Rivian Shifts Focus To Lifestyle Driving
Rivian – an electric car company looking to make large-scale headway in the EV industry is changing gears into lifestyle branding. The electric car company looks to take on Tesla by focusing on what the company isn’t doing. When you take a look at the way that Tesla has developed the EV market they did most […]
Rest Hours Extended For Tired Drivers
Rest has been on the minds of one of the hardest working industries in America. A multitude of factors have led the trucking industry to overextend their drivers. Now, a necessary step has been made for drivers who are facing the harsh realities of a global pandemic. Rest For the Weary The trucking industry has […]
Trump Offers Thanks To Country’s Truckers
As much of the country stays at home to avoid the continued spread of covid-19, truckers maintain chains of supply across the US. Their work ensures grocery stores keep stocked, medical equipment makes it to healthcare providers, and essential goods remain available through the pandemic. As a show of appreciation, President Trump thanked truckers for their dedication. […]
Autopilot Error Partly to Blame for Tesla Crash
LOS ANGELES, CA – It’s been concluded that a design imperfection in Tesla’s Autopilot semi-autonomous driving system coupled with driver distraction caused a Model S electric car to crash into a fire vehicle along a California freeway. These findings were the result of a government investigation. A deeper look at the findings from the National Transportation Safety […]
New Formula 1 Being Tested in Wind Tunnel
HINWILL, CH – Formula 1 and FIA, a governing body, recently concluded a colossal amount of research and development with the help of CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) in order to ensure their dream for 2021 moves closer to actual possibility. After that, it was time to prove the data by performing tests in a wind tunnel. As a […]
Fuel Tanker Truck Overturns on California Road
MARIN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA – A fuel tanker dumped roughly around 2,100 gallons of unleaded gasoline into an empty creek bed after it flipped over on Lucas Valley Road. This information comes courtesy of the California Highway Patrol on Monday. How much it’ll cost to fix the damage and clean-up the sizeable spill is still unknown. Nevertheless, the […]
Huge Truck Protest Brings I-84 to a Halt
HUDSON VALLEY, NY — This Friday, thousands of truckers are planning a highway shutdown to protest unfair regulations and policies. The protest is scheduled to begin at 10am on I-84 in Hudson Valley and it may expand to other roads. Participants call it a “slow roll” protest, as they’ll be traveling down the highway in […]
Truckers Fight Spike in Tolls
GRANGER, IN – Last fall, Governor Eric Holcomb made the announcement about a toll increase on the Indiana Toll Road. The plan? For rates to go up… but only for big trucks. So, while the news didn’t have a big impact on every day drivers, it did for the trucking industry. The 35% spike implemented on October […]
Truckers’ Planned Protest
U.S. – There is a nation-wide movement in which truckers are organizing a shut-down for April 12, 2019. The group organizing this movement, calls itself Black Smoke Matters. Back in October, the group staged their first protest. This particular truckers’ protest slowed traffic along Interstate 95 in Washington D.C. but didn’t have any long-term effects. […]
Polestar’s New All-Electric Cars Set to Challenge Tesla Model 3
While Tesla tries to work out the production shortages which plague the Model 3, competitors continue to challenge more affordable electric car of the Silicon Valley maker. To be more specific Tesla’s new competitor is a new brand at Volvo Cars Group, called Polestar which became a standalone maker within the company’s stable. Last week […]