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Movers Coalition Visits Washington to Raise Awareness, Expand Network
American Trucking Associations’ Moving & Storage Conference highlighted combating fraudulent “rogue” operators and promoting better economic conditions during its recent advocacy meeting in Washington.The advocacy…
Amazon to Bring Low-Carbon Electrofuels to Trucking Fleet – Fuel Smarts
The Infinium Electrofuels process for Amazon's trucking fleet.Image: Infinium Amazon took another step toward reaching its goal of net-zero carbon by 2040, signing an agreement with renewable fuels…
Mack Aims to Gain Users for Command Steer Option
EASTON, Pa. — Mack Trucks offers 3,000 or so colors to choose from on a new truck, company representatives said, highlighting how its customers can be exceedingly particular about what they spec on their trucks. Command…
Nikola Pickup Had No Nikola Parts, GM Engineer Testifies
Nikola Corp. founder Trevor Milton wasn’t truthful when he claimed his company was responsible for most of the components in a planned pickup truck General Motors Co. was to build for the electric vehicle maker, a GM…
SHEETZ REDUCES DIESEL FUEL PRICES TO $4.49 | TruckersReport.com Trucking Forum
Today Sheetz, a major Mid-Atlantic restaurant and convenience chain, announced it will celebrate Truck Driver Appreciation Week (Sept. 11-17) by reducing diesel fuel prices to $4.49 a gallon. Starting on Labor Day (Sept. 5),…
FedEx Cost Cuts Aim to Save $2.7 Billion
FedEx Corp. expects to save as much as $2.7 billion this fiscal year through wide-ranging cost-cutting measures in response to weakening business conditions.The courier said about $700 million of the savings will come this…
Ford Breaks Ground on $5.6 Billion Complex for EVs
Ford Motor Co. has begun construction of its $5.6 billion electric vehicle manufacturing complex in western Tennessee, the largest factory project in the automaker’s 119-year history.The site, known as BlueOval City,…
XTL opens its first distribution center in Alberta
XTL Transport opened a new 197,000 sq.-ft. distribution and logistics center in Calgary Sept. 22, the company’s first in Alberta. The new Calgary location provides a strategic location that can lower distribution costs to…
IRA Sparks Interest in Battery Industry
While President Joe Biden was busy throttling the latest Corvette with car executives at the Detroit auto show last week, much of the rest of the industry filed into a jam-packed convention center about 30 miles west for a…
Business Activity Gauge Improves | Transport Topics
U.S. business activity contracted in September for a third straight month, though at a more moderate pace as a pickup in orders and a further softening of inflation allayed concerns of a more-pronounced pullback.The S&P…
