01 Aug FleetPride Expands in Florida for First Time FleetPride Inc. announced it acquired the assets of Auto Masters Fleet Services, which is based in Jacksonville, Fla., and which has a second location in Tampa. Read more...
01 Aug Senate Votes to Begin Infrastructure Debate WASHINGTON — The Senate advanced a roughly $1 trillion infrastructure plan on July 30 with a bipartisan group of senators helping it clear one more hurdle and bracing to see if support can hold during the next few days of debate and efforts to amend it. Read more...
01 Aug Hyliion to Make Hypertruck ERX Variant Its First to Market Electrified powertrain provider Hyliion Holdings Corp. announced that a long-range variant of its Hypertruck ERX system will be the first version of the technology it brings to market. Read more...
01 Aug Werner Reports Q2 Record for Net Income Werner Enterprises posted record results for net income, operating income and diluted earnings per share during the second quarter, the company announced. Read more...
01 Aug USA Truck Sets Quarterly Revenue Record for Q2 USA Truck saw revenue increase to a new quarterly record during the second quarter of 2021, the company reported July 29. Read more...
01 Aug Six-Year Project Underway on Ohio I-70 Segment The Ohio Department of Transportation has started reconstructing a stretch of Interstate 70 in an effort to improve travel for truckers and other motorists, Read more...
01 Aug Transportation Groups Ask New Jersey to Delay Adoption of Advanced Clean Trucks Rule A group of transportation industry representatives wrote New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy requesting his administration postpone its proposed adoption of the California Air Resources Board’s Advanced Clean Trucks rule. Read more...
01 Aug Big Rig Brings Big Smiles for Students With Autism RANDOLPH, Mass. — For weeks and months before it happens each year, students with autism at the Boston Higashi School anticipate members of the Teamsters Local 25 union rolling up to the front door in its big rig. Read more...
01 Aug Consumers Boost Spending 1% as Inflation Remains High WASHINGTON — American consumers increased their spending by 1% in June — a dose of energy for an economy that is quickly rebounding from the pandemic recession but is facing new risks led by the delta variant of the coronavirus. Read more...
01 Aug Caterpillar 2Q Revenue Up on Higher Equipment Demand Rising demand for machinery fueled sales at Caterpillar during the second quarter as the rollout of vaccines helped to revive construction projects. Read more...