Steel industry to launch FutureSteelVehicle program focused on lightweighting for advanced powertrain vehicles
The Steel Market Development Institute (SMDI), a unit of the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), will launch FutureSteelVehicle (FSV) at the 10th Annual Great Designs in Steel (GDIS) seminar Wednesday, 18 May in Livonia, Mich.
FSV is a global, mu…
Daihatsu to price new minicar below $10K; most fuel efficient car in Japan, excluding hybrids
Nikkei. Daihatsu Motor Co. will sell its new minivehicle to be released this summer for less than ¥800,000 (US$9,900).
The Toyota Motor Corp. group firm had earlier indicated a price below 1 million yen, but opted to make the e:S car even more affo…
Daihatsu to price new minicar below $10K; most fuel efficient car in Japan, excluding hybrids
Nikkei. Daihatsu Motor Co. will sell its new minivehicle to be released this summer for less than ¥800,000 (US$9,900).
The Toyota Motor Corp. group firm had earlier indicated a price below 1 million yen, but opted to make the e:S car even more affo…
Truckers fear gas siphoning as prices rise
Semis are lined up near the pumps at a truck stop on Burr Street in Gary on Thursday.
FedEx: Japan shipments light, TNT "too expensive"
FedEx Corp said shipment volume from Japan is light but is expected to pick up as factories there return to business, Chief Financial Officer Alan Graf said.
Trucker trades big rig steering wheel for bicycle handlebars
A long-haul truck driver is seeing the road from a different perspective this spring as part of a two-man cross-country bicycle ride to raise funds for an Indiana-based land trust.
What do truckers and rock stars have in common? Life on the road
Halifax-born folk-rock artist Luke Doucet says musicians can learn a lot about life on the road from over-the-road truckers.
18-wheeler ends up hanging off Fort Worth highway
In this Thursday, March 24, 2011 photo provided by MedStar, emergency crews work at the scene where officials say a water tanker truck driver was rescued from his 18-wheeler dangling over an Interstate 20 ramp as well as two people were trapped in a ca…
Trucking firms, drivers debate flying rock dangers
Trucking companies say that accounts of rocks flying off the backs of trucks and striking car windshields don’t add up, considering the industry’s safety checks.
U.S. Postal Service to cut 7,500 jobs, close offices
The U.S. Postal Service said on Thursday it would cut 7,500 jobs and close seven district offices and 2,000 post offices as it handles less mail and faces greater staff costs and competition from FedEx and United Parcel Service .