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BusinessEquipment

Navistar Posts 2Q Profit

Truck and engine manufacturer Navistar International Corp. reported net income of $55 million, or 55 cents per diluted share, for the second quarter of 2018, rebounding from a net loss of $80 million, or 86 cents, in the year-ago period, the company announced

June 6, 2018
BusinessEquipment

Brent Yeagy Named CEO of Trailer Maker Wabash National Corp.

Trailer maker Wabash National Corp. named Brent Yeagy its president and CEO, succeeding Richard Giromini.

June 6, 2018
GovernmentEquipmentFuel

California Seeks White House Meeting on Fuel-Efficiency Revamp

California air-pollution regulators want to meet with Trump administration officials over plans to ease federal auto-efficiency standards, saying in a letter to the White House that efforts to undermine the state鈥檚 authority would run afoul of the law.

June 6, 2018
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafety

Safety, Insurance Costs Cited in Study as Reasons to Consider Autonomous Vehicles

As autonomous vehicles become more commonplace on our highways and roads, drivers of both trucks and passenger cars are likely to become more accepting of the technology, a survey of U.S. consumers by the market research firm J.D. Power found.

June 6, 2018
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipmentAutonomous

Brexit Britain Wants to Become a Leader in Driverless Vehicles

Britain is stepping up its plans to be a leader in self-driving cars. The government is awarding 25 million pounds ($33 million) this week to as many as six projects that will research and test autonomous vehicles on highways and on trials of remote-control parking.

June 5, 2018
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafety

ATA鈥檚 Chris Spear Cautions Against Further ELD Exemptions

INDIANAPOLIS 鈥 The head of American Trucking Associations warned during a legal seminar here that further exemptions from Congress to electronic logging requirements for agricultural haulers could threaten safety on the nation鈥檚 roads.

June 5, 2018
BusinessTechnologyEquipment

Uber Freight Launches 鈥楩leet Mode鈥

Uber Freight has added a 鈥渇leet mode鈥 to its mobile app to enable dispatchers at small fleets to find and book loads and assign them to their drivers.

June 4, 2018
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentAutonomous

Driverless Tech Part of SoftBank鈥檚 300-Year Plan

SoftBank Group Corp.鈥檚 Masayoshi Son wants his company to grow for 300 years, and he鈥檚 willing to pour billions of dollars into far-out technology to make it happen.

June 4, 2018
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipmentLogisticsAutonomous

Capitol Agenda for the Week of June 4: The Word

In a small side room at Washington鈥檚 Union Station, this year鈥檚 Infrastructure Week kicked off with a keynote address from Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao. She again pointed to the private sector and state and municipal officials as being the key drivers on infrastructure funding. Before the secretary鈥檚 address, Austin, Texas, Mayor Steve Adler had offered the infrastructure intelligentsia in attendance a different message. A look at the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill.

June 4, 2018
BusinessEquipment

Navistar Sees Market Share Gains as VW Considers Stronger Links

Navistar International Corp. is pivoting from a largely complete turnaround effort to seeking greater share in a robust U.S. truck market, potentially paving the way for closer ties or even a merger with alliance partner Volkswagen AG.

June 4, 2018