CVSA Brake Inspection Blitz Takes Out Nearly 10% of CMVs
Inspectors identified 237 (59.5%) CMVs that met the 20% defective brakes criterion. That is when 20% or more of the vehicle’s (or combination of vehicles’) brakes have an out-of-service condition. (Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance via Facebook) Unsafe brake-related problems led to nearly 10% of some 4,560 commercial motor vehicles being ...more
Chassis Producers Seek Tariffs on Mexican, Asian Peers
Canada Border Services Agency is launching an investigation into container chassis imports by British Columbia-based Ocean Trailer. (Ocean Trailers) U.S.-based ...more
Nikola Wins Permission to Auction Manufacturing Facility
Employees working on a Nikola vehicle inside the now-closed manufacturing facility in Coolidge, Ariz. (Nikola Corp.) Bankrupt electric vehicle maker ...more
Tesla Erases $700 Billion ‘Trump Bump’
Elon Musk and President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Feb. 11. (Aaron Schwartz/CNP/Bloomberg) A slide in Tesla Inc. ...more
Canadian Crude Wins Reprieve From Trump’s Tariffs
The Westridge Marine Terminal at the end point of the Trans Mountain Pipeline System in Burnaby, British Columbia. (James MacDonald/Bloomberg) ...more
Energy Chief Plans to Seek $20 Billion to Refill Oil Reserve
Energy Secretary Chris Wright at the Venture Global Plaquemines liquefied natural gas terminal in Louisiana on March 6. (Kathleen Flynn/Bloomberg) ...more
Employers Add a Solid 151,000 Jobs in February
A person waits in a line for a prospective employer at a job fair. (Lynne Sladky/AP/File) WASHINGTON — U.S. employers ...more