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Workhorse to Retire Troubled Flagship Electric Delivery Van

Workhorse Group Inc. plans to kill its flagship electric delivery van after a recall last year, turning instead to two new models after what its CEO called a “costly misstep.â€

March 1, 2022

Fire Subsides on Cargo Ship Carrying Volkswagen EVs

LISBON, Portugal — A fire aboard a ship carrying cars in the Mid-Atlantic is dying out, a Portuguese navy officer said Feb. 22, and the huge vessel is expected to be towed to the Bahamas.

February 22, 2022

Senators Propose Fuel-Tax Holiday Amid Funding Debate

Congressional lawmakers are proposing measures that include a suspension of the federal gas tax to stave off soaring prices at the pump, and are considering other remedies to ease inflationary price increases as Congress averted a federal government shutdown by passing a short-term spending measure.

February 17, 2022

Walmart to Hire 3,000 Drivers to Expand In-91ÊÓÆµ Delivery

Walmart Inc. is betting big on its service to deliver groceries directly into customers’ refrigerators with an expansion of its In91ÊÓÆµ delivery option, and will hire 3,000 drivers to support it.

January 5, 2022

2021 Top 10 Stories Cover Array of Issues as COVID Still Casts Shadow

Here are the 10 most-read stories on the Transports Topics website in 2021, based on Google Analytics.

December 31, 2021

BrightDrop Delivers First Electric Vans to FedEx

BrightDrop, General Motors Co.’s new electric delivery and logistics business, has delivered the first five vans of an order of 500 to FedEx Corp., the company said Dec. 17.

December 17, 2021

Trucking Industry M&A Activity Surges During 2021

2021 was an especially busy year for trucking in terms of acquisitions, with various factors creating an ideal market for buyers and sellers.

December 16, 2021

US Unveils New Cyber Mandates for Passenger, Freight Rail Carriers

Major passenger and freight railroads will soon be required to report cybersecurity breaches quickly and review how susceptible they are to cyberattack, senior officials at the U.S. Department of 91ÊÓÆµland Security said Dec. 2.

December 2, 2021

US Senate to Debate Social Infrastructure Build Back Better Budget

Senators returning to Capitol Hill after the Thanksgiving recess are scheduled to kick off debate on a nearly $2 trillion budget package that aims to promote severe-weather resilience and reduce congestion across mobility networks.

November 23, 2021

ATA Leadership, Global Trucking Officials Meet to Discuss Key Issues

Transportation leaders from around the globe discussed shared challenges during the first in-person meeting in two years of the International Road Transport Union, with supply chain snarls, a shortage of drivers and environmental issues at the top of the agenda.

November 23, 2021