EV production at Hyundai on schedule
Chung Euisun, chairman of Hyundai Motor Group, said in Korea Monday that planned production of electronic vehicles at the company’s Montgomery plant is on schedule but “it will certainly not be next year.” Hyundai plans to spend $7.4 billion in the U.S. over the next five years on its EV business. – Korea Times
Petition circulating to bring sausage rolls back
A change.org petition called “Bring Sister Schubert’s Sausage Wrap Rolls Back!” has more than 2,100 signatures. The Luverne company recently replaced the sausage wrap rolls with Sister Schubert’s Sausage Pinwheels. – AL.com
Flatbed carrier institutes driver shortage surcharge
Birmingham-based Montgomery Transport has instituted a 5-cents-per-mile driver shortage surcharge. That surcharge will be passed on directly to drivers. The surcharge began Nov. 8 and will be in effect 90 days during the holiday season. – Commercial Carrier Journal