27 Sep Xos to Use Cox Automotive Mobility for Battery Remanufacturing Xos Inc., a manufacturer of Classes 5-8 battery-electric commercial vehicles, announced a collaboration with Cox Automotive Mobility to leverage the automotive services provider’s remanufacturing capabilities for Xos battery packs. Read more...
27 Sep USPS Mail, Small Package Delivery May Take Longer as of Oct. 1 The U.S. Postal Service is making changes to its express shipping as of Oct. 1 that could delay some mail going across country. Read more...
27 Sep Prime Partners With Mastery to Implement Cloud-Based TMS Prime Inc. announced a partnership with Mastery Logistics Systems to implement a cloud-based transportation management system. Read more...
27 Sep Trucker Visa Move to Get Gas Flowing in UK Called Inadequate Boris Johnson caved in to industry demands to issue visas to foreign truck drivers, as a crisis that has led to panic-buying at gas stations and empty supermarket shelves threatens to undermine his government. Read more...
27 Sep Vocational Segment Increases Adoption of Advanced Safety System Technology As the rate of adoption of driver-assist safety technology continues to rise with over-the-road fleets, the vocational truck market — fleets consisting of dump trucks, utility trucks and public transit vehicles — is also experiencing the increase of such industry applications. Read more...
27 Sep Pandemic, Amazon Driving Growth of Minnesota Mega-Business Centers An enormous new kind of trucking center is rolling into the Twin Cities — thanks in part to the pandemic and the home-delivery giant Amazon.com Inc. Read more...
27 Sep EV Maker Polestar Valued at $20 Billion in SPAC Deal Polestar, the electric vehicle maker backed by Volvo Car Group and actor Leonardo DiCaprio, agreed to go public through a merger with a blank-check company at a roughly $20 billion enterprise valuation. Read more...
27 Sep Orders for Business Equipment Rise for Sixth Straight Month Orders placed with U.S. manufacturers for business equipment strengthened in August, extending to six months a solid run of robust capital investment that’s helping fuel economic growth. Read more...
27 Sep House Vote on Infrastructure Pushed to Sept. 30 WASHINGTON — With President Joe Biden’s broad domestic agenda at risk of collapse, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sept. 26 vowed that Democrats will pass a bipartisan infrastructure bill this week and push ahead on the bigger $3.5 trillion social safety net and climate change bill while acknowledging the total amount will drop. Read more...
24 Sep Wreaths Across America Recognizes Bennett Family of Cos. The Bennett Family of Cos. was recognized by Wreaths Across America as the sixth recipient of its annual James Prout Spirit of Giving Award. Read more...