Contractors in Indianapolis are more than 60% complete with a three-year and roughly $100-million expansion of the city's Southport Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant.
Because fewer drivers these days know how to work a stick and clutch pedal—or even care to—Mack Trucks Inc. says it is now seeing a 70% penetration rate for its mDRIVE 12-speed automated manual transmission (AMT), just one year after making the gearbox standard on its Pinnacle highway semitrucks.
Still reeling from a drop in demand for commodities, Caterpillar Inc. missed Wall Street expectations on Oct 22, reporting third-quarter profit of only $368 million, including $101 million in restructuring costs.
ENR’s “Low & Slow Across America’s Infrastructure” tour started with a basic idea: Drive a car as old as the interstate highway system across the U.S. to identify infrastructure progress and critical needs.
After famously switching to a lightweight aluminum body for the 2015 Ford F-150 half-ton pickup, Ford Motor Co. is now taking a similar approach for its next-generation Super Duty trucks.
