20 Mar Truckers Haul Supplies While Coronavirus Keeps Many at Home The truckers who haul toilet paper, hand sanitizer and ground beef to retail shelves across the country have their work cut out for them as stores try to rebound from the panic buying that has characterized the coronavirus crisis. Read more...
20 Mar Automakers Seek Assistance After Trump Says He’ll Help Industry Automakers and parts suppliers both asked lawmakers for stimulus measures to help the U.S. car industry cope with the coronavirus, with President Donald Trump signaling he’s willing to assist the sector. Read more...
20 Mar US-Mexico Border to Close; Trade Will Keep Moving Following similar action along the Canadian border, the White House has closed the United States’ border with Mexico to nonessential traffic, but is exempting trade and commerce from the ban. Read more...
20 Mar Donaldson Expands Filter Minder Offerings Donaldson Co. Inc announced it is offering its Filter Minder wireless monitoring system for air filters on heavy-duty engines after 18 months of successful field testing. The connected technology is intended to optimize fleet maintenance practices in off-road equipment and on-road truck fleets. Read more...
20 Mar Eaton Cummins to Expand Automated Transmission Lineup Eaton Cummins Automated Transmission Technologies announced it is expanding its Endurant automated transmission lineup with the Endurant XD series, which is undergoing testing under severe conditions and is scheduled to be available in 2021. Read more...
20 Mar Tesla Suspends More Production; Elon Musk Says He’s Working on Ventilators Tesla Inc. announced March 19 that it would suspend most production and close its factories in Buffalo, N.Y., and California due to the coronavirus pandemic. Read more...
20 Mar Anthony Levandowski Pleads Guilty to Stealing Trade Secrets From Google Autonomous technology developer Anthony Levandowski has pleaded guilty to federal theft of trade secrets charges, according to documents filed in federal court March 19. Read more...
20 Mar Senior House Transportation Policymaker Dan Lipinski Loses Primary Illinois Rep. Dan Lipinski, a senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, was defeated in a Democratic primary March 17. His term will end in January. Read more...
20 Mar Bridgestone to Temporarily Shut Down Production Tire manufacturer Bridgestone Americas Inc. announced a temporary phased shutdown of its manufacturing facilities in North America and Latin America starting March 21. Read more...
20 Mar A COVID-19 Supply Chain Shock Born in China Is Going Global The world’s supply chains are facing a root-to-branch shutdown unlike any seen in modern peacetime as efforts to contain the coronavirus outbreak hit everything from copper mines in Peru to ball bearing makers in Germany’s industrial heartland. Read more...