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BusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafety

Geotab Launches AI Dashcam to Enhance Fleet Safety

In a recent pilot, the voice coaching functionality helped reduce tailgating by 90% and mobile phone use by 95%, Geotab said in the Sept. 15 announcement.

September 16, 2025
GovernmentBusinessEquipment

US Tariff of 15% on Japan Auto Exports Kicks In Today

The auto sector accounts for the biggest component of Japan’s exports to the U.S. and serves as a pillar of employment and a trendsetter for wage growth.

September 16, 2025
BusinessTechnologyAutonomous

Bot Auto Masters First Public Roads Validation in Houston

Bot Auto took another step forward earlier this summer, carrying out its first driverless hub-to-hub validation run on public roads in the Houston area, the autonomous trucking startup said Sept. 16.

September 16, 2025
GovernmentBusinessLogistics

End of De Minimis Exemption Helped Sink Luxury Retailer Ssense

Ssense filed for bankruptcy protection after the end of a U.S. duty exemption for small shipments dealt a final blow to the struggling retailer.

September 15, 2025
GovernmentBusinessEquipmentFuel

California Oil Merger Advances as State Clears Path to Drill

The bill marks a sharp shift from years of regulatory scrutiny by the state’s lawmakers toward its oil and gas industry and decades of declining in-state crude production.

September 15, 2025
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyFuel

Fusion Energy Could Deliver Power in 8 Years, DOE Chief Says

Fusion energy, which powers the sun and stars, has the potential to produce abundant carbon-free electricity, but efforts to harness it have proved elusive.

September 15, 2025
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipmentLogistics

Canada Deficit to Hit $50.6 Billion Amid Trade War Costs

Mark Carney’s task is to convince Canadians and opposition lawmakers that his planned spending will eventually boost the resilience and productive capacity of the economy.

September 15, 2025
BusinessEquipment

American Axle Seeks $2.3 Billion to Fund Dowlais Takeover

American Axle in January announced a $1.6 billion cash-and-stock deal to acquire U.K. peer Dowlais. The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter.

September 15, 2025
GovernmentBusinessPerspective

Perspective: Tax Cuts Keep Supply Chain Moving

When President Donald Trump signed the Big Beautiful Bill into law on July 4, it did more than reform the nation’s tax code. It prevented the largest tax hike in American history.

September 15, 2025
GovernmentBusinessTechnology

China-US Strike TikTok Deal After Threat of Shutdown

President Donald Trump said in a social media post that he and Chinese President Xi Jinping would be speaking Sept. 19.

September 15, 2025