Tag: Transportation equipment manufacturing
No deal: Volvo truck workers striking again in Virginia
DUBLIN, Va. — Nearly 3,000 workers at a Volvo truck plant in southwest Virginia went back on strike Monday after they overwhelmingly rejected another...
Granholm sells stock in electric bus maker that Biden touted
WASHINGTON — Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm has sold her ownership interest in an electric bus maker that President Joe Biden touted during a “virtual...
Navy says it’s charting a new course after rash of problems
BATH, Maine — The Navy’s speedy littoral combat ships had propulsion failures. The gun on its stealthy destroyer is a dud because of expensive...
Alabama city throws ‘Tardy Gras’ parade as pandemic ebbs
MOBILE, Ala. — With both COVID-19 hospitalizations and vaccinations ebbing, Alabama's port city is putting on a Mardi Gras-style parade that will feel at...
Daimler Truck to shift spending to battery, hydrogen rigs
FRANKFURT, Germany — Daimler's truck and bus division says it plans to shift most of its vehicle development resources to zero-emission vehicles by 2025...
Powerful US nuclear test reactor getting rare major overhaul
BOISE, Idaho — Scientists in Idaho this summer plan to remove the 62,000-pound (28,100-kilogram) stainless steel lid on one of the world’s most powerful...
Daimler Truck to shift spending to battery, hydrogen rigs
<p>FRANKFURT, Germany — Daimler's truck and bus division says it plans to shift most of its vehicle development resources to zero-emission vehicles by 2025...
Powerful US nuclear test reactor getting rare major overhaul
<p>BOISE, Idaho — Scientists in Idaho this summer plan to remove the 62,000-pound (28,100-kilogram) stainless steel lid on one of the world’s most powerful...
Biden plan would pick winners, losers in move to green jobs
WASHINGTON — In Georgia, school bus-maker Blue Bird has visions of going from selling a few hundred electric buses annually to 15,000. In Michigan,...
Biden plan would pick winners, losers in move to green jobs
<p>WASHINGTON — In Georgia, school bus-maker Blue Bird has visions of going from selling a few hundred electric buses annually to 15,000. In Michigan,...