as profitable — as comparable combustion-engine models. Read more...
16 Dec First Hiccups Seen in US Push to Deliver COVID-19 Vaccine The first hiccups in the distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine in the U.S. included a holdup in delivering 3,900 shots to two states and the announcement that Pfizer Inc. would deliver almost a million fewer doses next week than are set to ship this week. Read more...
16 Dec Negotiators Near Agreement on Long-Delayed COVID-19 Aid Bill Top congressional leaders are closing in on an agreement on a long-delayed COVID-19 relief package, hoping to seal a deal as early as Dec. 16. Read more...
16 Dec NACFE Report Says Challenges Remain for Broad Fuel Cell Adoption Hydrogen fuel cell technology will likely roll out in heavy-duty trucks over the next five years, but hurdles remain before U.S. motor carriers will adopt them beyond small numbers of test vehicles, according to a new report. Read more...
16 Dec Drones Could Help Bridge the Economic, Social Divides for Vaccine Distribution The challenge of ensuring equitable distribution of the coronavirus vaccine is one of global scale, and the city of Miami provides a backdrop for the social and economic divides that the medical community must overcome. Read more...