01 Jun Michelin Introduces Microchips to Make Truck Tires Smart Michelin, the French tiremaker that also publishes the eponymous restaurant guide, is betting on a future paved with chips — microchips, that is. Read more...
01 Jun Old Dominion Freight Lines Opens Five New Service Centers Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. announced that by the end of the second quarter it will have opened five new service centers across the United States. Read more...
01 Jun Woodrome Rules at Ohio’s Truck Safety Championships FedEx Freight’s Scott Woodrome, a frequent competitor at the national stage with nearly 2 million safety miles throughout his career, earned blue-ribbon honors at the Ohio championships last month, competing in the tanker division. Read more...
01 Jun Trump Appeasement Fails, Trudeau's Gloves Come off After more than a year of trying to make nice, Justin Trudeau finally appears to be fed up with Donald Trump. Read more...
01 Jun Pitt Ohio Tests Two Mack Anthem Natural Gas Trucks Carrier Pitt Ohio is testing two natural gas-powered Mack Anthem models equipped with Cummins Westport ISX12N engines as it seeks to use alternative fuels to reduce emissions. Read more...
01 Jun Why GM and Waymo Rely on Allies in Self-Driving Race An automaker like General Motors Co. brings two advantages to the development of self-driving vehicles: knowledge of how to build a car and the factories to do it. Silicon Valley’s biggest entrants into autonomous vehicles, particularly Alphabet Inc., have legions of coders and piles of cash. Read more...
01 Jun TMC Conference to Focus on Cybersecurity, Truck Diagnostics As companies become more interconnected, executives need to have a broader understanding of their entire firm and the way divisions — once thought of as separate and distinct — interact with each other. A conference hosted by American Trucking Associations this month will combine several vital segments of trucking to provide a fresh look at this rapidly changing industry. Read more...
01 Jun DHL to Open Americas Innovation Center, Expands Tampa Facility International logistics giant DHL has been active in the United States this spring, laying the foundation for a major marketing and education center and growing a service facility in Florida. Read more...