Volvo Group Venture Capital AB announced it invested in Apex.AI, a startup software company involved in autonomous mobility, to help fund the development of a safety-certified software framework for autonomous systems.
December 10, 2019Business
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Workers install a Volvo engine on the assembly line at the Dublin, Va., plant. (Volvo Group Truck Operations)
Volvo Group Venture Capital Invests in Apex.AI, Autotech Ventures
Workers install a Volvo engine on the assembly line at the Dublin, Va., plant. (Volvo Group Truck Operations)
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Pelosi via J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press
House Democrats Plan USMCA Vote as Nancy Pelosi Lauds Revised Deal
Pelosi via J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press
House Democrats plan a vote the week of Dec. 16 on the U.S.-Mexico-Canada free-trade agreement, Speaker Nancy Pelosi told her members, saying the deal was changed to meet her demands.
December 10, 2019
Business, Technology, Fuel
A banner depicting the Chevrolet Cruze model vehicle is displayed at the now-shuttered General Motors Lordstown plant. (John Minchillo/Associated Press)
GM Loans Ohio Plant Buyer $40 Million to Launch Electric Truck
A banner depicting the Chevrolet Cruze model vehicle is displayed at the now-shuttered General Motors Lordstown plant. (John Minchillo/Associated Press)
General Motors Co. loaned the buyer of its half-century-old assembly plant in Ohio $40 million to help the cash-strapped startup roll out an electric pickup truck.
December 10, 2019
Government, Business, Safety, Logistics
A 4.5-mile portion of Interstate 81 near Wilkes-Barre, Pa., will see improvements, including widening both directions to three lanes. (Doug Kerr/Flickr)
PennDOT P3 Project Will Address I-81 Improvements
A 4.5-mile portion of Interstate 81 near Wilkes-Barre, Pa., will see improvements, including widening both directions to three lanes. (Doug Kerr/Flickr)
Leaders within the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation have approved a public-private partnership to reconstruct a portion of Interstate 81.
December 10, 2019
Government, Business
Ned Lamont via Jessica Hill/Associated Press
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont Proposes Truck Tolls
Ned Lamont via Jessica Hill/Associated Press
A trucks-only tolling system in Connecticut is part of the latest iteration of Gov. Ned Lamont’s transportation investment plan.
December 10, 2019
Government, Business
Joseph Campbell, winner of the Transition Trucking: Driving for Excellence Award, accepts the award with his father, Joseph H. Campbell Sr. (from left), mother Littie A. Campbell, and wife Debra Campbell, in Washington. (Courtesy Paul Feenstra)
Joseph Campbell Wins Kenworth Truck as Part of Military Hiring Program
Joseph Campbell, winner of the Transition Trucking: Driving for Excellence Award, accepts the award with his father, Joseph H. Campbell Sr. (from left), mother Littie A. Campbell, and wife Debra Campbell, in Washington. (Courtesy Paul Feenstra)
Military veteran Joseph Campbell, a driver for Roehl Transport, won the Transition Trucking: Driving for Excellence Award on Dec. 6 at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
December 9, 2019
Government, Business, Fuel
The only area of the country where the average diesel price rose is New England, where it rose 0.7 cent. The West Coast saw the biggest drop at 5.7 cents. (Thinkstock Images)
Diesel Drops 2.1¢ to $3.049 a Gallon
The only area of the country where the average diesel price rose is New England, where it rose 0.7 cent. The West Coast saw the biggest drop at 5.7 cents. (Thinkstock Images)
The U.S. average retail price of diesel dropped 2.1 cents to $3.049 a gallon, the Department of Energy reported Dec. 9.
December 9, 2019
Government, Business, Technology, Fuel
A participant inspects a Renault Zoe model at COP22 village in Marrakech, Morocco, on Nov. 8, 2016. (Mosa'ab Elshamy/Associated Press)
Germany Edges Out Norway as Europe’s Biggest Electric Car Market
A participant inspects a Renault Zoe model at COP22 village in Marrakech, Morocco, on Nov. 8, 2016. (Mosa'ab Elshamy/Associated Press)
Germany has pulled ahead of Norway for sales of all-electric cars since the start of the year, putting Europe’s biggest auto market in position to become the regional leader on an annual basis for the first time.
December 9, 2019
Business, Technology, Logistics
Cass Partners With University of Tennessee on Two Indexes
Cass Information Systems Inc. is partnering with the University of Tennessee-Knoxville’s Haslam College of Business to support two Cass transportation indexes, according to a Dec. 2 news release from Cass and UTK.
December 9, 2019
Business, Logistics
Descartes Systems Reports Net Income Up 23%
The Descartes Systems Group Inc., a Canadian logistics company, reported net income of $9.7 million in its third quarter ended Oct. 31, up 23% from $7.9 million the same quarter last year.
December 9, 2019Pages
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