17 Sep EPA to Strip California’s Car Emissions Authority The Trump administration will announce it is rescinding California’s authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from automobiles at an event at the EPA’s Washington headquarters Sept. 18, according to people familiar with the matter. Read more...
17 Sep Toyota Invests $391 Million in Texas as Trump, Abe Finalize Deal Toyota Motor Corp. will invest $391 million at its Texas truck plant to build next-generation pickups as part of a drive to boost output in the U.S. and ease trade tensions with the Trump administration. Read more...
17 Sep NYC Congestion Pricing Encouraged by Transportation Group New York’s congestion pricing plan should include fees on motorists both entering and leaving midtown Manhattan, as well as variable rates linked to peak and off-peak hours to encourage commuters to choose the least busy times to travel, a transportation group recommended. Read more...
17 Sep US Exporters Rely on Trucks to Meet Mexico’s Fuel Demand U.S. exporters are increasingly relying on trucks to get fuel into Mexico as the country’s gasoline production sags and infrastructure constraints limit shipments from one coast to the other. Read more...
17 Sep TuSimple to Use New Funds for System Development, Route Expansion Startup autonomous truck company TuSimple announced commitments from investors for an additional $120 million. These funds are part of an extended Series D round that was oversubscribed and reached a total of $215 million. Read more...
17 Sep Class 8 Sales Slide Lower in August U.S. Class 8 retail sales in August slipped to 23,466, WardsAuto.com reported, and posted the first year-over-year decline in a little more than two years. Read more...
17 Sep Auto Plant Shutdowns Fuel Canada Factory Sales Drop Sales at Canadian manufacturers declined for a second straight month, partly on shutdowns at auto and steel plants. Factory sales fell 1.3% in July, Statistics Canada reported Sept. 17 from Ottawa. That far exceeded the median forecast in a Bloomberg survey of economists, which called for a 0.1% decline. In volume terms, sales dropped 1.6%. Read more...
17 Sep Factory Output Rises More Than Forecast in Broad Gain U.S. factory output increased in August by more than forecast in a broad advance that signals manufacturing may be starting to stabilize. Read more...
17 Sep Striking GM Workers, Union Far From Agreement General Motors Co. and the United Auto Workers remain far apart in their talks over a new contract, according to the union’s top negotiator, making it less likely a strike called Sept. 15 will end within two days like a previous work stoppage did in 2007. Read more...
17 Sep Trimble Dives Deeper Into Data Analytics, Taps Langley to Lead Transportation Division HOUSTON — Trimble introduced a broad range of new software features and product enhancements designed to help fleets gain more insights from the data in their systems and collaborate more closely with their shipper customers. Read more...