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BusinessEquipmentLogistics

Ports on Both Coasts Continue Record-Setting Runs in April

The nation鈥檚 ports reported record container volumes in April as the U.S. economy continues its strong recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

May 25, 2021
GovernmentBusiness

US Consumer Confidence Falls as Job, Income Prospects Ebb

U.S. consumer confidence fell slightly in May for the first time this year as Americans were less optimistic about future job and income prospects but at the same time remain upbeat about current conditions.

May 25, 2021
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipmentFuel

Green Hydrogen Seen Fueling Heavy Trucks, Buses by 2030

Long heralded as the clean energy fuel of the future that will play a key role in decarbonization, attractive hydrogen prices could finally be in sight.

May 25, 2021
GovernmentBusiness

Shale Drillers Puzzle Analysts With $7.4 Billion Merger

Shale investors have been demanding more consolidation in the U.S. oil patch. But not exactly a deal like this one.

May 25, 2021
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentFuel

Ford Pressured to Provide Path to All-Electric Future

Riding a rising stock price, a splashy new model intro and a friendly presidential visit, new Ford Motor Co. CEO Jim Farley faces his biggest test yet: explaining his strategy for making the 118-year-old automaker relevant in the electric age.

May 25, 2021
GovernmentBusinessFuelTCA

In California, Gas Taxes Are Rising While Repairs Are Lagging

Four years after the California Legislature boosted the gas tax in order to fix the state鈥檚 crumbling roads and bridges, California has spent billions and made some progress in repairs, but officials now say the funding is sufficient to complete less than half of the work needed.

May 24, 2021
GovernmentBusinessTechnologySafety

North Carolina DOT Pilots Trucking Alert System

The North Carolina Department of Transportation is piloting an in-cab trucking alert system in an effort to reduce the risk of commercial motor vehicle crashes.

May 24, 2021
BusinessEquipmentSafetyTCA

4 Million Accident-Free Miles and Still Trucking at 79

Four million miles and not so much as a fender-bender. Pennsylvania trucker Don Cook, 79, attributes his success to skill and patience 鈥 鈥淵ou have to have your wits about you,鈥 he said 鈥 but also to luck.

May 24, 2021
BusinessTechnologyFuelAutonomousTCA

For Tesla Owners, Colonial Pipeline Hack Was No Big Deal

Automotive historians may look back on May 2021 as a tipping point in the evolution of electric vehicles.

May 24, 2021
GovernmentBusinessTechnologySafety

Truckers Work to Purge Systems of Banned Chinese Technologies, but Challenges Remain

Most motor carriers doing business with the federal government are believed to have responded to a requirement that they do their best to purge technology systems of five banned Chinese technology providers said to be potential hackers into U.S. intelligence and defense agencies鈥 information systems.

May 24, 2021