27 Jul Biden Visits Mack Trucks Plant Today, President Joe Biden will visit Mack Trucks in Lower Macungie Township, Pa., in conjunction with the White House’s proclamation designating July 26-30 as “Made in America Week.” Watch live. Read more...
27 Jul Biden Mileage Rule to Exceed Obama Climate Goal WASHINGTON — In a major step against climate change, President Joe Biden is proposing a return to aggressive Obama-era vehicle mileage standards over five years. He’s then aiming for even tougher antipollution rules after that to forcefully reduce greenhouse gas emissions and nudge 40% of U.S. drivers into electric vehicles by decade’s end. Read more...
27 Jul Paccar Q2 Results Ride Surge in Truck Deliveries, Parts, Financial Services Paccar Inc. reported second-quarter earnings and revenue soared compared with a year earlier amid improved truck deliveries, and record performance at its parts and financial service segments. Read more...
27 Jul P3 Project Gets Underway to Ease Freight Movement in Chicago Area Illinois officials recently announced construction has started on the Houbolt Road Extension project, an effort to improve traffic flow and freight movement near Joliet. Read more...
27 Jul VTNA Introduces New Premium Service Offering Volvo Trucks North America announced its Volvo Blue Contract service offering, a premium plan for new trucks. Read more...
27 Jul Rush Enterprises Rides Parts, Truck Sales to Higher Earnings Truck dealership Rush Enterprises reported decidedly higher net income and revenue for the second quarter as the nation’s economy and the company’s markets bounced back. Read more...
27 Jul Kansas Leaders Award $23 Million for Road Improvement Projects Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly announced $23 million has been awarded to support road improvement projects in 36 cities across the state. Read more...
27 Jul Minnesota Adopts CARB Standards Minnesota is the latest state — and the first in the Midwest — to adopt California’s stricter tailpipe emission standards and mandate for automakers to get more zero-emission vehicles onto sales lots. Read more...
27 Jul UPS Earns $2.7 Billion in Q2 ATLANTA — UPS had another strong quarter with shipments to homes continuing at a brisk pace, though revenue at home, its biggest market, was a little weaker than some had expected. Read more...
26 Jul Tesla Tops Forecasts, But Delays Semi Production to 2022 Tesla Inc. reported better-than-expected second-quarter earnings, buoyed by strong demand for its electric vehicles as it suggested deliveries this year may exceed its longer-term projections for 50% growth. But it is delaying production on its electric heavy-duty Semi truck until 2022. Read more...