Transport Topics (Dec. 15, 2020)
Toyota is developing a second-generation fuel cell system that it says is nearly ready for heavy-duty truck builders who are looking to build hydrogen-powered tractors. The new fuel cell stack is bas...
15 Dec 20203min
Transport Topics (Dec. 14, 2020)
Daimler Trucks North America announced that its truck manufacturing plant in Portland, Ore., will be the first to achieve carbon-neutral production in the global Daimler Trucks network. The plant will...
14 Dec 20203min
Transport Topics (December 11, 2020)
Class 8 U.S. retail sales in November reached 17,803, down 4% compared with 18,545 a year earlier, according to a report Thursday from WardsAuto.com. Sales were able to draw close to that year-over-ye...
11 Dec 20203min
Transport Topics (December 10, 2020)
General Motors’ self-driving car company Cruise is sending out vehicles with nobody behind the wheel in San Francisco as it navigates its way toward launching a robotic taxi service. Cruise’s self-dri...
10 Dec 20203min
Transport Topics (December 9, 2020)
FedEx and UPS executives are supposed to be among the attendees Dec. 10 when Congress will press the industry on distribution plans for COVID vaccines. Richard Smith, regional president of the America...
9 Dec 20203min
Transport Topics (December 8, 2020)
The national average price for a gallon of diesel fuel increased 2.4 cents last week to $2.526, according to the Energy Information Administration. The biggest rise came in the Central Atlantic, which...
8 Dec 20203min
Transport Topics (Dec. 7, 2020)
Doctors and diabetes experts say a growing number of truck drivers and Americans in general are unaware they have Type 2 diabetes. Many are ignoring common signs of the disease, which include profuse ...
7 Dec 20203min
Transport Topics (December 4, 2020)
Fleets and dealers placed almost 52,000 Class 8 orders in November, the fourth-highest monthly volume in history. That’s according to Act Research, which cited truck makers’ preliminary data. North Am...
4 Dec 20203min
