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Mitch McConnell Moves to Avoid US Shutdown With Spending Bills

Senate Republicans released 12 bills to fund the government through next September, the first move toward negotiations with House Democrats that will be vital to avoid a federal shutdown in December.

November 10, 2020
GovernmentBusinessSafety

New York Completes Bridge Project to Prevent Truck Strikes

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently announced the completion of a bridge replacement project that is meant to prevent bridge strikes by providing higher clearance for vehicles, including trucks.

November 10, 2020
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentFuel

VTNA D13 Turbo Compound Engine Now Standard in Three Models

Volvo Trucks North America announced it made the latest generation D13 turbo compound engine standard in all VNL 740, 760 and 860 models.

November 10, 2020
BusinessTechnologyFuelTCA

Ford Announces Michigan Investments, Plans to Debut New Electric Van

Ford’s newest electric vehicle — a commercial van called the E-Transit — will be unveiled by the company Nov. 12, assembled at Ford’s Kansas City, Mo., plant and be available by late 2021.

November 10, 2020
BusinessTechnologyEquipment

Eaton Assesses 3D Printing for Production Parts

Eaton Corp. is evaluating 3D printing technology that could broaden the power management company’s application of it to include production parts, an executive said.

November 10, 2020
BusinessTechnologyAutonomous

GM’s Cruise, Walmart Team Up for Driverless Delivery

Walmart Inc. is about to team up with Cruise, the self-driving car unit majority-owned by General Motors Co., to experiment with delivering customer orders using driverless vehicles.

November 10, 2020
GovernmentBusinessSafety

FAA Poised to Lift Boeing 737 Max Jet’s Grounding ‘In the Coming Days’

Boeing Co.’s 737 Max could be approved to resume commercial service as soon as the week of Nov. 16, with U.S. aviation regulators finalizing their review of fixes to the grounded jetliner.

November 10, 2020
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentAutonomous

Plus, FAW Self-Driving Truck Passes Certification Test in China

Self-driving truck startup Plus announced that a commercial truck equipped with its automated driving technology has passed a national certification test and met all safety and performance requirements to begin on-road operation in China.

November 10, 2020
BusinessTechnology

Nikola’s Losses Widen in Third Quarter

Zero-emission truck developer Nikola Corp. saw losses grow as it spent heavily on research and development and legal fees during the third quarter.

November 10, 2020
GovernmentBusinessFuel

Diesel Increases Nationwide as Refinery Closes, Vaccine Hopes Rise

For just the second time in 2½ months, the weekly national average price of diesel fuel rose.

November 9, 2020

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