11 May Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao: ‘Truckers Are Our Heroes’ Society often judges its heroes by the sports they dominate. The real heroes in the age of COVID-19 are found on the nation's roads. Here's your Capitol Agenda look at the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill. Read more...
11 May Airlines Balance Fewer Flights, Travelers Seeking Social Distance U.S. airlines are grappling with one outcome of the deep schedule cuts they’ve made in response to near-zero travel demand: Many of the flights that remain are starting to fill up, complicating social distancing guidelines and angering some passengers. Read more...
11 May Dana Hires Hong Yang for Electric Vehicle Systems Post Dana Inc. announced Hong Yang joined the company as senior director of electric vehicle systems engineering for its commercial vehicle drive and motion business unit. Read more...
11 May Biggest US Car Dealer Declares Recovery Underway AutoNation Inc., the biggest car dealership chain in the U.S., said consumers’ desire to travel again and do so in their own personal space is driving the industry’s rebound from the coronavirus pandemic. Read more...
11 May Electric Truck Integration Poses Challenges for Fleets, Study Shows Many fleets are looking to integrate electric trucks into their operations but are stymied by a series of obstacles that will slow the shift from diesel vehicles. Read more...
11 May Crossword Puzzle Solution for May 11, 2020 Here's the solution to the crossword puzzle found in the May 11, 2020 print edition. Read more...
11 May Saudi Arabia Cuts Oil Output Again Saudi Arabia announced a surprise move to slash oil output to the lowest point in 18 years as it tries to spur the recovery from an energy crisis that has devastated the kingdom’s finances. Read more...
11 May Harvesters Struggle to Recruit Foreign Crews During Pandemic Kansas harvester Mike Keimig is growing increasingly anxious about whether the foreign seasonal workers he needs to run his nine combines and drive his grain trucks will arrive in time for the start of the winter wheat harvest, which is just weeks away. Read more...
11 May Truck-Lite Holdings Renamed Clarience Technologies Truck-Lite Holdings has changed its corporate name to Clarience Technologies. Read more...
11 May Musk Emerges as Loud Reopen Proponent With Tesla Threats Tesla Inc. asserts that restarting its operations in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic doesn’t make the company an outlier, nor is it going against the grain. Read more...