Rivian Automotive Inc. is shelving plans to jointly build electric vans in Europe with Mercedes-Benz AG, aborting a deal signed just three months ago to share costs and quickly scale up production. Rivian will no longer pursue the memorandum of understanding signed with the German automaker in September to invest in and jointly operate an ...more
The national average price of diesel continued its downward trajectory, falling 21.3 cents to $4.754 a gallon, according to Energy Information Administration data released Dec. 12. Highlights Diesel has shed 38.7 cents a gallon in just the past two weeks and 58.7 cents since Oct. 24. Trucking’s main fuel is at its lowest cost since ...more
With the passage of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 earlier this year, the Federal Maritime Commission has continued its proactive approach in addressing the need for change that sparked the law. Truckers and their shipper partners are hopeful these efforts will offer relief by finally addressing unfair billing practices surrounding the assessment and ...more
DETROIT — Fuel economy for 2021 model year vehicles in the U.S. stayed flat with 2020 as people continued to buy less-efficient trucks and SUVs, according to an annual government report published Dec. 12. The fleet of new vehicles got 25.4 miles per gallon for the model year, while greenhouse gas emissions dropped by 2 ...more
Legislation that would approve funding for water infrastructure projects around the country has been finalized, congressional transportation leaders announced this month. Congress appears ready to clear for President Joe Biden the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 during this post-election lame duck session. The bill is included in comprehensive defense policy legislation. WRDA, sponsored by ...more
The early December oil spill in Kansas means that TC Energy Corp.’s Keystone pipeline has now leaked more crude oil than any other conduit on U.S. land in the past 12 years. The major line running from Canada into the U.S. Midwest was shut after a spill of 14,000 barrels a day, with some of ...more
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott declared that a newly announced $4 billion green hydrogen production facility for mobility and other industrial markets will help the state retain its national leadership role in energy. The joint venture between Air Products and The AES Corp. is to build, own and operate a renewable power hydrogen facility in Wilbarger ...more
Eight semi trucks were charred after an unexplained fire in Oakland on Sunday morning. The incident occurred on December 11th just before 8:30 a.m. at 14th and Maritime Streets in Oakland, California. #oakland #oaklandfire https://t.co/orWLxbcebR pic.twitter.com/Fw1NT6Mwl4— Oakland Firefighters (@OaklandFireLive) December 11, 2022 According to NBC Bay Area, firefighters were contacted, and the blaze was under control ...more
