June 5, 2023
“DETROIT – General Motors plans to invest more than $1 billion in two Michigan plants for production of next-generation heavy-duty trucks, the company said Monday. The investment includes $788 million to prepare its Flint Assembly plant to assemble next-generation heavy-duty gas and… Continue Reading…
May 1, 2023
“California regulators on Friday voted to ban the sale of new diesel big rigs by 2036 and require all trucks to be zero-emissions by 2042, a decision that puts the state at the forefront of mitigating national tailpipe pollution. The… Continue Reading…
December 27, 2021
“Nikola shares jumped 18% on Thursday after theelectric truck maker completed delivery of its first vehicle. The surge in the stock came a day after the company announced on Twitter that its first customer delivery is done, signaling more to come…” https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/23/nikola-shares-surge-after-company-delivers-its-first-ev-truck-says-more-to-come.html This… Continue Reading…
November 26, 2021
“While people still outperform robots in a variety of tasks, economists predict that Outrider and other companies around the world are leading a shift that will displace millions of workers in retail, trucking and manufacturing over the coming decades. In Colorado,… Continue Reading…
October 20, 2021
“The trucking industry is short 80,000 drivers, a record high, Chris Spear, President and CEO of the American Trucking Associations, tells CNN. That’s a 30% increase from before the pandemic, when the industry already faced a labor shortage of 61,500… Continue Reading…
September 8, 2020
“Shares of Nikola surged Tuesday after General Motors announced it’s taking an 11% stake in the electric truck maker and will produce its marquee hydrogen fuel cell electric pickup truck the Badger by the end of 2022. Shortly before the opening bell, Nikola shares… Continue Reading…
August 26, 2020
“Orders for durable goods lasting at least three years surged 11.2% in July largely because of strong consumer demand for new cars and trucks, but business spending outside the auto industry was softer and investment grew more slowly. The increase… Continue Reading…
June 3, 2020
“…Transportation stocks — airlines, railroads, truckers and shippers — are a proverbial canary in acoal mine. The Dow Jones Transportation Average (DJT) is often looked at by experts as a good indicatorfor the state of the economy and broader market. And it’s outperforming… Continue Reading…
April 20, 2019
“The unexpectedly strong month for the key retail sector helped recover losses after December’s worrisome slump, according to the Commerce Department… Total retail sales rose 1.6 percent to $514.1 billion, well above the 0.9 percent economists had been expecting. The… Continue Reading…
March 27, 2019
“U.S. auto sales are falling as vehicle prices climb, indicating that buyers at the lower end are getting squeezed out of the new car market, according to a new industry forecast. First-quarter auto sales are expected to drop by nearly… Continue Reading…
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