trucking
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Already there are reports of trucking firms struggling under higher fuel costs, highlighting the vulnerability of the transport sector in a country with vast distances.
Digging into the data, Stanley notes that U.S. trucking freight rates, for example, rose by 0.7% in January and 1.2% in February.
From Barron's
When Tesla announced its plans for the Semi nearly a decade ago, it was seen as a chance to change heavy-duty trucking just as its affordable and versatile Model 3 helped popularize electric cars.
Avery Vise, a trucking analyst at FTR Transportation Intelligence, said the rise was the largest ever weekly increase in both price a gallon and percentage terms since the government started tracking diesel prices in 1994.
So did most major rail and trucking companies, as well as FedEx.
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