Heyday, a platform that buys and builds consumer brands that sell on Amazon .com Inc., raised $555 million in a funding round led by Raine Group and Indian tycoon Azim Premji’s investment firm.
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Three experts from Transport Enterprise Leasing discuss strategies for buying and selling trucks amid regulatory shifts, trade tensions and economic uncertainty.
How to Streamline Driver Coaching
Program Aired: December 9, 2021. With nuclear verdicts up 1000% since 2010, not taking a proactive “high-touch” coaching approach is a serious risk. But, how to do it with limited staff? And without impacting driver turnover?
December 9, 2021Uber Freight Completes Acquisition of Transplace
Uber Freight announced Nov. 15 that it has completed its acquisition of the managed transportation and logistics network company Transplace from TPG Capital.
November 15, 2021Volkswagen Appeals Rejected as High Court Allows Emissions Scandal Suits
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected two appeals from Volkswagen AG, leaving intact rulings that let state and local governments sue over a diesel-emissions cheating scandal that already has cost the German automaker more than $23 billion.
November 15, 2021Nikola Founder Trevor Milton Must Face Criminal Case
Nikola Corp. founder Trevor Milton must face the criminal case against him in New York, after a federal judge denied his request to dismiss the indictment or change the venue.
November 15, 2021Startup Embark Trucks Now Publicly Traded
Autonomous truck software developer Embark Trucks Inc. announced it completed its business combination with Northern Genesis Acquisition Corp. II, and the combined company has been renamed Embark Technology Inc.
November 15, 2021Xos Adds Additional Proprietary Battery Systems
Electric truck maker Xos Inc. announced its second series of proprietary battery systems.
November 15, 2021Appellate Court Strikes Down GHG Rule for Trailers
A divided federal appeals court has thrown out portions of the 2016 Phase 2 greenhouse gas emissions rule that would have required heavy- and medium-duty trailers for the first time ever to adopt some combination of fuel-saving technologies.
November 12, 2021Rush Enterprises Appoints Clarke to Board
Commercial vehicle dealer Rush Enterprises announced it has appointed Troy Clarke to the board of directors and board member James Underwood will retire early next year.
November 12, 2021J.B. Hunt Execs Say Mandate Issues Extend Beyond Drivers
The question of how a federal vaccine mandate might affect transportation workers other than truck drivers must be considered amid broader discussion of the proposal, an industry executive said at a recent event.
November 12, 2021