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Senate Legislation Targets EV Charging Stations

The Securing America’s Clean Fuels Infrastructure Act, recently introduced by a bipartisan group of senators, would aim to boost investments, including extending current tax incentives for projects through 2029.

March 29, 2021
BusinessLogistics

World’s Other Major Shipping Pileup Is Still Clogging Trade

Ship congestion outside the biggest U.S. gateway for Asian imports worsened from a week ago, highlighting a headwind facing American companies just as a pileup around the Suez Canal had threatened to tangle Europe’s supply chains.

March 29, 2021
BusinessEquipment

February Used Class 8 Market Hot, Demand Outpaces Supply

The average price of a used Class 8 vehicle in February rose 17.9% to nearly $50,000 compared with a year earlier, as year-over-year sales rose, too, ACT Research reported.

March 29, 2021
BusinessSafety

Willard Nearhoof Honored as Maryland’s Top Driver

Willard Nearhoof, a driver for Pitt Ohio, was selected as Maryland’s 2020 Truck Driver of the Year.

March 29, 2021
GovernmentBusiness

Biden Economic Plan to Focus First on Infrastructure This Week

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will lay out the first part of his multitrillion-dollar economic recovery package this week, focusing on rebuilding roads, bridges and other infrastructure, followed by a separate plan later in April addressing child and health care.

March 29, 2021
BusinessTechnologyEquipment

Paccar Parts Participates in Hiring Our Heroes

Paccar Parts reaffirmed its commitment to supporting veterans by participating in the Hiring Our Heroes program.

March 26, 2021
GovernmentBusinessSafety

New ATA Panel Seeks to Strengthen Bond Between Truckers, Law Enforcement

A new panel of truckers will advise American Trucking Associations’ federation on ways to “grow and strengthen” relationships between the trucking industry and law enforcement organizations nationwide.

March 26, 2021
BusinessTechnologyFuelAutonomousTCA

Rivian Plans EV Charging Network

Electric vehicle maker Rivian Automotive is borrowing a page from Tesla Inc. and building an exclusive, fast-charger network for its coming R1T pickup and R1S SUV.

March 26, 2021
BusinessTechnologyEquipment

Truck Makers Outline Steps to Manage Chip Shortage

Production of Class 8 trucks and to a greater degree of medium-duty trucks is at risk as the demand for computer chips exceeds supply in a widening environment of supply chain disruptions.

March 26, 2021
BusinessTechnologyFuelAutonomous

NLRB Finds Elon Musk Tweet Violated Labor Law

DETROIT — Tesla CEO Elon Musk has tweeted his way into trouble with another federal agency, this time the National Labor Relations Board.

March 26, 2021