March 20, 2015: Self-driving Tesla EVs by summer; drug-screening test choice proposed; student’s truck project takes her to China.
March 20, 2015
Here is a look at what is happening in the world of transportation this morning:
- Elon Musk, founder and chief executive of electric car maker Tesla, says a software update being prepped for this summer will allow the vehicles to drive themselves on open stretches of freeway, according to The Register.
- Proposed Congressional legislation would allow trucking companies to opt out of urinalysis drug-screening tests and use ones based on hair testing instead, reports the Times Record.
- Change may be in the wind for the top executive spot at Volvo Trucks, says Business Insider.
- Another bill aimed at dedicating federal tax revenues to U.S. freight infrastructure needs takes shape on Capitol Hill, according to the Long Beach Post.
- The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection fines a local trucking firm over a fuel spill, notes WWLP 22 News.
- Regional trucking titan John S. Gray, owner of Jack Gray Transport, is remembered in a profile by the Northwest Indiana Times.
- Derek Leathers, president and COO of Werner Enterprises, shares his perspective on the state of the trucking industry with DC Velocity.
- A south Florida trucking company is expanding its driver base by hiring military veterans, according to The Packer.
- Louisiana is urged by a local business group to make transportation and education top budgeting priorities, reports the Houma Courier.
- A revamped transportation bill in Vermont helps fill a $6.6 million funding shortfall, notes VTdigger.org.
- A high school student’s truck aerodynamics project garners awards and may result in a trip to China, according to the Burlington Times News.
