25 Mar Mack Announces Incentives Available for Electric Refuse Truck Mack Trucks announced the Mack LR Electric model, the OEM’s first fully electric refuse vehicle, is eligible for multiple incentive packages in the United States and Canada. Read more...
25 Mar Canada’s Carbon Tax Upheld by Top Court, Cementing Green Agenda Canada’s efforts to combat climate change scored a major victory after the country’s top court ruled that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s national carbon tax is constitutional Read more...
25 Mar February Container Volume High at Most Ports Congestion at the nation’s ports will likely continue well into the year as February container numbers show a heavy volume of imports at the Pacific and Atlantic facilities. Read more...
25 Mar Coalition Asks Biden Administration to Reduce Truck Emissions by Fall 2022 A wide-ranging coalition of business, science and environmental groups is calling on the Biden administration to within the next 18 months set “multi-pollutant climate and clean air standards” that will eliminate particulate matter, oxides of nitrogen and greenhouse gas emissions from new freight trucks and buses. Read more...
25 Mar Waymo Provides Look Inside Self-Driving Truck Testing Autonomous vehicle developer Waymo offered a look inside the day-to-day testing of its self-driving trucks on public roads through a virtual ride-along event for members of the press. Read more...
25 Mar Government Revises Q4 GDP Up Slightly to 4.3% WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of 4.3% in the final three months of 2020, slightly faster than previously estimated. Read more...
25 Mar Jobless Claims Fall to 684,000, Fewest Since Pandemic WASHINGTON — The number of people seeking unemployment benefits fell sharply last week to 684,000, the fewest since the pandemic erupted a year ago and a sign that the economy is improving. Read more...
25 Mar Buttigieg Pitches Infrastructure Needs to Divided Congress WASHINGTON — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is warning that the country’s infrastructure needs exceed $1 trillion and that other countries, namely China, are pulling ahead of the U.S. with their public works investments, a scenario he describes as “a threat to our collective future.” Read more...
25 Mar Suez Canal Choked for Third Day as Elite Team Tackles Stuck Ship A huge backlog of ships was building up around the Suez Canal for a third day as an elite salvage team set about the monumental challenge of freeing the container vessel that’s blocking the crucial waterway. Read more...
24 Mar Bosch Research Calculates Value of Level 2 ADAS Bosch Research announced that recent accident data it studied pointed to significant potential reductions in injuries and deaths, and to the cost savings that could result from equipping Classes 7-8 vehicles with advanced driver assistance systems focused on a truck’s position in a lane. Read more...