Bollinger Motors Inc. said Aug. 25 it will sell Class 4 and Class 5 electric commercial trucks in addition to the Class 3 vehicles it unveiled last year in a move the Oak Park, Mich.-based startup said would offer greater coverage to customers.
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Seth Clevenger and Mike Senatore dive into the Transport Topics Top 100 list of the largest logistics companies. They address trade challenges, mergers, sector trends and more.
Startup TextLocate Seeks to Improve Freight Tracking
In today鈥檚 digitally connected world, the status and location of most freight shipments can be immediately determined by GPS trackers, phone apps or simply making a cellphone call to the trucker hauling the package for delivery.
August 9, 2021Why Southern California Is the New EV Mecca
California is fast becoming a leading research, design and manufacturing center for electric vehicles, and Southern California has an outsized part in that development.
August 2, 2021Big Rig Brings Big Smiles for Students With Autism
RANDOLPH, Mass. 鈥 For weeks and months before it happens each year, students with autism at the Boston Higashi School anticipate members of the Teamsters Local 25 union rolling up to the front door in its big rig.
July 30, 2021Autocar Rolls Out a 鈥楤adass鈥 New Vocational Truck
Autocar is so proud of its new model dump truck, the DC-64D, the company wants people to think of it by the term it鈥檚 planning to trademark 鈥 Badass.
June 2, 2021Pallet Makers Hit by Supply Shortages as Demand Rises
In our worldwide economy, the humble pine pallet is the way that goods move around the globe. Demand for pallets is so great that American manufacturers churn out nearly 1 billion of them every year. And right now, it鈥檚 not enough.
June 1, 20214 Million Accident-Free Miles and Still Trucking at 79
Four million miles and not so much as a fender-bender. Pennsylvania trucker Don Cook, 79, attributes his success to skill and patience 鈥 鈥淵ou have to have your wits about you,鈥 he said 鈥 but also to luck.
May 24, 2021At Ford Visit, Biden Says Future of Autos Is Electric
Without mentioning his predecessor鈥檚 name, President Joe Biden criticized former President Donald Trump while visiting a Ford Motor Co. plant in Dearborn, Mich., on May 18, saying Trump鈥檚 rollback of fuel standards delayed an inevitable move to electric vehicles.
May 18, 2021Ford Visit Offers Symbolic Backdrop for Biden鈥檚 EV Agenda
President Joe Biden鈥檚 planned visit May 18 to the Dearborn, Mich., Ford Motor Co. Rouge Electric Vehicle Center that will build an electric version of the F-150 pickup will showcase what experts say is a powerfully symbolic example of a zero-emission vehicle with mass market appeal, built in the U.S. by union workers.
May 17, 2021Bill Would Create National EV Charging Network in Five Years
WASHINGTON 鈥 Rep. Andy Levin (D-Mich.) is reintroducing the EV Freedom Act, which seeks to build a nationwide electric vehicle charging network within five years.
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