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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 — “You have to have your wits about you,” he said — but also to luck.

Daniel Patrick Sheehan | Allentown (Pa.) Morning Call
May 24, 2021
Business, Technology, Fuel, Autonomous, TCA

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.

Mark Kennedy | Chattanooga (Tenn.) Times Free Press
May 24, 2021
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Fuel, TCA

At Ford Visit, Biden Says Future of Autos Is Electric

Without mentioning his predecessor’s name, President Joe Biden criticized former President Donald Trump while visiting a Ford Motor Co. plant in Dearborn, Mich., on May 18, saying Trump’s rollback of fuel standards delayed an inevitable move to electric vehicles.

May 18, 2021
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Fuel, TCA

Ford Visit Offers Symbolic Backdrop for Biden’s EV Agenda

President Joe Biden’s planned visit May 18 to the Dearborn, Mich., Ford Motor Co. Rouge Electric Vehicle Center that will build an electric version of the F-150 pickup will showcase what experts say is a powerfully symbolic example of a zero-emission vehicle with mass market appeal, built in the U.S. by union workers.

May 17, 2021
Business, TCA

Maine’s Trucking Industry Turns to TikTok in Appeal to Gen Z

The Maine Motor Transport Association is targeting Gen Z and other young workers with a video storytelling campaign aimed at filling shortages of truck drivers and technicians.

Lori Valigra | Bangor (Maine) Daily News
May 14, 2021
Government, Business, TCA

Mail Delivery Delays Persist in Metro Detroit

Slow, sometimes nonexistent mail delivery continues to plague several Metro Detroit neighborhoods despite the best efforts of U.S. lawmakers to identify and correct the problems.

Mike Martindale | The Detroit News
May 13, 2021
Government, Business, TCA

Missouri Lawmakers Pass Fuel Tax Hike With Refund Option

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri drivers will likely pay more at the pump starting this fall after lawmakers passed a bill to raise the state’s fuel tax for the first time in more than two decades.

Jeanne Kuang | The Kansas City Star
May 12, 2021
Business, Technology, Fuel, Autonomous, TCA

Elon Musk Plays Nice as ‘SNL’ Host

Elon Musk’s “Saturday Night Live” episode on May 8 was neither controversial nor disruptive. It was, in the end, a decent but rather uneventful evening, neither the flaming car wreck his detractors expected or edgy show for which his fans were hoping.

Adam Graham | The Detroit News
May 10, 2021
Government, Business, Fuel, TCA

Minnesota ‘Clean Cars’ Rules Get OK to Move Forward

The administration of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and state regulators can adopt new vehicle emission standards without the OK from lawmakers, an administrative law judge ruled May 7.

Greg Stanley | Star Tribune
May 7, 2021
Government, Business, Equipment, Fuel, Logistics, TCA

Bill Would Create National EV Charging Network in Five Years

WASHINGTON — Rep. Andy Levin (D-Mich.) is reintroducing the EV Freedom Act, which seeks to build a nationwide electric vehicle charging network within five years.

Riley Beggin | The Detroit News
May 5, 2021