05 Nov GM to Invest $1 Billion to Resurrect Pickups in Ontario Canada’s Motor City is about to come back to life after a near-death experience threatened to end more than a century of production. Read more...
05 Nov Infrastructure Directive Unclear as Vote Counting Continues in Trump Versus Biden A presidential contest still without a victor leaves unanswered questions about the direction of the country’s infrastructure agenda for the next four years, and probably beyond. Read more...
05 Nov EPA Recognizes 75 Freight Industry Leaders for Environmental Performance The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency honored 75 carriers, logistics providers and freight shippers with its annual SmartWay Excellence Awards. Read more...
05 Nov Amazon Announces First Air Cargo Expansion Outside US Amazon .com Inc. is launching air cargo operations in Europe, the online retailer’s first such expansion outside of the U.S. as it looks to bring more freight operations in-house. Read more...
05 Nov Congressional Transportation Leaders Win Re-Election For the top transportation decision-makers on Capitol Hill up for re-election, a majority of voters responded favorably to their campaigns, sending them back to Washington to work on an agenda that includes an update of the country’s highway and infrastructure policies. Read more...
05 Nov 751,000 Seek US Jobless Benefits as Virus Weighs on Economy The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell slightly last week to 751,000, a still-historically high level that shows that many employers keep cutting jobs in the face of the accelerating pandemic. Read more...
05 Nov Class 8 Orders Spike in October Preliminary net Class 8 orders for October, typically a bellwether month, were nearly 40,000 and the highest in 24 months, ACT Research reported. Read more...
05 Nov VW CEO Diess Says Existential Electric Race Awaits After Pandemic Volkswagen AG CEO Herbert Diess vowed to pursue a sweeping transition to electric cars, declaring it a matter of survival even as the coronavirus risks upending business in the near term. Read more...
05 Nov Volvo Plans to Sell First Heavy-Duty Electric Trucks in 2021 Volvo Group has announced plans to sell electric versions of its heavy-duty trucks starting in Europe in 2021. Read more...
05 Nov Volvo Plans to Sell First Heavy-Duty Electric Trucks in December Volvo Trucks North America announced it will begin selling its Volvo VNR Electric model Dec. 3 as production at its New River Valley manufacturing plant in Dublin, Va., is slated for early 2021. Read more...