Category: Vehicles

July 3, 2024

The European Union on Thursday slapped extra provisional duties of up to 38 percent on Chinese electric car imports because of “unfair” state subsidies, despite Beijing’s warnings the move would unleash a trade war. Brussels launched an investigation last year […]

July 2, 2024

Tesla’s global sales fell for the second straight quarter despite price cuts and low-interest financing offers, another sign of weakening demand for the company’s products and electric vehicles overall. The Austin, Texas, company said Tuesday that it sold 443,956 vehicles […]

June 26, 2024

German auto giant Volkswagen will invest $5 billion in US electric vehicle maker Rivian and create a joint venture expected to produce technology used by both automakers, the companies announced Tuesday. The collaboration includes a direct $3 billion investment by […]

June 25, 2024

With goals to limit CO2 emissions, many countries have set targets to phase out internal combustion vehicles in favor of electric vehicles (EVs). Japan has set a target for 20%–30% of all car sales to be battery electric vehicles (BEVs) […]

June 20, 2024

Thousands of car dealerships were ground to a halt during a normally busy holiday Wednesday by a cyber incident at CDK Global, a major software provider for dealers across the US. The company “shut all systems down and executed extensive […]

June 20, 2024

We’re seeing more big cars on our roads, especially large wagon-style vehicles with a four- or all-wheel drive, known as sport utility vehicles or SUVs. For every passenger car sold in Australia, almost three SUVs are sold. Vehicles such as […]

June 19, 2024

A pair of engineers at the University of Central Florida has found that autonomous vehicles are generally safer than those driven by humans except under two conditions. In their study, published in the journal Nature Communications, Mohamed Abdel-Aty and Shengxuan […]

June 4, 2024

Many Americans still aren’t sold on going electric for their next car purchase. High prices and a lack of easy-to-find charging stations are major sticking points, a new poll shows. About 4 in 10 U.S. adults say they would be […]

May 29, 2024

Much money and time has been spent recently persuading people not to be so reliant on cars. And there are certainly good reasons—for our health and the environment—to move about more on foot, by bike or on trains. Yet cars […]

May 28, 2024

A team from Graz University of Technology has analyzed the risk and damage potential of hydrogen vehicles in tunnels and derived recommendations. Their conclusion? Any damage would be extensive, but its occurrence is unlikely. They presented the findings at The […]

May 17, 2024

Sixty new electric buses that will operate in routes in Queens, Staten Island and Brooklyn were recently introduced by Gov. Kathy Hochul. The buses, purchased with nearly $70 million in formula funds from the Federal Transit Administration, feature electric traction […]

May 16, 2024

Recent releases by Ryder System and Knight-Swift highlight the growing awareness of the added costs required for fleets that face increased pressure to transition to electric vehicles. A major challenge for long-haul trucking is cost, and current incentives from the […]

May 15, 2024

In Q1 2024, Oceaneering reported a net income of $15.1 million on revenue of $599 million, while adjusted net income was $13.9 million, reflecting the positive impact of $2.2 million in foreign exchange gains, and the associated $0.8 million of […]

May 14, 2024

When President Biden signed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in 2021, he announced a goal to install 500,000 new electric vehicle chargers across the nation by 2030. The Department of Energy’s Vehicle Technologies Office has tasked the experts at Idaho National […]

May 13, 2024

General Motors’ troubled Cruise autonomous vehicle unit said Monday it will start testing robotaxis in Arizona this week with human safety drivers on board. Cruise said that during the testing, it will check the vehicles’ performance against the company’s “rigorous” […]

May 10, 2024

The regulation-driven purchase of commercial electric trucks carry a lot of unknowns. One of the biggest is their residual value, or how much they will be worth as trade-ins. Rich Mohr, senior vice president of North America ChargePoint, said the […]

April 19, 2024

In his quarterly note to shareholders, Triumph Financial CEO Aaron Graft predicted that the headline on the earnings might be “TriumphPay swung to a loss this quarter” — one quarter after that growth segment at the trucking-focused bank had become […]

April 11, 2024

British luxury carmaker Aston Martin Lagonda will continue to produce traditional combustion-engine vehicles for as long as legally possible, its boss told UK media this week. “For as long as we’re allowed to make ICE (internal combustion engine) cars, we’ll […]

April 2, 2024

Greenlane unveiled plans for a 280-mile electric truck charging corridor along Interstate 15 in California, with initial sites in Colton, Barstow and Baker, in an announcement last month. Truck telematics data, frequent freight routes and customer deployment strategy guided Greenlane […]

March 27, 2024

Change is a constant in the transportation industry. Technological advancements, regulatory developments, environmental considerations and more require trucking businesses to continually adapt to an ever-evolving operational landscape. Staying informed is crucial to navigating change and thriving amid uncertainty. To that […]