Tag: Trends

SEMA Awarded Grant to Help Member Manufacturers Boost Export Sales

The Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) was presented a 2020 Market Development Cooperator Program (MDCP) award, which will allow SEMA to expand its programs to assist its member manufacturers export products to growing international markets, the organization announced. The award marks the third time SEMA has received an MDCP grant. Presented by the Department of… Continue reading SEMA Awarded Grant to Help Member Manufacturers Boost Export Sales

Survey Finds Road Trips Have Been Among the Happiest Moments for Americans This Summer

The challenges of quarantine and social distancing helped spur a resurgence in the American road trip, a new survey from Chevrolet and The Harris Poll shows. In fact, nearly 80 percent of Americans credited road trips as helping to keep their sanity during the pandemic. In advance of Labor Day – typically one of the… Continue reading Survey Finds Road Trips Have Been Among the Happiest Moments for Americans This Summer

Midwest Energy Companies Pledge to Build EV Charging Infrastructure

Six regional energy companies have committed to a Memorandum of Cooperation, committing to work together to build a network of Midwest EV charging stations by the end of 2022. Six energy companies have pledged to support this project, including Ameren Illinois, Ameren Missouri, Consumers Energy, DTE Energy, Evergy and Oklahoma Gas and Electric. “Ameren is… Continue reading Midwest Energy Companies Pledge to Build EV Charging Infrastructure

PHOTO GALLERY: Trends Spotted at the 2020 Symco Rod & Kustom Show

Missing car shows this year? We were too until we went to the Symco Rod & Kustom Weekender. Thousands of “traditional” hot rodders traveled to this event, which ran from Aug. 6-8, which highlighted the trends that younger car enthusiasts are embracing these days—trends that will certainly affect what kind of jobs shops get in… Continue reading PHOTO GALLERY: Trends Spotted at the 2020 Symco Rod & Kustom Show

California Approves Plan to Expand EV Charging

California has approved a $437 million plan to build thousands of electric vehicle chargers throughout the state, Automotive News reports. Southern California Edison, a public utility provider in the state, will be responsible for installing the chargers. According to Auto News, this plan will add 40,000 new chargers to the state. Click here to read… Continue reading California Approves Plan to Expand EV Charging

KPI — August: The Brief

The widespread impacts of COVID-19 are laced with complexities and conundrums. From a public health standpoint, nearly six million Americans have been diagnosed with the novel coronavirus, 179,000 of which have died as a result. Statistically speaking, the economic effects have spared few, with tens of millions left unemployed to face new challenges brought on… Continue reading KPI — August: The Brief