Toyota Motor Corp. has a problem with selling its hybrids — it can’t get enough of them.
December 5, 2019Business
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The 2021 Toyota RAV4 Prime is shown at the AutoMobility L.A. auto show Nov. 21, 2019, in Los Angeles. (Marcio Jose Sanchez/Associated Press)
Toyota Having Trouble Keeping Hybrid Car Models in Stock
The 2021 Toyota RAV4 Prime is shown at the AutoMobility L.A. auto show Nov. 21, 2019, in Los Angeles. (Marcio Jose Sanchez/Associated Press)
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Government, Business
Erin Aleman by House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee via YouTube
Enhance Freight Connectivity in Next Highway Bill, Executives Tell US House Panel
Erin Aleman by House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee via YouTube
Consideration in Congress of an extensive update to federal transportation guidelines must prioritize sustainable funding that enhances freight connectivity and reduces congestion, industry stakeholders told lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Dec. 5.
December 5, 2019
Business, Top 100
Freightliner eCascadia battery-electric truck by DTNA
Class 8 Orders Slump for Weakest November Since 2015
Freightliner eCascadia battery-electric truck by DTNA
Preliminary North American Class 8 net orders for November passed 17,000 and hit the second-highest point reached this year, but analysts at two data-tracking firms said it did nothing to alter the slumping direction of the overall trend.
December 5, 2019
Government, Business, Logistics, TCA
Railroad track by the Lower Trail Lake in the Chugach National Forest in Alaska. Canadian rail lines currently get as close to Alaska as Whitehorse in the Yukon. (Getty Images)
Possibilities, Costs ‘Enormous’ for A2A Rail
Railroad track by the Lower Trail Lake in the Chugach National Forest in Alaska. Canadian rail lines currently get as close to Alaska as Whitehorse in the Yukon. (Getty Images)
The backers of a new rail line to link Alaska to Canada and Lower 48 markets insist it would generate upward of $5 billion of freight revenue through the state.
December 5, 2019
Government, Business
A shipping container is lifted off of a truck at a terminal on Harbor Island in Seattle on Oct. 2, 2019. The trade gap still is 1.3% wider so far this year than it was in January-October 2018. (Elaine Thompson/Associated Press)
US Trade Gap Narrows 7.6% to $47.2 Billion in October
A shipping container is lifted off of a truck at a terminal on Harbor Island in Seattle on Oct. 2, 2019. The trade gap still is 1.3% wider so far this year than it was in January-October 2018. (Elaine Thompson/Associated Press)
WASHINGTON — The U.S. trade deficit narrowed in October as imports fell faster than exports. The politically sensitive trade gap with China dropped.
December 5, 2019
Government, Business
Containers are piled up at a port in Qingdao in east China's Shandong province. (Chinatopix via AP)
DHL Index on Strength of International Economy Shows Only Slight Dip
Containers are piled up at a port in Qingdao in east China's Shandong province. (Chinatopix via AP)
Despite persistent concerns of a worldwide economic slowdown, a new report from logistics and shipping company DHL says international trade remains strong, with only a slight decline in its overall DHL Global Connectedness Index.
December 5, 2019
Government, Business
Construction on an Indiana road. (Indiana Department of Transportation)
Transportation Construction Market Will Grow in 2020, ARTBA Forecasts
Construction on an Indiana road. (Indiana Department of Transportation)
The transportation construction market is expected to grow by about 5% in 2020, according to the American Road and Transportation Builders Association’s annual economic forecast.
December 5, 2019
Government, Business, Technology
Trimble Duo ELD by Trimble
No 'Soft Enforcement' After AOBRD ELD Exemption Ends Dec. 16
Trimble Duo ELD by Trimble
Commercial vehicle inspectors will not offer a “soft enforcement” grace period for truckers who have not migrated to electronic logging devices from grandfathered automatic onboard recording devices by Dec. 17, the date that full enforcement of the federal ELD rule takes effect.
December 5, 2019
Business, Technology, Equipment, Fuel
General Motors CEO Mary Barra. The new plant will not be at the site of the closed Chevrolet Cruze compact factory. That plant was sold to an electric pickup-truck startup called Lordstown Motors Corp. (Paul Sancya/Associated Press)
GM to Build $2.3 Billion Battery Plant in Lordstown, Ohio
General Motors CEO Mary Barra. The new plant will not be at the site of the closed Chevrolet Cruze compact factory. That plant was sold to an electric pickup-truck startup called Lordstown Motors Corp. (Paul Sancya/Associated Press)
General Motors Co. and its battery partner, South Korea’s LG Chem Ltd., will jointly invest $2.3 billion in a new electric vehicle battery plant to be built in Lordstown, Ohio, the same city where the automaker controversially idled and then sold a 53-year-old compact-car factory.
December 5, 2019
Government, Business
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) by Timothy D. Easley/Associated Press
Impeachment Politics Threaten Legislative Agenda, Key Lawmakers Argue
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) by Timothy D. Easley/Associated Press
With the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump entering a new phase this month, congressional leaders continue to criticize each other over inaction on legislation to keep the federal government funded through fiscal 2020, a new trade agreement and infrastructure policy.
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