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GM CEO Mary Barra Charges Ahead With Electric Cars but Shuns Hybrids

If General Motors Co. CEO Mary Barra had her way, the auto industry would forget about selling hybrid electric models and instead concentrate on getting more battery-powered vehicles into showrooms.

November 21, 2019

Cummins, Daimler Trucks Prepare to Fight Climate Change

Independent engine maker Cummins Inc. along with Daimler Trucks & Buses, global corporations at the center of the U.S. commercial vehicle industry, are accelerating efforts to combat climate change with their products and at their plants.

November 21, 2019

Trucking Must Contemplate Alternative Energy, Shell Officials Say

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — With the Earth's population projected to eclipse 9 billion by 2050, speakers at a Shell Rotella fleet symposium Nov. 13 said that means the pressure is on for trucking executives.

November 20, 2019

California Intensifies Fossil Fuel Fight With New Drilling Ban

California intensified its battle against fossil fuels by seeking independent reviews of all pending hydraulic fracturing permits and halting approvals of a key production technique in an area that has pumped crude for more than a century.

November 20, 2019

Nikola Announces Battery Technology Available to All

Nikola Corp. announced it has battery technology that would double the range of its heavy-duty trucks that are either fully electric or use a hydrogen fuel cell.

November 19, 2019

Yamato Transport Rolls Out Electric Vehicles for Parcel Delivery Near Tokyo

Yamato Transport Co. unveiled on Nov. 19 what it says is a greener, compact, driver-friendly electric truck that may offer hope for coping with the acute labor shortage in Japan’s door-to-door parcel delivery industry.

November 19, 2019

Industry Stakeholders React Positively to Biden's Infrastructure Plan

Industry stakeholders say 2020 presidential candidate Joe Biden's $1.3 trillion investment plan in the nation’s infrastructure network is a good step.

November 19, 2019

Ike Maintains Automation Will Add Truck Driving Jobs

Automated trucks developer Ike has a message for those behind the driver’s wheel of an 18-wheeler now: Automation can be complementary, not competitive.

November 19, 2019

Tesla Set to Bulk Up the World’s Largest Lithium-Ion Battery

The world’s biggest lithium-ion battery is about to get even bigger, with Tesla Inc. set to beef up capacity at the Hornsdale site in South Australia.

November 19, 2019