08 May Electric Truckmaker Workhorse in Talks to Acquire Idled GM Plant in Ohio General Motors Co. is in talks to sell the Ohio car plant it idled earlier this year to electric truckmaker Workhorse Group Inc., a plan that won President Donald Trump’s praise despite the likelihood that the factory will employ far fewer workers. Read more...
08 May Lines 'Blurred' Between Long Haul, Local Drivers With Reclassified Workers’ Comp Code, Industry Expert Says The National Council on Compensation Insurance last year reclassified workers’ compensation codes for motor carriers, a move that somewhat “blurred the lines” between over-the-road truck drivers and the city-local drivers who are home every night, said Sam Tucker, CEO of Carrier Risk Solutions. Read more...
08 May Nicole Nason Sworn In as FHWA Chief Nicole Nason, the new top officer at the Federal Highway Administration, was sworn in May 2. Read more...
08 May Common Consumer Goods May Be Target of Retaliatory Tariffs President Donald Trump’s latest threat to raise tariffs on Chinese goods puts vital intermediate equipment and everyday consumer goods used by millions of Americans back into the cross-hairs. Read more...
08 May Truck Drivers: Employees or Independent Contractors? It Matters for Workers’ Comp Whether truck drivers are classified as employees or independent contractors is becoming an increasingly difficult challenge for many motor carriers when it comes to workers’ compensation and other insurance coverages, industry experts said. Read more...
08 May A. Duie Pyle Puts Two Electric Trucks on New York City Streets Executives with less-than-truckload carrier A. Duie Pyle Inc. said the company is on the verge of operating two battery-electric Fuso eCanter Class 4 trucks in New York City as it steps up its involvement with electrified commercial vehicles. Read more...
08 May Aging Driver Workforce Increases Workers' Compensation Risks for Fleets, Experts Say An aging workforce of drivers is elevating the risk of workers’ compensation claims for fleets even as trucking companies are seeing stable or even lower premiums for workers’ compensation insurance, industry experts said. Read more...
08 May Tariffs Could Lead Polaris Snowmobile Maker to Mexico Scott Wine jokes that he doesn’t want to have to start building snowmobiles in sweltering Mexico. But the Polaris CEO is dead serious about the unintended consequences that higher U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods will have on Polaris Industries Inc. — including forcing him to consider moving jobs to Mexico. Read more...
08 May VW’s ID.3 Seen as Direct Challenge to Tesla’s Supremacy in Electric Market Volkswagen AG is about to find out whether consumers will back its 30 billion-euro strategy to topple Tesla Inc. as the electric-car leader. The German auto giant is taking 1,000-euro deposits to secure one of the first in a new range of battery-powered models. Read more...
08 May Smooth Cross-Border Operations Hinge on Trade Agreement SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Ratification of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, which is the proposed replacement for the North American Free Trade Agreement, is critical to uninterrupted, timely border crossings, trucking executives said here during American Trucking Associations’ Mid-Year Management Meeting. Read more...