28 Sep Mercedes Will Deliver a Bag of Coffee to You by Drone in Zurich Mercedes-Benz is taking the next step in an ambitious project to use drones for same-day delivery, with a three-week pilot in Zurich that will see mini copters shuttle bags of ground coffee to fixed points in the city. Read more...
28 Sep SAF-Holland Displays Suspension System, Retrofit Kit ATLANTA — International Tier 1 supplier SAF-Holland introduced a new lift-axle suspension system for heavy-duty trucks and a retrofit kit for its fifth-wheel coupling system. Read more...
28 Sep FMCSA Medical Experts Working to Update Medical Examiner Handbook A panel of medical experts advising federal trucking regulators are working to revive a defunct 260-page handbook for medical examiners who give physicals to drivers that had been used as if it were mandated rather than for guidance. Read more...
28 Sep US Second-Quarter Growth Revised Upward to 3.1% Annual Pace U.S. second-quarter growth was revised up slightly without altering the bigger picture of a consumer- driven economy that also got a healthy contribution from business spending during the period, Commerce Department data showed Sept. 28. Read more...
28 Sep Trump Waives Jones Act to Speed Up Aid Shipments to Puerto Rico President Donald Trump ordered the Jones Act to be waived for shipments to hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico immediately at the request of Governor Ricardo Rossello, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Sept. 28. Read more...
28 Sep Suppliers See Intelligent Trailers Gaining Prominence ATLANTA — Trailers are on the verge of delivering more than just freight. A bevy of additional sensors linked to various components are coming to trailers to relay increasing amounts of data, suppliers said. Read more...
28 Sep Doublestar Tire Looks to Build US Presence ATLANTA — Chinese tire maker Doublestar Tire announced it is looking for a U.S. partner to “cooperate” in manufacturing and distributing its truck tires in the United States. Read more...
28 Sep Disruption Swoops Down on Trucking Industry, Truck Maker Executive Says ATLANTA — Disruptions of supply chain operations are coming and will shake up the trucking industry from fleets to suppliers, an executive with one truck maker said, adding it was time for the industry to get “paranoid.” Read more...
27 Sep Colorado, Idaho Win Top AASHTO Awards The Departments of Transportation of both Colorado and Idaho were honored as top winners at the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials’ annual meeting Sept. 27. Read more...
27 Sep Deflecktor Unveils New Front, Rear Wheel Covers ATLANTA — New aerodynamic wheel covers for heavy duty trucks were unveiled by Minnesota-based Deflecktor at the North American Commercial Vehicle show. Read more...