06 Sep Congressional Committees to Examine Transportation Funding, Security Congress’ first week back from its August recess will feature hearings examining funding options for highway projects and security conditions across the aviation landscape. Read more...
06 Sep White House Weighs Biofuel Quota Boost Amid Appeals From Iowa Top administration officials have developed plans to give a 5% boost to U.S. renewable fuel-blending quotas in 2020, as President Donald Trump seeks to temper farm-state criticism he has undermined U.S. mandates compelling the use of corn-based ethanol and soybean-based biodiesel. Read more...
06 Sep Bridgestone Launches Firestone FT492 Trailer Tire Bridgestone Americas Inc. launched a new Firestone FT492 trailer tire. Read more...
06 Sep Michelin Upgrades Advantage Program Michelin North America has announced application and billing enhancements to its Michelin Advantage program, introduced in 2007 to help support the needs of owner-operators and fleets. Read more...
06 Sep Dana Amends Credit Agreement Dana Inc. announced an amendment to its existing senior secured credit facility that increases the aggregate amount available to $1 billion from $750 million and extends the maturity by two years to 2024. Read more...
06 Sep Washington Supreme Court Rules Current Piece-Rate Pay Practices Are OK The Supreme Court of Washington filed a decision upholding minimum-wage compensation practices employers use to pay commercial truck drivers. Read more...
06 Sep Robots Displacing Jobs Means 120 Million Workers Need Retraining More than 120 million workers globally will need retraining in the next three years due to artificial intelligence’s impact on jobs, according to an IBM survey. Read more...
06 Sep Daimler Faces Off With Green Groups In Berlin Daimler AG’s head of sales, facing off with environmentalists at a heated meeting in Berlin, said the company is investing billions of euros to transform its product range to reach emissions targets. Read more...
06 Sep VTNA Expands Use of 3D Printing at Truck Plant Volvo Trucks North America announced it is using 3D printing technology to produce tools and fixtures used in the manufacturing process at its New River Valley plant in Dublin, Va., where all of its trucks for the North American market are built. Read more...
06 Sep Trade Deal Before Presidential Election May Suit Beijing President Donald Trump tweeted this week that any trade deal China might secure from America would get “much tougher” upon his re-election. The insinuation being of course that Beijing should really work something out before November 2020. Read more...