19 Dec US Probes Four Automakers in New Takata Air Bag Recall DETROIT — The U.S. government’s highway safety agency has launched an investigation into four automakers that have a potentially deadly type of Takata air bag inflator in their vehicles but have yet to recall them. Read more...
19 Dec Canadian Crude-by-Rail Shipments to Surge, Spurring Investment Canadian shipments of crude by rail are poised to surge next year, spurring investment in new export infrastructure. Read more...
19 Dec Amazon’s Van-Buying Spree Delivers a Gift to Auto Industry The Amazon.com vans parked outside apartment buildings and along suburban cul-de-sacs aren’t just bearing gifts to online shoppers this holiday season. The e-commerce giant’s home-delivery push has been a boon to automakers, too. Read more...
19 Dec US Home Sales Tumbled 1.7% in November WASHINGTON — Home-buying slumped in November, with some Americans priced out of the market by rising prices or constrained by a shortage of sales listings. Read more...
19 Dec CARB Board Hears Public Comment on Plan for Electric Truck Future Just when will heavy-duty electric trucks be ready for prime time, and when will motor carriers purchase them? Read more...
19 Dec Trump Rebuffs Corn Farmers With Status Quo on Biofuels The Trump administration on Dec. 19 set relatively flat quotas for plant-based fuels in 2020, rebuffing ethanol and biodiesel allies who said the targets don’t do enough to support the industry. Read more...
19 Dec US Jobless Claims Slide but Miss Forecasts for Bigger Drop Filings for U.S. unemployment benefits fell last week by the most since February but missed forecasts for a larger drop, potentially reflecting lingering seasonal-adjustment issues stemming from the late Thanksgiving holiday this year. Read more...
19 Dec Jobs, Stocks Boost Consumers’ Outlook on Economy American consumers are more upbeat about the economy than at any time in more than a year against a backdrop of steady job gains and record stock prices. Read more...
19 Dec Rush Crowns Champs, First Female Winner at Annual Technician Skills Competition SAN ANTONIO — Rebecca Chewning’s bid for recognition at last year’s Rush Enterprises Tech Skills Rodeo sputtered in the first round, but her experience was not at all the same this year in her second time in the competition. Read more...
18 Dec After Century of Automaking, Last GM Truck Rolls Off Canada Line After more than a century and 20 million autos built, the General Motors Co. plant in Oshawa, Ontario, will make its last vehicle Dec. 18 when a final pickup truck rolls off the line. Read more...