A banner is left outside a Tesla showroom during a demonstration in Lisbon. (Armando Franca/AP) After one of the worst single day sell-offs in Tesla’s history, President Donald Trump threw his support behind his adviser, billionaire Elon Musk, vowing to buy one of his cars on March 11. Tesla has been pummeled this year under ...more
Lori Chavez-DeRemer on Feb. 19. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP) The Senate voted March 10 to confirm Lori Chavez-DeRemer as U.S. labor secretary, a Cabinet position that puts her in charge of enforcing federally mandated worker rights and protections at a time when the White House is trying to eliminate thousands of government employees. Chavez-DeRemer will oversee the ...more
In-cab technology provider Motive is among upstarts that are following major tech corporations like Meta Platforms and Microsoft Corp. into India. (Sumit Dayal/Bloomberg News) Fleet management startup Motive Technologies plans to more than double its India head count, joining a rising number of artificial intelligence unicorns from Silicon Valley expanding in the South Asian country. ...more
House Speaker Mike Johnson says Democrats would be responsible for “every negative consequence that comes from shutting down the government.” (Al Drago/Bloomberg News) House Republicans passed legislation to keep the U.S. government open past a March 15 shutdown deadline, daring moderate Democrats in the Senate to block the measure over objections it fails to constrain ...more
A boy prepares to bat in a Little League baseball game. (Al Bello/Getty Images) If and when President Donald Trump’s tariffs on steel and aluminum take effect at a minute past midnight in Washington on March 12, it will mark a repeat of first-term levies that he and his supporters argue helped rescue the United ...more
SkyNRG is working with Washington state and local agencies on the project at the Port of Walla Walla’s Wallula Gap Industrial Business Park. (SkyNRG) The municipal Port of Walla Walla in southeast Washington has secured a $1.5 million state grant for Amsterdam-based SkyNRG to annually produce 50 million gallons of sustainable aviation fuel and renewable ...more
To unlock more efficiencies, the industry will need to move toward controlled sharing of data that currently sits in silos and behind walls, Kennedy said. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics) NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Advances in technology have been setting the stage for a connected freight ecosystem that could fundamentally change the way trucking companies ...more
Image Kalmar Ottawa's OT2 EV electric terminal tractor. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics) NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Kalmar Ottawa has begun selling its new OT2 EV electric-powered terminal tractor with initial deliveries set to begin in the second quarter. The manufacturer officially opened its order book for the zero-emission yard truck at American Trucking Associations’ ...more
Mark Carney, Canada’s prime minister-designate. (Graham Hughes/Bloomberg News) Canada will keep its trade retaliation in place until the U.S. lifts its own tariffs and commits to free trade, said Mark Carney, who will succeed Justin Trudeau as Canada’s prime minister within days. “My government will keep our tariffs on until the Americans show us respect ...more
From left: Oded Carmi, president of DN Van Lines and moderator of the event; O'Gorman; Wirks; Yarham; Reed. (Ruthie Himpler/American Trucking Associations) NASHVILLE, Tenn. — It was an exercise in good fun when four executives at independent moving companies sat at the front of a large audience for a lively debate about some of the ...more
