05 Feb CARB Chair Chides GM, Toyota for Backing Trump on Fuel Rates California’s top environmental official criticized General Motors Co. and Toyota Motor Corp. for backing the Trump administration’s attempt to revoke the state’s authority to regulate auto emissions, saying she hoped car companies had learned by now to work with the powerful agency. Read more...
05 Feb YRC Swings to a Loss for Q4 and 2019 YRC Worldwide Inc. posted losses for both the fourth quarter and the year as it was weighed down by the United Auto Workers strike against General Motors Co., facilities closings and weakening freight traffic in its core Midwest market. Read more...
05 Feb Self-Driving Mass Transit Arrives on American Streets An electric-powered shuttle funded mostly by the federal government will give residents access to services that have slowly vanished from a part of Columbus, Ohio. Read more...
05 Feb CEOs Pivot Business Models to Feature Electrification GRAPEVINE, Texas — Rick Dauch, CEO of Delphi Technologies, maker of fuel injectors for the light and commercial vehicle sectors, told an audience of aftermarket experts the powertrain space will consolidate very quickly over the next 12 months to five years. Read more...
05 Feb Celadon to Sell Texas Facility as Bankruptcy Proceedings Continue According to bankruptcy court documents, P.A.M. Transportation Services Inc. is seeking to purchase a trucking terminal and property in Laredo, Texas, that is owned by Celadon Group. Read more...
05 Feb Coronavirus Has Oil Traders Seeking Ships to Hoard Unsold Crude Oil traders and sellers are making more inquiries for supertankers to hoard crude at sea in the latest indication of the crushing impact the coronavirus is having on demand in the world’s biggest importer. Read more...
04 Feb President Trump Calls On Congress to Advance Sen. Barrasso’s Highway Bill A State of the Union address that recounted the administration’s record and outlined a vision for achieving policies on immigration and healthcare was also a forum for President Donald Trump to briefly tell Congress to consider a highway policy bill not yet ready for prime time. Read more...
04 Feb Class 8 Orders in January Rise 10% Year-Over-Year Preliminary North American Class 8 orders for January hit 17,700, a 10% increase from a year earlier when they were 16,105, ACT Research reported Feb. 4. It was the first year-over-year gain since October 2018. Read more...
04 Feb Hemp Is Legal, but Guidelines Still Need Tweaking, Commenters Say Among more than 4,600 public comments filed regarding a new regulation issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Oct. 31, many lobbed criticism at how regulators are interpreting the underlying 2018 farm bill that legalized industrial hemp. Read more...
04 Feb US Senate Bill to Allow Interstate Truckers Under 21 Touted at Hearing WASHINGTON — A bill that would pave the way for commercial drivers younger than 21 to drive trucks across state lines received a resounding endorsement from an organization that represents freight industry interests nationwide during a Feb. 4 Senate hearing. Read more...