04 Sep Diesel Prices Creep Up in Anticipation of Storm Striking Gulf Coast The national average retail price of diesel fuel increased by 2.6 cents, pushing the weekly average to $3.252 a gallon, according to the U.S. Energy Department’s weekly report released Sept. 4. Trucking’s main fuel now costs 49.4 cents a gallon more than it did a year ago, when it was $2.758 a gallon. Read more...
04 Sep AFL-CIO’s Richard Trumka: Trump Inactive on Infrastructure President Donald Trump’s inaction on a long-term infrastructure plan has been detrimental to the country’s labor force, a key national union labor leader recently said on Fox News Sunday. Read more...
04 Sep Tesla’s RoboTaxi Worth a Fraction of Waymo, Morgan Stanley Says Tesla has let more than a few investors down of late, and one part of the company hasn’t quite lived up to expectations at Morgan Stanley either. Read more...
04 Sep Tesla Class 8 Prototype Crosses Country, Stops at Ruan Officials at transportation service company Ruan got a chance to see Tesla Inc.’s prototype battery-electric heavy-duty truck, which toured the country recently, stopping at some carriers that have placed orders for the truck that is scheduled for fleet testing in 2019. Read more...
04 Sep A Plug-Free Way to Fill the World With Electric Vehicles Umer Anwer stops on the street near Tesla Inc.’s Brooklyn showroom and grabs his smartphone. He’s looking for a spot to charge his electric car, and the Tesla charging plugs won’t work with the Nissan Leaf he’s driving. In fact, he would prefer not to bother with a plug at all. Read more...
04 Sep Opinion: Salute the Heroes Who Drive Our Economy There is one group of people operating on the front lines of our forward-moving economy. Without their hard work and sense of duty, day in and day out, our economy would grind to a halt. They are America’s professional truck drivers. Read more...
04 Sep Home Charging Needed for Electric Vehicles to Gain Traction The opportunity for easy overnight recharging may be one of the surest routes toward a wider adoption of electric vehicles in the United States. Read more...
04 Sep Truckers to Call for More Safety Measures on Alaska’s Dalton Highway Representatives of the Alaskan trucking community plan to call for improved maintenance efforts along Dalton Highway, a harrowing route in the northeastern part of the state that became the site of a driver’s fatal crash Aug. 24. Read more...
04 Sep US Factories Grew at Faster Pace in August WASHINGTON — U.S. factories grew at a faster pace in August as American industry continues to show robust health. Read more...
04 Sep Fort Smith Port Authority Receives Grant The Fort Smith Port Authority recently received a grant for $110,000 to complete a 30,000-square-foot bulk storage facility. Read more...