25 Mar Bendix Launches Program to Retrofit Safety Systems Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems announced that several of its safety technologies are for the first time available through retrofits. Read more...
25 Mar Will Jeep Gladiator Conquer Rivals in Pickup Truck Arena? Americans bought 524,000 small, starter pickup trucks last year — about 1,400 a day — but not one of them had removable doors. In a few weeks, that small but noteworthy gap in the market will be filled by the Jeep Gladiator, a new rig that represents Fiat-Chrysler’s initial bid to re-enter one of the industry’s hottest segments. Read more...
25 Mar Utility Opens Support Facilities on Mexican Border Utility Trailer Manufacturing Co. announced the opening of a dual-use facility located on 40 acres in Eagle Pass, Texas. It will support the new Utility refrigerated trailer factory in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, just three miles away in Mexico. Read more...
25 Mar Kenworth Offers More Engine Ratings, New Fan Clutch Kenworth Truck Co. announced the addition of two new power ratings for the 12.9-liter Paccar MX-13 engine that is available in the truck maker’s T680, T880 and W990 models. Read more...
25 Mar Retired Teamsters in Illinois Mobilize to Fight for Failing Pension Funds Dave Mauer and other Central States pensioners in the Rockford area have formed the Illinois/Rock River Valley Committee to Protect Pensions. The group has scheduled an April 6 meeting at the Teamsters Local 325 union hall in Rockford to mobilize and pressure Congress to rescue failing multiemployer pension funds. Read more...
25 Mar Fuel-Tax Hike to Assist Mobile Port Widening, Alabama Lawmakers Say Republican lawmakers who backed the 10-cents-per-gallon gas tax increase know that various irate constituents might be waiting at home to give them an earful on their spring break next week. But the coastal Alabama contingent will be able to point to a very tangible benefit from their supportive votes: a deepening and widening of the Mobile ship channel. Read more...
22 Mar Trump Identifies Infrastructure as Potential Bipartisan Policy The prospects for a comprehensive infrastructure measure advancing this year might have improved after President Donald Trump declared the policy as capable of bringing Democrats and Republicans together. Read more...
22 Mar CVSA’s Collin Mooney: Trouble Awaits Fleets Delaying Switch From AOBRDs to ELDs ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A “manufacturers crisis” in transferring automatic onboard recording device software into electronic logging devices is in the making, according to the head of the trade organization representing commercial vehicle inspectors. Read more...
22 Mar US Posts Largest Monthly Budget Deficit on Record in February The U.S. posted its biggest monthly budget deficit on record last month, amid falling corporate and individual tax revenue and increasing federal spending. Read more...
22 Mar GM to Invest $300 Million, Create 400 Jobs at Michigan Plant General Motors Co. will invest $300 million in its Orion Township. Mich., assembly plant, a move that will create 400 jobs in suburban Detroit. Read more...