07 Apr Tesla’s Ventilator Production in New York Has Yet to Begin Elon Musk promised nearly two weeks ago that the Tesla factory in Buffalo, N.Y., would reopen for ventilator production to help with the coronavirus pandemic. But it still hasn’t happened yet. Read more...
07 Apr World’s Biggest Lockdown Brings Trucks to a Standstill in India The world’s biggest lockdown has brought transportation of goods in India to a near halt, even though the federal government has exempted the sector from restrictions to halt the spread of coronavirus. Read more...
06 Apr NTDC Canceled Because of Coronavirus Concerns American Trucking Associations’ National Truck Driving Championships and National Step Van Driving Championships have been canceled due to coronavirus-related concerns. But states remain free to make independent decisions about their own events. Read more...
06 Apr Trucking Volume Linked to Future Spending Trends, Experts Say Where and how consumers and businesses are spending money now, and how those habits might shift in the near future, will shape how the economy — and the trucking industry — will manage through the impact of the COVID-19 crisis, experts said. Read more...
06 Apr Diesel Falls 3.8¢ to $2.548 a Gallon; Gas Is Below $2 The nationwide average price of diesel fuel declined by 3.8 cents per gallon April 6, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, while gasoline fell below $2. Read more...
06 Apr Diesel Falls 3.8¢ to $2.548 a Gallon The nationwide average price of diesel fuel declined by almost 4 cents per gallon April 6, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Read more...
06 Apr Speaker Pelosi’s Very Real, Very Brief ‘Infrastructure Week’ While President Trump last week insisted that $2 trillion in infrastructure could re-energize the country’s economy, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi pointed to the Democrats' five-year, $760 billion plan. Something could be in the works. Here's your Capitol Agenda look at the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill. Read more...
06 Apr Airbus Pauses Production in Alabama, Germany Airbus SE is pausing production at two German sites and its factory in Alabama to adjust to a demand slowdown and supply issues related to the coronavirus pandemic. Read more...
06 Apr Cummins Halts Production at Southern Indiana Plants Cummins Inc. has temporarily closed until May 4 manufacturing facilities in southern Indiana as the company continues to adjust to the coronavirus pandemic. Read more...
06 Apr Ravn, Alaska’s Biggest Regional Airline, Files for Bankruptcy Ravn Air Group, whose airlines connect the far reaches of Alaska, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after it ran out of cash to pay staff and keep its planes flying. Read more...