02 Dec Cars on Hyundai’s Electric Platform Can Charge 80% in 18 Minutes Hyundai Motor Group plans to build 23 electric vehicles on its new EV-dedicated platform, and is aiming to sell 1 million of the cars worldwide by 2025, the South Korean automaker said Dec. 2. Read more...
02 Dec Biden Win Is Pressuring Carmakers to Unite on Tailpipe Rules Carmakers that signed up for President Donald Trump’s battle with California over auto emissions are now being pressured to join a peace plan brought on by the election of Joe Biden. Read more...
02 Dec Central Freight Lines Taps Jerry Moyes as CEO Less-than-truckload carrier Central Freight Lines Inc. announced it named Jerry Moyes CEO, effective immediately. Read more...
02 Dec Coronavirus Likely Altered Supply Chains Permanently, XPO’s Chowdhury Says Supply chains have changed dramatically to adapt to the coronavirus, but many of those changes may outlast the pandemic. Read more...
02 Dec CSX Agrees to Buy New England’s Pan Am Railways CSX Corp. has agreed to buy Pan Am Railways Inc., North America’s largest regional railroad based in New England, extending CSX’s reach in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York and adding Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont to its 23-state network. Read more...
02 Dec Joe Biden Says He Won’t Immediately Lift China Tariffs President-elect Joe Biden says he won’t immediately lift tariffs placed by President Donald Trump on many imports from China or break Trump’s initial trade deal. Read more...
01 Dec TSA PreCheck Bill May Have Applications for Trucking, ATA Says A U.S. Senate bill meant to facilitate online and mobile access for Transportation Security Administration background checks has been endorsed by American Trucking Associations. Read more...
01 Dec DTNA, Portland Utility to Develop Fueling Site for Electric Trucks Daimler Trucks North America and utility company Portland General Electric announced the co-development of a public charging site for medium- and heavy-duty electric commercial vehicles that is expected to be the first of its kind in the United States. Read more...
01 Dec DOT Makes Preparations Ahead of COVID-19 Vaccine Transport USDOT announced Dec. 1 that it has taken regulatory measures to facilitate the safe and rapid transport of the much-anticipated COVID-19 vaccine. Read more...
01 Dec US Factory Gauge Eases From Two-Year High as Employment Cools U.S. manufacturing expanded at a slower pace in November, easing back from the strongest reading in two years as orders, employment and production cooled. Read more...