12 Dec Bombardier’s New Jersey Transit Win Softens ‘Astonishing’ Blow in Canada Bombardier Inc. got a split decision in its accelerated push for rail contracts, scoring a victory in New Jersey and a home-turf loss the company called “astonishing.” Read more...
12 Dec Drivers, Carriers Have Different Concerns Regarding Driver Shortage, Retention The nation’s motor carriers and their drivers see different priorities when it comes to issues facing the trucking industry, a new study found. Read more...
12 Dec Washington State Combats Collisions With New Wildlife Bridge SNOQUALMIE PASS, Wash. — Before descending the Cascade Mountains on its final stretch to Seattle, Interstate 90 cuts through a mountain pass of old-growth forests and wetlands. Read more...
12 Dec Rush Enterprises Showcases Employees at Tech Skills Rodeo SAN ANTONIO — They came for a share of $280,000 in cash and prizes and to compete and celebrate like family. In all, 232 technicians, and truck and parts sales personnel selected from across Rush Enterprises’ national network, vied in skills tests to prove they were the champions of what they do for the truck dealership. Read more...
12 Dec Oil Extends Gain as US Stockpiles Drop and Trade Tensions Ease Oil extended an advance after a U.S. industry report signaled a bigger-than-expected draw in nationwide crude inventories and as trade tensions eased between the world’s largest economies. Read more...
12 Dec Agility to Invest $100 Million in Shipa Digital Logistics Platform Agility, a global logistics and freight services company headquartered in Kuwait, has announced a $100 million investment over three years to launch Shipa.com. The platform will help businesses, entrepreneurs and consumers manage freight, e-commerce and urban deliveries online. Read more...
12 Dec Hyundai Plans $6.7 Billion Investment to Boost Fuel-Cell Output Hyundai Motor Group and its suppliers plan to spend $6.7 billion (7.6 trillion won) through 2030 to raise production of fuel cells more than 200-fold as the South Korean automaker targets becoming a key player in new-energy vehicle technology. Read more...
12 Dec Tesla CEO Elon Musk Is Getting Last Laugh on Wall Street It was only a few months ago that Wall Street was bashing Elon Musk’s Tesla Inc. Times have changed for the automaker and its mercurial CEO. Read more...
12 Dec House Panel Examines Draft Legislation for Ethanol Mandates WASHINGTON — With the current session of Congress quickly coming to a close, the top policymaker on environmental issues in the U.S. House made sure new draft legislation on ethanol mandates he co-authored would see the light of day. Read more...
11 Dec Volvo Trucks to Introduce All-Electric Version of VNR Model WASHINGTON — Volvo Trucks will bring electric-powered commercial trucks to North America in 2019 by introducing a battery-electric version of its VNR regional haul model. Read more...