NAPA, Calif. (AP) Max Homa moved into position to defend his title at the Fortinet Championship, shooting a 5-under 67 on Friday to share the 36-hole lead with Danny Willett at the PGA Tour’s season opener.
NAPA, Calif. (AP) Rickie Fowler began his 15th professional season Thursday. From clubs to coach to caddie, just about everything is new for the five-time PGA Tour winner.
By James Raia
After years of consideration and proposals, Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corp., has been awarded the contract to build the next fleet of mail trucks for the United States Postal Service.
Under the contract’s initial $482 million investment, Oshkosh Defense will finalize the production design of the Next Generation Delivery Vehicle (NGDV). It’s a purpose-built, right-hand-drive vehicle for mail and package delivery. Oshkosh Defense will manufacture between 50,000 and 165,000 of the trucks in the next 10 years.
The new trucks will be significantly larger than the current fleet of 230,000 vehicles throughout the country. In addition, some of them will have internal combustion engines, others will have battery-electric systems. Further, the new design consists of a waist-high front hood. It resembles the beak of a duck in front of an extra-high windshield.
General Motors has advanced its plans and now seeks to become carbon neutral by 2040.
The company has announced a goal to end production of all gas- and diesel-powered cars, trucks and sport utility vehicles by 2035. Five years ahead of its previous goal, GM plans to use 100 percent renewable energy to power its U.S. facilities by 2030 and global facilities by 2035.
General Motors plans to eliminate gas- and diesel-powered trucks.
GM’s lightweight trucks include the Chevrolet Silverado and Colorado and GMC Sierra and Canyon.
GM’s new goals were announced one day after President Joe Biden signed a series of executive orders aimed at combating climate change. The plans will prioritize climate change across all levels of government and put the U.S. on track to curb planet-warming carbon emissions.