An employee covers a stack of aluminum billets at a casting center in Saguenay, Quebec. (Christinne Muschi) President Donald Trump said he was re-evaluating plans to double steel and aluminum tariffs on Canada to 50% after Ontario announced it would suspend a 25% surcharge on electricity sent to the U.S. “I’m looking at that, but ...more
(Aperia Technologies) NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Aperia Technologies announced an exclusive agreement to supply its tire management technology to Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.’s subscription-based Tires-as-a-Service program. Goodyear TaaS combines Goodyear’s tires and service network with continuous monitoring and predictive insights to create a comprehensive tire management offering. TaaS, available in North America and Europe, is ...more
Makoto Uchida (left) by Kyodo News via Associated Press; Ivan Espinosa by Nissan Nissan Motor Co. named company insider Ivan Espinosa to replace CEO Makoto Uchida and helm the battered Japanese carmaker as it looks to secure a financial backer and stabilize its floundering business. Espinosa, who joined Nissan in 2003 and currently serves as ...more
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
