24 May Musk’s Bullish E-mail Puts Battered Tesla on Roller-Coaster Ride Even for oft-volatile Tesla Inc., the morning of May 23 will go down as one of the more memorable roller-coaster rides. Read more...
24 May Sen. Ed Markey Proposes ‘Green Infrastructure’ Package A senator key to infrastructure and trucking policy negotiations on Capitol Hill has proposed modernizing the country’s transportation grid via green-centric initiatives. Read more...
24 May The Trailer’s Turn in the Tech Spotlight It’s long been the case in our industry that trailers play second fiddle to the increasingly high-tech tractors that pull them. But times are changing. Read more...
24 May Texas, Other States Look to Boost Fees on EVs to Fund Highway Maintenance Texas is considering whether to impose additional registration fees on electric and hybrid vehicles, following nearly half the states that assess higher fees on battery-powered vehicles to compensate for lost gasoline taxes used to maintain roads and highways. Read more...
24 May Maersk Shares Tank After CEO Talks to Analysts About Trade War Shares in the world’s biggest shipping company slumped May 24 after its CEO started discussing the fallout of global trade tensions on his industry. Read more...
24 May Competition Heats Up in Trailer-Tracking Market As the capabilities of onboard sensors and trailer-tracking systems have expanded, so has the level of competition in this segment of the trucking technology market. Read more...
24 May Shaping the Future of Asset Management Technology adoption in the trucking industry typically focuses first on the back office and in the cab of the truck, but the proliferation of internet-connected devices and onboard sensors in recent years has increasingly pulled the trailer into the forefront of the conversation. Read more...
24 May US Orders for Long-Lasting Goods Fall 2.1% in April WASHINGTON — Orders to U.S. factories for large manufactured goods fell sharply in April, pulled down by lower demand for commercial aircraft and cars. Read more...
24 May Mississippi Fleet Preps Young Drivers for Road Ahead John Stomps, CEO and founder of Total Transportation of Mississippi, said the need for drivers caused him to look into a new strategy in January 2018 — one that involves training those between the ages of 18 and 20 to haul freight interstate. Read more...
24 May Shell Carbon-Capture Plant Hits 4 Million-Ton Milestone Early A Royal Dutch Shell-operated carbon capture and storage project in Canada has hit a milestone of sequestering 4 million tons of carbon dioxide about six months ahead of schedule and at a lower cost than estimated, helped by better-than-expected reliability. Read more...