A Tesla charger. Competing charging companies fell on the news of Tesla’s deal with GM. (SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg News) Tesla Inc. stands to earn as much as $3 billion by 2030 thanks to deals with Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Co. for their electric vehicles to use its charging network, according to Piper Sandler & ...more
Signage outside Lordstown Motors Corp. headquarters in Lordstown, Ohio, in 2021. (Dustin Franz/Bloomberg News) Lordstown Motors Corp. intends to sue backer Foxconn Technology Group as the companies remain at odds over a stalled investment in the EV startup. Foxconn, best known for assembling iPhones for Apple Inc., remains “unlikely” to follow through on that investment, ...more
High-temperature steel alloy in production. A 10% reduction in vehicle weight can result in a 6% to 8% fuel-economy improvement, according to DOE. (Department of Energy) A new high-temperature steel alloy rendering engines more durable and efficient has been developed by a team from Cummins Inc. and Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s lightweight materials’ researchers. “The ...more
American Trucking Associations American Trucking Associations is carrying out a safety spending survey and is seeking participants, it said. Last conducted in 2015, responses will be used to estimate annual industry spending on safety and provide a benchmarking resource. Questions in the survey cover mandatory and discretionary safety expenditures including safety compliance, maintenance, on-board safety ...more
TuSimple TuSimple Holdings has begun Level 4 autonomous test runs on a major freight corridor in Japan, the autonomous driving technology company announced June 6. The Tomei Expressway is a main highway for freight moves in the country as it connects Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka. TuSimple Japan commenced regular testing on the corridor in January ...more
Polly Trottenberg by Noël Fletcher/Transport Topics. WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has picked a longtime government official and current top aide in the Transportation Department to serve as acting administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration. The White House said June 8 that Polly Trottenberg replaced Billy Nolen, who indicated in April that he planned to ...more
Matt Rourke/Associated Press DETROIT — General Motors said June 7 that it will sink more than $500 million into its Arlington, Texas, assembly plant to get ready for the next generation of big SUVs with internal combustion engines. The company said the plant will get new equipment for metal stamping, the body shop and general ...more
Drone video reveals the aftermath of a massive train derailment in Arizona on Wednesday. The train was traveling through Williams, Arizona at around midnight when it derailed. It was hauling “a variety of new cars, vans and trucks.” “A total of 23 cars derailed and sustained heavy damage. The train cars involved were carrying a variety ...more
The founder of a prominent trucking charity shared a social media post highlighting the plight of families who lose their truck driving loved ones out on the road. Robert Palm is a veteran trucker and the founder of the IRS 501(c)(3) recognized charity truckersfinalmile.org, a group that works to reunite truck drivers with their families in ...more
This week, Indiana State Police (ISP) teamed up with a local sheriff’s office for a commercial vehicle enforcement effort following complaints from residents about overweight trucks. The enforcement activity took place on June 7 on U.S. 41 and on S.R. 55 in Newton County, Indiana.The ISP’s Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Division, the Newton County Sheriff’s Office, ...more
