Ford Motor Co. said Wednesday it was teaming up with researchers at two US universities to work on obstacles, technical and otherwise, to automated driving. "To deliver on our vision for the future of mobility, we need to work with many ...
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There’s now more support for Ontario Trucking Association’s call for mandatory entry-level training for truck drivers. The Toronto chapter of the Fleet Safety Council commented in a letter: “The lack of training ...
Though Chinese shipbuilding has yet to come in from the cold, recent restructuring, cuts in overcapacity and upgrades have given the troubled industry more hope, a report showed. The industry received in 2013 new orders with dead weight ...
According to the ranking list released by Auto Sina, Chongqing Economic Times, Chengdu Economics, Spring City Evening and Guizhou Cities, Jiangling Baodian pickup was honored as “Best Environmental Protection and Energy Saving Vehicle ...
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Rush Enterprises Inc., based in San Antonio, said it has acquired a total of 10 dealer locations in Illinois and Indiana. The company paid a total of about $145 million to buy certain assets of Chicago International Trucks, Indy Truck ...
Tags: Transportation
Jasper Engines & Transmissions, in Jasper, Ind., said it has expanded its remanufactured General Motors 5.3L V-8 engine offering to several 2010 through 2013 Chevrolet, GMC and Hummer models. The GM remanufactured engine is available for ...
Tags: Transportation, GM, Auto Parts, Engine
Parts for Trucks, a distributor of parts for heavy duty trucks and trailers, has re-located its Moncton store to a new building in the West Moncton Industrial Park. The new 35,000 sq. ft. facility has a service garage with 13 bays ...
Driven by lower costs and emissions, the trucking industry is slowly shifting towards natural gas engines. A report by Navigat Research, a consulting team that analyzes global clean technology markets, forecasts that sales of natural gas ...
Trailer Wizards announced it's expanding its current location in Cornwall to provide a better link between Toronto and Montreal. The company leased a four-acre yard at 18001 Glenn Road in October 2012, which sits across the street from ...
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American Trucking Associations announced the departure of Howard Abramson as publisher and editorial director of Transport Topics Publishing Group and the appointment of Jeff Mason to head up the publishing unit. ATA President Bill Graves ...
Industrial production rose by 0.3% in December, the fifth consecutive rise, after a 1% revised increase the month before, the Federal Reserve reported Jan. 17. The figure matched the average forecast from economists surveyed by Bloomberg ...
December housing starts dropped 9.9%, the Commerce Department said Jan. 17. Starts fell to an annual rate of 999,000 units in December from a revised 1.1 million pace in November, which was the highest since November 2007. Economists ...
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U.S. rail intermodal traffic declined 8.2% in the week ended Jan. 11 compared with the same week last year, the Association of American Railroads reported. Railroads moved about 236,000 intermodal trailers and containers AAR said in its ...
The American Trucking Associations (ATA) have released a few highlights about what the organization expects to happen in the industry over the next decade. In its recently released U.S. Freight Transportation Forecast to 2024, the ATA ...
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As open as the Canadian market is to LNG vehicles, it still pales behind the reception China is giving the alternative fuel. According to Tom Campbell, head of analysis at Zeus Intelligence, a research company specializing in LNG and ...
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