19 Feb DTNA Unveils New Driver-Assist Technology in Freightliner Cascadia WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Truck manufacturer Daimler Trucks North America recently demonstrated automated driver-assist technology that’s set to debut in its 2020 Freightliner Cascadia Class 8 model later this year, and said the system promises to make driving a truck — and the highways overall — safer. Read more...
19 Feb Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont Pivots From Truck-Only Toll Plan Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont has suggested a tolling program that would affect both cars and tractor-trailers, shifting away from an earlier pledge to only toll trucks. Read more...
19 Feb Self-Driving Truck Startup Pronto Pursues Gradual Path to Automation Pronto, the new self-driving truck startup launched by Anthony Levandowski, is pursuing a more incremental path toward autonomous driving than many of its competitors in the increasingly crowded race to bring automation to trucking. Read more...
19 Feb Diesel Jumps 4¢ to $3.006 a Gallon The U.S. average retail price of diesel rose 4 cents to $3.006 a gallon, according to the Department of Energy. The price of crude oil climbed into the mid-fifty-dollar range, a three-month high, as international supplies tightened and concerns over a deeper trade war with China lessened. Read more...
19 Feb FMCSA Grants Pyrotechnics Group ELD Exemption The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has granted certain members of the American Pyrotechnics Association reprieve from the electronic logging device rule. Read more...
19 Feb Opinion: Amazon Innovations Force Supply Chain Change Although widely regarded as innovative, Amazon’s business model has caused disruptive change, whether to its direct competitors or specific industries. Read more...
19 Feb Caltrans Scrambles to Hire Road Maintenance Workers Caltrans will consider hiring nearly anyone for 333 maintenance jobs it is trying to fill. The transportation department is on a spree to hire enough workers to improve road upkeep as called for in a 2017 gas tax bill that in November survived an initiative that would have repealed it. Read more...
19 Feb Port Tampa Bay Soon Will Welcome Largest Cargo Ships in Port History The biggest containerships ever seen in Tampa Bay will begin making weekly calls at Port Tampa Bay from Asia starting in May, port officials announced Feb. 19. Read more...
19 Feb BUILD Infrastructure Grants Reduced in Recent Funding Deal Funding for grants meant to assist states with infrastructure projects of regional significance was cut under the recently signed law ensuring federal agencies remain open through fiscal 2019. Read more...
19 Feb Walmart Surges After Reporting Best Holiday Quarter Since 2009 Walmart Inc. finally gave the U.S. retail sector some good news. The company brushed off the industry’s disappointing December sales with its best holiday quarter in at least a decade, soothing concerns about the sector’s outlook for 2019. Comparable sales for Walmart stores in the United States — a key performance barometer — rose 4.2% in the quarter that included Christmas, beating analysts’ estimates by a full percentage point. Read more...