05 Aug Driverless Semi Reaches Milestone in Test, Plus Says Silicon Valley startup Plus says the global race to develop fully autonomous trucks reached a milestone when a semi used its technology to navigate traffic on a Chinese highway with no driver, even as a safety backup. Read more...
05 Aug Jobless Claims Down 14,000 to 385,000 as Economy Rebounds WASHINGTON — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week by 14,000 to 385,000, more evidence that the economy and the job market are rebounding briskly from the coronavirus recession. Read more...
05 Aug Automakers Join Biden in Pledge to Boost EV Sales DETROIT — The Biden administration wants automakers to raise gas mileage and cut tailpipe pollution between now and model year 2026, and it has won a voluntary commitment Aug. 5 from the industry that electric vehicles will comprise up to half of U.S. sales by the end of the decade. Read more...
04 Aug US Senate Committee Approves NTSB Nominee, Commerce Legislation President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead a key federal transportation investigatory unit was easily approved by a U.S. Senate panel Aug. 4. Read more...
04 Aug Infrastructure Bill Gives States Road Windfalls California and Texas are in line for more than $25 billion each to rebuild their highways should Congress pass a bipartisan infrastructure deal, the White House said in a statement aimed at nudging lawmakers toward support for the measure. Read more...
04 Aug Automakers to Join Biden on Emission Cuts, EV Sales Goals The Biden administration plans to announce new limits on greenhouse gas auto emissions and new electric-vehicle sales targets at an event with Detroit automakers at the White House on Aug. 5, according to several people familiar with the matter. Read more...
04 Aug Meritor Rides Truck Market to Higher Fiscal Q3 Results Meritor Inc. reported increases in net income and revenue for its fiscal third quarter amid gains in the North American truck market. Read more...
04 Aug Omnitracs Adds PrePass to Platform Omnitracs has entered into a partnership with PrePass Safety Alliance to provide PrePass, the weigh station bypass application, on its Omnitracs One platform. Read more...
04 Aug Watch the Replay: RETOOL, a Technology and Maintenance Event Transport Topics hosted a special two-day virtual event, RETOOL, taking deep dives into the most important topics and trends within the trucking industry’s equipment and technology spheres. Watch the replay. Read more...
04 Aug New ATRI Initiative Studies Methods for Finding Safe Younger Drivers A new initiative from the American Transportation Research Institute is exploring development of an assessment tool to identify the safest drivers among 18- to 20-year-olds, a key group that the trucking industry is targeting for expanded eligibility of commercial driver licenses for interstate travel. Read more...