Traffic on Highway 101 in San Francisco. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News) Consider it ironic, or at least a little poetic: Electric vehicles, great for combating climate change, don’t do well in extreme heat. It’s a paradox being thrown into relief as multiple U.S. states bake under heat waves that are becoming more frequent and more ...more
Daimler at Capital Market Day stressed that diesel will remain an important part of the mix while development of battery-electric and hydrogen technologies evolves. (Joe Howard/Transport Topics) BOSTON — Daimler Truck during a Capital Market Day event recommitted to its ambitions for expansion of alternative fuels across its business, stressing that diesel will remain an ...more
Employees work on a Renault Clio automobile on the production line at the Renault Revoz d.d. plant in Novo Mesto, Slovenia. (Oliver Bunic/Bloomberg News) France’s Renault SA has formally signed a joint venture agreement with China’s Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co. to set up a new combustion engine and hybrid powertrain company, while Saudi Aramco ...more
Daimler Truck CEO Martin Daum says, “Daimler Truck is doing very well.” (Joe Howard/Transport Topics) BOSTON — Daimler Truck is updating its sales and financial guidance for the year and launching a share buyback program for its investors, moves the company said are buoyed by its business momentum and a desire to “make our shareholders fully ...more
A UPS delivery truck in Glendale, Calif. (Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images via Bloomberg News) UPS Inc. investors will wait longer than usual to hear from CEO Carol Tomé this quarter as the company works to avoid a harmful worker strike. The courier plans to report financial results for the second quarter on Aug. 8, the latest ...more
A box with Amazon Prime Day-branded tape. (Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg News) Amazon.com Inc.’s Prime Day sale can be a frustrating experience because the best deals are often gone in seconds. So this year, the company is dangling an “invite-only” promotion designed to give customers a better shot at snagging the bargains they want. Shoppers request an ...more
Michigan State Police (MSP) say that a semi truck driver was cited on Monday following a multi-vehicle collision in Belleville. The crash occurred shortly after 4 p.m. on July 10 on I-94.Troopers say that a semi truck was westbound on I-94 when it rear-ended two vehicles, “then lost control, drove down the right ditch onto ...more
A tractor trailer overturned and hit a school bus in New Jersey on Tuesday morning. The accident happened on July 11th in Paterson between Oliver and Spruce streets.According to News 12 New Jersey, there were no children on the school bus at the time of the crash. The truck driver and bus driver were not ...more
As part of this week’s nationwide Operation Safe Driver Week enforcement campaign, the Nebraska State Patrol (NSP) is conducting “Trooper in a Truck” patrols. NSP is taking part in the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA) Operation Safe Driver Week taking place now through Saturday, July 15, throughout North America.NSP announced that Carrier Enforcement troopers are ...more
A truck driver was able to avoid a serious tragedy by swerving to avoid a person standing on the highway in Michigan on Monday. The accident happened on Monday, July 10th on Interstate 696 in Warren, Michigan. Deputy Police Commissioner William Reichling told Fox 2 Detroit that “it appears that for some unknown reason, one of ...more
