14 Dec DTNA Says Portland Plant Will Be First to Achieve Carbon-Neutral Production Daimler Trucks North America announced its truck manufacturing plant in Portland, Ore., will be the first to achieve carbon-neutral production in the global Daimler Trucks network — meeting green production this year. Read more...
14 Dec Amazon’s Zoox Unveils Autonomous Electric Vehicle Zoox Inc., the self-driving startup owned by Amazon .com Inc., unveiled a fully autonomous electric vehicle with no steering wheel that can drive day and night on a single charge. Read more...
13 Dec UPS, FedEx Trucks Begin Vaccine Shipments KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The first shipments of a COVID-19 vaccine for widespread use in the United States headed Dec. 13 from Michigan to distribution centers across the country, with the first shots expected to be given in the coming week to health care workers and at nursing homes. Read more...
11 Dec Pfizer Vaccine Cleared in US Pfizer Inc. gained emergency U.S. authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine on Dec. 11, completing an unprecedented scientific sprint that could eventually help bring an end to a pandemic that has killed nearly 300,000 Americans. Read more...
11 Dec Oil Ekes Out Weekly Gain After Retreating From Nine-Month High Oil just managed a weekly gain as an impasse in Washington over pandemic relief dimmed chances of an imminent boost to demand. Read more...
11 Dec FMCSA Plans Information Collection for CDL Testing Delays Survey The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is planning to submit an Information Collection Request associated with its annual survey on commercial driver license skills testing delays. Read more...
11 Dec House Lawmaker Introduces Rural Infrastructure Bill Legislation meant to assist rural transportation corridors was introduced by Rep. Carol Miller this month. Read more...
11 Dec Uber, Others Jockey for Early COVID-19 Vaccine Access for Workers Uber says its drivers should get priority access to the COVID-19 vaccine because they provide crucial transportation to health care workers and the general public. Read more...
11 Dec Consumer Sentiment in US Rises Unexpectedly on Vaccine News A gauge of U.S. consumer sentiment unexpectedly increased in early December to the second-highest level since March, amid prospects for a vaccine coming soon to tame the pandemic. Read more...
11 Dec FDA Head Expects Vaccine Emergency Use Soon WASHINGTON — The head of the Food and Drug Administration says his agency has told Pfizer that it “will rapidly work” to grant emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine following a positive recommendation by government advisers. Read more...