Transportation & Mobility

St. Louis – September 07, 2026 -- Seventy-seven percent of commercial fleet drivers say the benefits of safety technology outweigh privacy concerns, according to a new survey of 267 field service professionals from GPS tracking firm Linxup.

Nearly half of drivers report dash cam footage cleared them in accident disputes

Forty-four percent of respondents said they or a coworker had been involved in an accident where dash cam footage or GPS tracking worked in their favor during an insurance claim or legal dispute. When asked what would most improve their day-to-day work, 29% ranked "protection if something goes wrong" as their top choice, followed by 27% who cited "fewer accidents."

Berea, Kentucky – September 07, 2026 -- Astemo Americas, Inc. will invest more than $112 million to expand production of hybrid electric-vehicle motors at two manufacturing plants in Berea, Kentucky, creating 114 new jobs in Madison County.

Expansion adds nearly 300,000 square feet of production space in Berea

The investment will add production and warehouse capacity at Astemo's facilities on Mayde Road in Berea. It forms part of a multi-year program expected to generate 282 new jobs overall while scaling output of hybrid EV powertrain components at the company's Kentucky sites.

NEW YORK – September 04, 2026 -- Logan Bus Company Inc., the largest private school bus provider for the New York City Department of Education, has launched an AI-powered phone system built on Cisco technology to give parents faster answers on bus location, delays and arrival times.

Logan Bus serves 20% of New York City schoolchildren riding its buses daily

The company transports roughly 30,000 general education students each day across the city. The new phone system links a student's specific bus route to the parent's caller ID, allowing families to get location updates without navigating a menu of phone prompts.

AI assistants pull data directly from Logan Bus's GPS tracking system

The system is designed to minimize wait times by giving the AI assistant direct access to real-time GPS tracking, while parents can reach a live agent with a single button press. The agent will already have the child's route information on file.

Middletown, Delaware – September 04, 2026 -- The global racing tires market will grow from USD 2.921 billion in 2025 to USD 3.929 billion by 2035, a compound annual growth rate of 2.85%, according to a new study by Radial Insights. The market is projected to reach USD 3.051 billion in 2026 as exclusive control-tire contracts continue to anchor manufacturer revenue.

Control-tire contracts add 0.5 percentage points to market growth through 2035

Radial Insights estimates that exclusive series-supply agreements contribute roughly 0.5 percentage points to overall CAGR by allowing manufacturers to align production, compound development and logistics with fixed racing calendars. In June 2026, Formula 1 and the FIA extended Pirelli's role as sole tire supplier for Formula 1, Formula 2, Formula 3 and F1 Academy through 2028. Goodyear maintains a parallel multi-year exclusive supply arrangement across NASCAR's Cup, Xfinity and Truck series.

Hamburg, Germany – September 04, 2026 -- Furuno Electric Co., Ltd. will offer a new SOLION-100 terminal built on Iridium Certus 100 technology, combining GMDSS, Ship Security Alert System and Long-Range Identification and Tracking capabilities into a single platform for newbuild and retrofit vessels.

Furuno adds Iridium GMDSS to its maritime safety portfolio

The announcement, made jointly with Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: IRDM), gives shipowners and shipyards an additional certified option for regulated maritime distress and safety communications equipment.

Chongqing, China – September 04, 2026 -- Chinese automakers are shifting from scale-driven growth to quality-led transformation, with Leapmotor disclosing it now manufactures more than 65 percent of its core vehicle parts in-house across 18 "super factories," according to statements made at the 2026 Automotive New Quality Productive Force Development Forum held in Chongqing's Jiulongpo District.

Leapmotor builds closed-loop production to control costs and quality

Cao Li, senior vice president of Leapmotor, said full-domain self-reliant research and manufacturing has allowed the company to keep quality, cost and iteration efficiency under direct control, reducing exposure to homogeneous competition across China's crowded EV sector.

Buffalo, N.Y. – September 04, 2026 -- The University at Buffalo has put eight new 40-foot battery-electric transit buses into service, marking the first phase of a diesel-to-electric transition for its Stampede fleet, which carries approximately 16,000 passengers daily.

Electrification of first eight buses is projected to cut 5,984 metric tons of CO2 equivalent

UB, transportation provider WeDriveU and fleet electrification specialist Zenobē estimate the shift will deliver a 55.6% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions compared with diesel-powered service, equivalent to removing roughly 1,395 cars from the road.

Xining, China – September 03, 2026 -- The Qinghai-Xizang Railway has moved 104 million passengers and more than 824 million tonnes of freight across its 1,956-kilometer route since opening 20 years ago, reshaping trade flows and industrial output on the Tibetan plateau.

Cold-chain rail link boosts herder incomes and potash exports

Xizang Gaerde Ecological Livestock Industry Development Co., Ltd. now uses railway cold-chain transport to move fresh milk from the Qiangtang grassland to markets nationwide, raising incomes for thousands of herder households. At Qarhan Salt Lake in Qinghai, potash fertilizer lines feed directly into rail terminals; more than four million tonnes of potash fertilizer moved by rail in 2025.

Beijing – September 03, 2026 -- Chinese-brand passenger vehicles captured 77.4 percent of the domestic market in July 2026, up from 40.3 percent in 2023, as full-chain technology integration and automated "super factories" reshape the global electric-vehicle industry.

Beijing – September 03, 2026 -- China's auto market posted more than 100 all-new models in the first half of 2026, with gasoline-powered vehicles accounting for less than 20 percent of new launches, as new-energy vehicles (NEVs) cemented their dominance over combustion engines.

NEV retail penetration hits 65.1 percent in July, sustaining a shift begun in late 2025

Monthly NEV retail penetration crossed 50 percent at the end of 2025 and stayed above 60 percent from April through July 2026, reaching 65.1 percent in July. More than 80 percent of gasoline-car owners now choose an NEV when replacing their vehicle, even as gasoline-vehicle prices have been cut sharply.