09 Jul Volkswagen Risks Diesel Claims Across EU After Court Ruling Volkswagen AG vehicle owners can sue the carmaker over diesel-emission manipulation anywhere in the European Union, the bloc’s top court said in its first ruling on the scandal. Read more...
09 Jul Wisconsin Officials Announce $160M in Aid for Local Governments More than $160 million in transportation aid will be directed to local government agencies in Wisconsin, state officials recently announced. Read more...
09 Jul Consumer Brands Spearheads Contactless Delivery Task Force A task force was launched to develop standards for reducing human contact when moving freight from Class 8 vehicles to last-mile drop-offs. Read more...
09 Jul Amazon Aviation Fuel Deal Adds to Demand for Lower-Emissions Alternatives Amazon.com Inc. will buy an aviation fuel blend made from used fats, oils and greases over the next 12 months as it searches for ways to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions of its growing air cargo operations. Read more...
09 Jul FHWA Awards $15.1 Million for Alternative Funding Pilot Projects The Federal Highway Administration awarded $15.1 million in Surface Transportation System Funding Alternatives grants July 9. Read more...
09 Jul Class 8 Orders Rise 23.2% in June North American Class 8 orders in June approached replacement levels and reached the second-highest volume of the year. Read more...
09 Jul Driver’s Untreated Sleep Apnea Contributed to 2018 Fatal Crash, NTSB Says A National Transportation Safety Board investigation concluded that lack of a “robust medical certification evaluation process” on the federal level to identify and treat commercial drivers at high risk for obstructive sleep apnea was one of three safety issues that contributed to a fatal, multivehicle heavy truck-involved crash in 2018. Read more...
09 Jul Utah Trucker Already Under Indictment Faces New Fraud Charges A Utah trucking company owner already under federal indictment for his participation in a “pay-to-play” scheme has been charged with lying on a federal loan application to secure a $210,000 COVID-19 small business loan under the federal Paycheck Protection Program. Read more...
09 Jul Musk Says Tesla Is ‘Very Close’ to Developing Fully Autonomous Vehicles Tesla Inc.’s Elon Musk said the carmaker is on the verge of developing technology to render its vehicles fully capable of driving themselves, repeating a claim he has made for years but been unable to achieve. Read more...
09 Jul Layoffs Stuck at High Level as 1.3 Million Seek Jobless Aid More than 1.3 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, a historically high pace that shows that many employers are still laying people off in the face of a resurgent coronavirus. Read more...