E-ZPass readers and license plate-scanning cameras over Park Avenue in New York in January. (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg) New York City’s congestion pricing program is likely to remain in place at least for the next several months while legal wrangling between state officials and the Trump administration continues. The jointly submitted timeline, proposed in a court filing ...more
Diesel's national average price is 42.2 cents less than at this time in 2024 despite adding 9 cents over the past three weeks. (vitpho/Getty Images The national average price for a gallon of diesel rose 4.7 cents to $3.639, according to U.S. Energy Information Administration data released April 8. The increase is the third straight ...more
(Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg) Continental AG, one of Germany’s largest and most storied manufacturers, is returning to its roots, abandoning decades of expansion into auto and industrial parts to focus on its more profitable tires business. The Hanover-based supplier plans to offload its ContiTech industrial unit, it said April 8. A sale of the business, which makes ...more
Since 2021, American whiskey has entered the EU tariff-free. (Scott Olson/Getty Images) President Donald Trump rejected a European Union proposal to drop tariffs on all bilateral trade in industrial goods with the U.S., meaning that his 20% tariff on all EU imports is due to come into force April 9. Speaking at the White House ...more
Construction workers buy their lunch meals near the high-rise office buildings in the central business district of Beijing on April 8. (Andy Wong/AP) BEIJING — China said April 8 it would “fight to the end” and take countermeasures against the United States to safeguard its own interests after President Donald Trump threatened an additional 50% ...more
Trump walks from the Oval Office to announce new tariffs in the White House's Rose Garden on April 2. (Evan Vucci/Bloomberg News) President Donald Trump’s sharp tariff hikes announced April 2 have sent the stock market into a tailspin, raised alarm bells among Wall Street executives, and heightened many economists’ worries that the U.S. could ...more
A Mack Pioneer glistens in the sun as the Brooklyn Bridge serves as a backdrop. (Michael Freeze/Transport Topics) BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Mack Trucks unveiled its newest legacy Class 8 model, the Mack Pioneer, which officials touted as its most aerodynamic and driver-focused highway truck to date. Against the backdrop of the Brooklyn Bridge, Mack’s new ...more
Mack Trucks' Pioneer prototype was on display at the Lehigh Valley plant in Allentown, Pa. on March 31. (Michael Freeze/Transport Topics) ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Discussing the manufacturing process inside Mack Trucks’ Lehigh Valley Operations plant, Gunnar Brunius, vice president of LVO, couldn’t hide his enthusiasm in comparing the manufacturer’s newest legacy model, Pioneer, to its ...more
The Pioneer lineup. (Mack Trucks) ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Discussing the manufacturing process inside Mack Trucks’ Lehigh Valley Operations plant, Gunnar Brunius, vice president of LVO, couldn’t hide his enthusiasm in comparing the manufacturer’s newest model, Pioneer, to its former standard bearer, Anthem. “I get goosebumps when I see the products next to each other,” he ...more
A Mack Pioneer glistens in the sun as the Brooklyn Bridge serves as a backdrop. (Michael Freeze/Transport Topics) BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Mack Trucks unveiled its newest Class 8 model, the Mack Pioneer, which officials touted as its most aerodynamic and driver-focused highway truck to date. Against the backdrop of the Brooklyn Bridge, Mack’s new vehicle ...more
