Motor carriers who do not follow California’s meal and rest break laws risk pending or future civil lawsuits. Those new risks were triggered by a petition filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in late December by the Teamsters union. The Teamsters want the court to reverse the federal agency’s ruling, claiming […]
U-Haul offers unique perspective on U.S City population migration According to the latest research, the top five growth cities in 2018 may be a bit of a surprise according to U-Haul. They included Spring, Texas; Manhattan, N.Y.; Harrisburg, Pa.; and the Grand Rapids/Wyoming, Mich., market. While migration trends do not correlate directly to population or […]
Data Suggests Class 8 Orders Slump 43% Over Year Ago December Preliminary North America Class 8 net order data show the industry booked 21,300 units in December, down 24% sequentially from November and 43% from year-ago December. Finmal industry data is expected out mid-January. “For all of 2018, Class 8 orders totaled 490,100 units, far […]
Spot Truckload Rates Rise as 2018 Draws to a Close The number of spot truckload freight posts declined 21% during the week ending Dec. 29, not an unusual figure when you compare a holiday-shortened workweek to a full one. But when loads did need to go, capacity was hard to find. Truck posts were down 47% […]
New reports from Europe suggest that Michelin and Bridgestone may be poised to acquire the TomTom Telematics business unit, owned by the Dutch company TomTom. According to the Dutch financial daily Het Financieele Dagblad, Michelin is circling in. Also in the running is Pamplona Capital Management, which already holds a sizable stake in another telematics […]
If you thought the auto business was rolling backwards, take a look at Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. (MMNA) which closed the 2018 calendar year with its best sales since 2007. It’s powering forward, with 118,074 vehicles sold, total 2018 sales represented an increase of 13.9 percent over calendar year 2017. This marks the sixth […]
Rogue Valley Transportation District (RVTD), the public transportation provider in Oregon’s Rogue Valley, and XL, a player in connected vehicle electrification solutions for commercial and municipal fleets, announced a successful deployment of six hybrid-electric (HEV) passenger vans in RVTD’s paratransit fleet. Using regenerative braking and electric assist during driving, the XLH electrification technology increases fuel […]
The German Federal Ministry of Transport (BMVI) has submitted a subsidy policy for environmentally friendly trucks, which has been published in the Federal Gazette at the beginning of June. According to Dr. Lorenzo Grande of IDTechEx, “Both battery-powered and fuel cell-powered electric vehicles are eligible, as long as they are intended for goods transport. In […]
EV charging station leader, ClipperCreek, has unveiled the HCS Series with ChargeGuard at the Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo recently. The ChargeGuard is an affordable access control solution designed for fleet, workplace, multi-tenant, hospitality and residential charging applications. The ChargeGuard option, priced at an affordable $78, delivers reliable key-based access control for the Level 2, […]
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is working to change the trucking industry, launching a new transport decarbonization tool at the Movin’ On by Michelin conference in Montreal. The tool, available at www.sciencebasedtargets.org, is designed to help companies involved in the movement of freight to set ambitious environmental goals that align with the Paris Climate Agreement […]
