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Commercial freight transportation is a machine-based business. Highly technical equipment and advanced engineering are at the center of supply chain and require constant innovation. Transport Topics equipment coverage focuses on the machines and other physical assets that make delivery possible. It looks closely at available truck, trailer, and chassis models, developments in the engineering space, and maintenance innovations and best practices.

Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety

House Bill Seeks $100M Annual Grant for Rail Safety Upgrades

Senior members of the U.S. House Transportation Committee recently introduced legislation to enhance safety requirements for trains carrying hazardous materials.

July 24, 2024
Business, Equipment

Michelin Weighs Shuttering More Plants on Europe Downturn

Michelin said Europe鈥檚 鈥渄ifficult economic situation鈥 is causing a drop in tire demand across different sectors that is leading to overcapacity in the region.

July 24, 2024
Business, Technology, Equipment, Fuel, Autonomous, Top 100

Atlas Energy to Deploy Self-Driving Trucks for Fracking Sand

Atlas Energy plans to deploy self-driving trucks developed by Kodiak Robotics for delivery of fracking sand to Permian Basin oil and natural gas wells in Texas beginning in early 2025.

July 24, 2024
Business, Technology, Equipment

Volvo Trucks North America Offers CARB-Compliant Engine

Volvo Trucks North America announced the availability of a diesel engine that meets CARB requirements for nitrogen oxide and particulate matter emissions standards.

July 23, 2024
Business, Technology, Equipment

EV Output Is 45% Below Carmakers鈥 Expectations, Supplier Says

Carmakers are faced with significant overcapacity to make EVs because of softening demand with many turning back to development plans for combustion-engine cars, OPmobility SE reports.

July 23, 2024
Business, Technology, Equipment

GM Delays Electric Pickup Plant Second Time

General Motors will again push back the planned opening of an electric pickup truck plant in suburban Detroit and has delayed a Buick plug-in amid uncertain growth in battery-powered car sales.

July 23, 2024
Business, Equipment

General Motors Profit Rises 15% in Q2

DETROIT 鈥 U.S. customers who bought a new General Motors vehicle last quarter paid an average of just under $49,900, a price that helped push the company鈥檚 net income 15% above a year ago.

July 23, 2024
Business, Equipment

Task Force Continues to Examine Truck Purchase Agreements

Members of a specially appointed Truck Leasing Task Force recently concluded that many lease-purchase agreements don't give owner-operators a realistic chance to own their trucks.

July 22, 2024
Government, Business, Equipment, Safety

Ontario Targets Predatory Towing Practices

Cracking down on predatory towing, Ontario now requires tow truck drivers and vehicle storage operators to have a certificate to operate in the first such move by a Canadian province.

July 22, 2024
Business, Equipment

Yokohama to Buy Goodyear鈥檚 OTR Tire Business for $905 Million

Yokohama Rubber Co. agreed to acquire Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.鈥檚 off-the-road tire business for $905 million as part of the Japanese manufacturer鈥檚 global expansion plan.

July 22, 2024