23 Jun Volvo Financial Services Names Patrick Shannon President of North America Region Volvo Financial Services, a unit of Volvo Group, appointed Patrick Shannon president of the company’s North America region. Read more...
23 Jun Thermo King Launches Advancer Series Thermo King announced the launch of the Advancer series, which it called “a re-imagining” of the trailer refrigeration unit. Read more...
23 Jun West Coast Utilities Offer Plan for Charging Stations Along Interstate 5 Several West Coast electric utilities proposed a phased-in approach to electrifying Interstate 5 in an effort to reduce commercial vehicle emissions along the major freight corridor. Read more...
23 Jun Tesla Pitches 5,000 ‘Middle-Skill’ Factory Jobs to Texas County Executives from Tesla Inc. will use an unassuming job-type description in their pitch to a Texas county on the merits of the carmaker’s Cybertruck plant project. Read more...
23 Jun May Tonnage Falls 9.6% Year-Over-Year Truck tonnage in May declined 9.6% compared with year-ago levels, the steepest seasonally adjusted year-over-year percentage drop since a 10.7% decline in June 2009, American Trucking Associations reported. Read more...
23 Jun Amazon’s Carbon Footprint Grows 15% Despite Green Pledges Amazon said June 23 that its carbon footprint rose 15% last year, even as it launched initiatives to reduce its harm on the environment. Read more...
23 Jun Electric Car Charging Stations Are Finally About to Take Off It may be the coronavirus pandemic that finally breaks the stalemate. Read more...
23 Jun Advocates of Hydrogen Fuel Are Primed for Global Markets The CEO of Nel ASA, a Norwegian company founded in 1927 and the largest manufacturer of electrolyzer technology that produces hydrogen from water, said Nel is ready to “cut and paste” its manufacturing approach in locations around the world as interest in the alternative fuel climbs. Read more...
22 Jun Diesel Rises 2.2¢ to $2.425 as Demand Begins to Increase The national average retail price of diesel rose for the third consecutive week, 2.2 cents to $2.425 a gallon, according to data the Energy Information Administration released June 22. Read more...
22 Jun Drivers Use Apps, Social Media to Stay Connected With Family, Friends Truck drivers use modern mobile technology to stay connected with friends and family, which is especially important for longhaul truck drivers, who sometimes spend weeks at a time on the road. Read more...