The U.S. Department of Transportation recently issued $3.3 million to state, local and tribal government groups to support tools that are meant to improve roadway safety.
June 12, 2020GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipmentPerspective
Perspective: Federal Excise Tax Relief Can Aid Recovery
The coronavirus pandemic has changed the world. In the United States it altered the way our country operates and wreaked havoc on American businesses, but leaders in Washington responded with actions that helped mitigate the damage. I applaud these efforts and am confident that our economy will bounce back. But the work is not done.
June 15, 2020BusinessTechnologyFuel
Nikola鈥檚 Trevor Milton Has $7.4 Billion Fortune on Free Truck Orders
The executive chairman of Nikola Corp. is under siege from skeptics of the company he started in 2014 with the goal of revolutionizing the trucking industry.
June 12, 2020Technology
Solving a $1B Problem with Cargo Image Capture
A picture is worth 1,000 words; in our industry, it鈥檚 worth countless dollars. How many times have you wished for eyes inside your trailer when you鈥檙e managing detention? How many times have you sent for a trailer, to find it鈥檚 still loaded? New cargo imaging technology tackles a $1B problem.
June 11, 2020BusinessTechnologySafetyAutonomous
Kodiak Offers First Inside Look at Safety Assessment
Kodiak Robotics Inc. recently made its 350th commercial delivery and detailed how it is approaching the challenge of providing its longhaul trucks with self-driving technology.
June 11, 2020GovernmentBusinessTechnologyLogisticsAutonomous
Satellite Firm Develops Long-Distance System for Delivery Drones
Inmarsat Group Holdings Ltd. says it has found a way to safely fly civil drones over long distances, a step that may help pave the way for mass adoption by industries from transportation to energy and infrastructure.
June 11, 2020GovernmentBusinessTechnologyFuel
German Government Agrees on National Hydrogen Strategy
The German government agreed June 10 on a long-term strategy for increasing production and use of hydrogen as part of a plan to cut the country鈥檚 greenhouse gas emissions.
June 10, 2020BusinessTechnologyFuelAutonomous
Tesla鈥檚 Elon Musk: 鈥楾ime to Go All Out鈥 on Semi Production
CEO Elon Musk sent an email to Tesla employees before the market opened June 10 declaring that it is 鈥渢ime to go all out鈥 and put Tesla鈥檚 Semi into volume production.
June 10, 2020GovernmentBusinessTechnologySafety
Infrastructure Stakeholders Press Senators for Testing, PPE Priority
A coalition that includes freight stakeholders and myriad transportation interests is calling on senators to advance legislation that would prioritize testing for critical infrastructure workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
June 9, 2020BusinessTechnologyFuel
CHBC Names Bill Zobel Executive Director
The California Hydrogen Business Council announced the appointment of Bill Zobel as its executive director.
June 9, 2020