28 Apr Self-Driving Startups Work Through Health Crisis Just like the rest of the industry, trucking companies working to commercialize autonomous heavy-duty trucks are adapting to the uncertainties and disruptions caused by the coronavirus. Read more...
28 Apr Trump to Sign Order to Keep Meat Processing Plants Open President Donald Trump will sign an executive order April 28 meant to stave off a shortage of chicken, pork and other meat on American supermarket shelves because of the coronavirus. Read more...
28 Apr Truckstop.com Taps Brad Bedoe to Be Chief Marketing Officer Truckstop.com hired Brad Bedoe to fill the newly created position of chief marketing officer, the company announced April 28. Read more...
28 Apr Excise Tax Relief Would Benefit Trucking, ATA’s Chris Spear Says Federal policymakers crafting additional ways to restore economic stability amid the COVID-19 pandemic should consider suspending a World War I-era federal excise tax on the sale of new trucks and trailers, a coalition of freight stakeholders said April 28. Read more...
28 Apr FMCSA Reviews Seizure Policy The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is reviewing the agency’s current seizure medical policy with an eye toward possibly eliminating a requirement that truck drivers with the condition request a special exemption from the agency. Read more...
28 Apr America’s Mass Hog Cull Begins With Meat to Rot in Landfills The mass culling of America’s hog herd is starting as a wave of shutdowns at processing plants creates livestock gluts that farmers can no longer sustain. Read more...
28 Apr Cummins Q1 Net Income, Revenue Fall Cummins Inc. reported first-quarter net income and revenue fell as key domestic and global markets weakened as the novel coronavirus spread. Read more...
28 Apr Electric-Vehicle Charging Startup Amply Power Secures $13.2 Million Startup Amply Power has raised $13.2 million from investors including Soros Fund Management to advance the company’s electric-vehicle charging service for commercial fleets. Read more...
28 Apr Yokohama, Continental Resume Tire Production Two tire manufacturers that had suspended production due to the COVID-19 crisis have restarted their factories. Read more...
28 Apr Oil Swings After Major Index Bails Out of June Contract Oil resumed losses after a brief bounce higher amid the aftershocks of a major index tracked by billions of dollars in funds exiting near-term contracts for fear prices may turn negative again. Read more...