Technology
Honda Beefs Up Pickup, SUVs to Bolster Light-Truck Market Share
2021 Honda Ridgeline (Honda)
Honda Motor Co. plans to revamp three key midsized vehicles — two sport utilities and a pickup — by giving them beefier looks. It also will play up their off-road capabilities in marketing to appeal to more-traditional truck buyers.
October 9, 2020US Fuel Cell Truck Startup Hyzon Gets Investment From French Oil Giant
A hydrogen vehicle is refueled. (Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg)
Total SE is making an investment as part of a small funding round in U.S. fuel cell truck startup Hyzon Motors, an effort by the French oil giant to boost development of cleaner energy sources.
October 9, 2020Executives See Bright Future for Savvy Fleets
Three trucking executives said they remain enthusiastic about the future of their businesses after technology helped them weather the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. Watch the video from the TT/CQ Roll Call Symposium.
October 8, 2020Executives Discuss Long-Term Effects of Pandemic on Supply Chain
From left to right: TT's Seth Clevenger, England and Wilkerson at the panel. (Screenshot)
Executives from C.R. England and XPO Logistics said their customers are looking for stable, nimble and innovative partners to help them navigate an economic environment that remains uncertain several months into the COVID-19 pandemic. Watch the video from the TT/CQ Roll Call Symposium.
October 8, 2020Waymo Begins Fully Driverless Rides for All Arizona Customers
Waymo signage is displayed on the door of a Chrysler Pacifica autonomous vehicle in Chandler, Ariz. (Caitlin O'Hara/Bloomberg News)
Waymo said Oct. 8 that it is opening its fully driverless ride-hailing service in suburban Phoenix to the public.
October 8, 2020Elaine Chao: Long-Term Plan Needed for US Infrastructure
Chao via symposium screenshot
Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao said the nation’s lawmakers must take a long-range view of addressing the country’s pressing infrastructure needs, and do the work needed to craft a funding measure more far-reaching and comprehensive than the one-year highway bill extension that recently advanced.
October 8, 2020Workhorse Falls on Short-Seller Claim It Misled Investors
The short-seller report alleges Workhorse's postal-truck prototypes were plagued with problems. (Workhorse Group)
Workhorse Group Inc. shares fell briefly after a short seller published a report accusing the startup electric-vehicle manufacturer of “misleading investors” and alleging it’s unlikely to win a key contract to supply postal trucks.
October 8, 2020Watch the Replay: Future of Freight and Supply Chain Symposium
Trucking execs from XPO Logistics, C.R. England, NFI Industries, YRC Worldwide and Transfix were among the guests featured during our Oct. 8 TT/CQ Roll Call virtual symposium, "The Future of Freight and Supply Chain Management." Watch the replay now.
October 7, 2020Hyundai Readies Fuel Cell Truck for US Market
Hyundai plans to enter the U.S. truck market with its XCIENT fuel cell truck. (Hyundai)
Hyundai Motor Co. said it would expand its fuel cell truck sales efforts to the U.S. and China and significantly increase production over the coming year.
October 7, 2020Sustainable Supply Chains Grow More Important
California Hydrogen via Vimeo
A growing number of corporations have sustainability goals, according to a new study by Coyote Logistics, and are looking for the supply chain to amplify those efforts.
October 7, 2020