The European Union and the United States are toe-to-toe over the Inflation Reduction Act
Otherwise known as the IRA, the legislation is essentially the United States’s $370 billion climate plan, offering huge subsidies and consumer tax breaks for North American automakers.
Western auto supply chain has been linked to labor abuse of Chinese Uyghurs
A new report issued by a team of researchers led by Laura T. Murphy (a professor of human rights and contemporary slavery at the U.K.’s Sheffield Hallam University) has made a disheartening conclusion.
FMCSA speed limiter mandate proposal has drawn much attention
Since its conception, efforts to mandate speed-limiting devices on heavy-duty trucks have been a hot topic among truckers.
Hawaii suggests 8 cents per mile tax on electric vehicles drivers
Hawaii’s Department of Transportation is recommending a road usage tax starting with 8 cents per mile for electric vehicles in order to combat the lack of traditional gas tax revenue in the state.
The Senate tackles the bipartisan Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act
Introduced on Dec. 1 by U.S. Senators Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and Mark Kelly (D-AZ), The Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act lays out new funding eligibility standards and highlights truck drivers' personal safety.
Operation Safe Driver Week shows speeding is the leading cause of driver citations
During Operation Safe Driver Week - a seven-day stretch of deliberate outreach and enforcement by the CVSA - more than 35,000 commercial motor vehicles and passenger vehicles were pulled over in the U.S. and Canada.
Trucking industry expressed distaste over federal electronic identifier proposal
The country’s motor carriers and independent truckers have not been shy about their opinion on the potential of a federally-mandated unique electronic identifier placed in large trucks.
Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act could spoil Hyundai’s hot streak in America
With the expectation of capturing approximately 11% of new vehicle sales in the country, Hyundai is having a breakout year.
US DOT wants to reduce highway fatalities
With the trucking industry as the star of the show, U.S. transportation secretary, Pete Buttigieg, participated in World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims (WDR).
CA regulators proclaim ambitious goal to ban diesel trucks at the states ports by 2035
Critics of California’s ambitious electrification plan for its semi trucks say that the state lacks the infrastructure required. But that isn’t stopping state regulators from shooting for the stars.
California has a plan and the world is looking to follow it
California’s CALSTART Drive to Zero program aims for 100% of new medium- and heavy-duty vehicle sales to be zero-emission by 2040.
Labor and environmental supplier audits are often ripe with scams
According to Human Rights Watch (HRW), a global organization that tracks and protects human rights in some 90 countries, the published study “Obsessed with Audit Tools, Missing the Goal” shows that business practices are often misrepresented during these audits.
California see a 33% reduction in emissions since 2001
CARB regularly maintains and regulates the state’s performance when lowering greenhouse gas emissions.
Norway and the U.S. are partnering for the “Green Shipping Challenge”
At the COP27 United Nations Climate Change Summit in Egypt this week, Norwegian Prime Minister, Jonah Gaher Støre, and U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, John Kerry announced the launch of their new project.
The EU proposes new regulations in regard to the last-generation combustion engines
The European Union has already banned the sales of new combustion engine-powered vehicles by 2035, and now it’s expected that they are tightening that leash.
Solar power is booming, but faces serious challenges
Solar power energy grids are setting records across the globe as the European Union pours money and infrastructure into the clean energy source.
The EU & the US are going head-to-head over the Inflation Reduction Act
In the recently-passed IRA bill, the United States is offering tax benefits to those renewable energy companies operating domestically.
The Great “Tech War” between the U.S. and China is underway
The United States Department of Commerce placed 31 Chinese tech companies on an “unverified list” in early October causing some commotion.
Self-driving trucks are being held back by growing concerns over AI startups
Investors and corporations are being more “careful” than ever as economic conditions worsen and fully autonomous commercial cars are being called into question.
U.S. and Mexico’s trade chiefs are ready to talk about energy policies
After the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement on trade was implanted in 2020, (replacing the previous Nafta pact that was in place for twenty years) the United States and Canada filed complaints against Mexico’s electricity policy.