February 26, 2015: Homicide at trucking firm investigated; GM slashing car production to favor trucks; fears grow about self-driving trucks.
Feb. 26, 2015
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Here is a look at what is happening in the world of transportation this morning:
- Police are considering the case of a man found beaten to death at a New Jersey trucking company a homicide, according to NBC 10 News.
- Bendix is planning to establish a new U.S. headquarters location, notes the Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association.
- What’s being touted as a “landmark vote” today by the Federal Communications Commission could impose new and some fear far more restrictive regulations upon the Internet, says Fox News.
- A “classic” Ford pickup serves as a unique mobile pizza kitchen, reports News 10 Tampa Bay, complete with wood burning stove.
- The debate over climate change just got more “heated” as the chairman of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) at the United Nations quit his post over a sexual harassment scandal, notes Reuters, while Tech Times reports that one of the leading critics of climate change theories is being investigated over funding received from the energy industry.
- General Motors is reducing production of cars in order to churn out more trucks, according to USA Today.
- Some fear that self-driving trucks could “overrun” U.S. highways, reports Quartz.
- One the often overlooked founders of electric car maker Tesla (there were three altogether) wants to “reinvent” the garbage truck around electric powertrains, notes Grist.
- The Brookings Institution is calling for a national freight investment program.
- North Dakota legislators fail to pass a bill that would have required two-man freight train crews, says KX News.
- It’s beginning to sound like a broken record: more winter weather will clog transportation networks in the southeastern U.S. and along the East Coast today, according to the Seattle Post Intelligencer.
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Sean Kilcarr
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Sean Kilcarr is a former longtime FleetOwner senior editor who wrote for the publication from 2000 to 2018. He served as editor-in-chief from 2017 to 2018.
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