11 Oct Wabash National Co-Founder Rodney Ehrlich Dies at 72 Rodney Ehrlich, Wabash National Corp. co-founder and chief technology officer, died Oct. 9. He was 72. Read more...
11 Oct Four Democratic Representatives Seek IG Investigation of TTU Glider Study Four House Democrats have asked the Environmental Protection Agency Inspector General to investigate a glider truck study by a Tennessee Tech University researcher. The study already is the subject of a research misconduct investigation by the university. Read more...
11 Oct Fleets Hunt for Strategies to Lower Driver Turnover Driver turnover is on pace to hit the highest annual rate in five years, but experts point to several ways carriers can limit the churn, including better hiring interviews, bonuses, expanded benefits, use of mobile freight apps and empathy when drivers are confronting hardship. Read more...
11 Oct Senate Autonomous Bill Negotiations Continue After Heated Confirmation Fight Senators are negotiating safety provisions in an autonomous vehicles bill that proponents insist could advance before lawmakers leave Capitol Hill ahead of the midterm elections next month. Read more...
11 Oct Air Cargo Looks to Single-Pilot Jets as Autonomous Flight Nears A range of companies, from such aerospace giants as Boeing Co. and Airbus SE to tiny startups, are working on various aspects of a difficult puzzle: how to create the next generation of air travel—one whose pilots are far less ubiquitous and new flying vehicles communicate with each other. Read more...
11 Oct Class 8 September Sales Post Nearly 34% Year-Over-Year Gain Class 8 U.S. retail sales in September rose 33.9% year-over-year to 23,648, WardsAuto.com reported. For the first nine months of 2018, sales hit 178,199. That was an increase of 32.5% from 134,481 in the 2017 period. Read more...
11 Oct FMCSA Listening Session Attendees Call for Flexible HOS Rules The majority of the requests brought before top Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration officials at a public listening session on hours-of-service rules can be distilled into one desire: flexibility. Read more...
11 Oct CSCMP Honors Innovators at Annual Supply Chain Conference An effort by a team of data scientists at Intel to use artificial intelligence and cognitive computing tools to identify supply chain threats earned the top award for innovation at the 2018 Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals annual conference in Nashville, Tenn. on Oct. 3. Read more...
11 Oct Consumer Prices Up Mere 0.1% in September WASHINGTON — Consumer prices edged up a slight 0.1% in September as energy prices retreated after a big gain in August Read more...
10 Oct Midterms 2018: A Look at Top Republican Transportation Policymakers With the midterm elections less than a month away, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee will begin next year with a new leader. After six years as head of the transportation panel, Chairman Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) announced he would not seek re-election. Read more...