19 Feb GM’s Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Poised to Begin Electric Transformation The last Chevrolet Impala will roll down the line next week at Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly, making way for the plant’s next phase: electric vehicles. Read more...
19 Feb NFI Motivated to Move Forward on Electric CHINO, Calif. — For-hire carrier NFI is planning broader adoption of electric Class 8 trucks after six months of testing the Freightliner eCascadia in Southern California, the company said. Read more...
19 Feb Boeing Inspects 737 Max for Fuel-Tank Debris in New Setback Boeing Co. is inspecting more than 400 stored 737 Max jets after discovering debris such as tools or rags left in the fuel tanks of several newly built but undelivered aircraft. Read more...
19 Feb Electric Trucks Must Reap Financial and Environmental Benefits, Execs Say FONTANA, Calif. — The financial case must be just as sound as the environmental argument if electric trucks are to succeed in the marketplace, stakeholders said. Read more...
19 Feb Top 100 Truck Bottlenecks: 2020 ATRI Ranking Has Familiar Choke Points This is one ranking where you probably don't want to repeat as champion, but for the second year in a row, the approach to the George Washington Bridge heading into New York from the New Jersey side of the Hudson River is being cited as the nation's worst truck bottleneck. Read more...
18 Feb Make Infrastructure Great Now, Surface Transportation in a Few Months President Donald Trump’s infrastructure directive explained in his fiscal 2021 budget to Congress is about urgency. The time to act is now. Here's your Capitol Agenda look at the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill. Read more...
18 Feb Trump Plan: Make Infrastructure Great Now, Surface Transportation in a Few Months President Donald Trump’s infrastructure directive explained in his fiscal 2021 budget to Congress is about urgency. The time to act is now. Here's your Capitol Agenda look at the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill. Read more...
18 Feb Diesel Declines 2¢ a Gallon to $2.89 The price of diesel fuel declined by 2 cents a gallon nationally Feb. 17, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Read more...
18 Feb Oil Stalls After Rosneft Sanctions Offset Virus-Led Demand Fears Oil ended the session Feb. 18 flat after U.S. sanctions on Russia’s largest oil producer helped to erase losses driven by lingering concerns that coronavirus will cut demand. Read more...
18 Feb Rep. Sam Graves Highlights Push to Streamline Permitting Process Policies aimed at expediting the permitting process related to big-ticket infrastructure projects would enhance connectivity along freight and commuter networks, Rep. Sam Graves, the top Republican on the House transportation panel, recently indicated. Read more...