Walmart Inc. is about to team up with Cruise, the self-driving car unit majority-owned by General Motors Co., to experiment with delivering customer orders using driverless vehicles.
November 10, 2020GovernmentBusinessSafety
FAA Poised to Lift Boeing 737 Max Jet’s Grounding ‘In the Coming Days’
Boeing Co.’s 737 Max could be approved to resume commercial service as soon as the week of Nov. 16, with U.S. aviation regulators finalizing their review of fixes to the grounded jetliner.
November 10, 2020BusinessTechnologyEquipmentAutonomous
Plus, FAW Self-Driving Truck Passes Certification Test in China
Self-driving truck startup Plus announced that a commercial truck equipped with its automated driving technology has passed a national certification test and met all safety and performance requirements to begin on-road operation in China.
November 10, 2020BusinessTechnology
Nikola’s Losses Widen in Third Quarter
Zero-emission truck developer Nikola Corp. saw losses grow as it spent heavily on research and development and legal fees during the third quarter.
November 10, 2020GovernmentBusinessFuel
Diesel Increases Nationwide as Refinery Closes, Vaccine Hopes Rise
For just the second time in 2½ months, the weekly national average price of diesel fuel rose.
November 9, 2020BusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafetyFuel
COVID-19 Jolts Workhorse Production; Year-Over-Year Losses Widen
A COVID-19 outbreak has upended production at electric truck startup Workhorse Group as nearly 40% of the company’s factory workforce have become infected or exposed to the virus.
November 9, 2020GovernmentBusinessLogistics
Vital World Trade Route Roiled by Container Crunch
The humble shipping container has a new status in the COVID-19 pandemic: hot commodity.
November 9, 2020BusinessTop 100
Landstar VP, CFO Kevin Stout Transitions to Advisory Role
Landstar System Inc. announced Chief Financial Officer Kevin Stout stepped down Nov. 2, but will remain at the company as special adviser to President Jim Gattoni.
November 9, 2020GovernmentBusiness
Taking Aim at Nuclear Verdicts
No fleet wants to be the next one to make news for being on the wrong end of a multimillion dollar settlement. And, yet, the latest research from American Transportation Research Institute shows the numbers rising.
November 9, 2020BusinessTechnologyFuelAutonomous
General Motors Plans 3,000 Hires for EV Development
General Motors Co. is going on a hiring binge to accelerate its development of electric vehicles.
November 9, 2020