18 Jun Unveiling the 2021 Top 100 For-Hire Carriers The trucking firms that appear on the 2021 Transport Topics Top 100 For-Hire Carriers list are split nearly evenly between companies that reported a revenue decline in 2020 and those that still managed to grow during the year of COVID-19. Read more...
18 Jun Trucking Turns From Pandemic to Prosperity After navigating the disruption and uncertainty wrought by the coronavirus pandemic last year, the trucking industry has entered a historically strong business environment that many analysts expect to endure for the rest of 2021 and beyond. Read more...
18 Jun Biden’s Rejection of Gas Tax Casts Doubt on Infrastructure Deal The White House reiterated President Joe Biden’s opposition to indexing the gasoline tax to inflation to help pay for an infrastructure plan, raising new questions about the viability of a bipartisan compromise emerging in the Senate. Read more...
18 Jun Mitchell 1 Adds VMRS Codes to Truck Repair Software Mitchell 1 announced it added Vehicle Maintenance Reporting Standards codes to its TruckSeries suite of truck repair software solutions that help technicians estimate labor times, and diagnose and repair all makes of trucks in Classes 4-8. Read more...
18 Jun Truckstop.com, Revenova Announce Book It Now Integration Truckstop .com announced it has integrated its Book It Now service with the transportation management solutions company Revenova. Read more...
18 Jun Alabama Awards $3 Million for Local Road Projects Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey joined state transportation officials to announce $3.11 million has been awarded to cities and counties for infrastructure projects. Read more...
18 Jun Bridgestone Invests in Kodiak Robotics Bridgestone Americas announced it made a minority investment in self-driving truck technology company Kodiak Robotics Inc. Read more...
18 Jun Bosch to Supply Air Compressors to cellentric Bosch announced it signed a long-term agreement to supply electric air compressors with integrated power electronics to cellcentric, a joint venture of Daimler Truck AG and Volvo Group AB focused on developing hydrogen fuel cell systems. Read more...
18 Jun Xos Forms Powertrain Division Electric truck manufacturer Xos Inc. announced it established a new powertrain division called Powered by Xos. Read more...
18 Jun FedEx to Test Nuro Autonomous Delivery Vehicles STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — FedEx Corp. announced June 15 that it has partnered with Nuro, one of the nation’s leading autonomous vehicle companies, to test the use of driverless vehicles for multistop and appointment-based deliveries in Houston. Read more...