28 Jun Autonomous Vehicles Have Ability to Transform Society, Panelists Say It’s not just hands-free driving that self-guided cars may bring into reality. Autonomous vehicles could unleash new technological and economic development on a level not seen since the dawn of the space age. Read more...
28 Jun Amazon Enlists Delivery Startups to Help Expand Shipment Volume Amazon.com’s ever-expanding retail empire is going to need more workers and vehicles to get millions of packages to shoppers’ doors. To do so, the web retailer is encouraging people to start their own delivery businesses. Read more...
27 Jun Norfolk Southern Hires Ex-Safety Board Leader for Legal Role Former Chemical Safety Board Chair Vanessa Sutherland has started a new position as a vice president at Norfolk Southern Corp., the company said. Read more...
27 Jun Massive Logistics Hub Planned Near Dallas as Region’s Industrial Real Estate Market Steams Ahead Grand Prairie, Texas, will be home to a 401,577-square-foot logistics center by the beginning of 2019, one of many new commercial developments popping up in the western Dallas suburb. Read more...
27 Jun Trade War Shows Signs of Impact in US Exports, Durables Data Some economists are detecting signs in data that trade tensions are having an impact on American companies. Read more...
27 Jun Heidi King Nomination for NHTSA Post Advances to Senate Floor The Commerce Committee on June 27 approved by a slim margin the nomination of Heidi King to lead the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, setting up consideration on the Senate floor. Read more...
27 Jun Is Tesla’s Elon Musk Wrong About Lidar Technology? Elon Musk has called lidar a crutch. The Tesla CEO believes he can build self-driving and semi-autonomous cars without relying on the technology, which uses lasers to help the cars map and navigate their surroundings. Read more...
27 Jun Louisiana Port Feels Effects of Trump Trade War To understand what a trade war means for America, go to the Mississippi. Follow the mud-brown river past Louisiana’s chemical plants, oil refineries, granaries, ports, and the rail networks and highways that spring from its fingers. Read more...
27 Jun Automakers Group Decries Being Cast as Threat to US Security Auto manufacturers and suppliers based outside the United States condemned the Trump administration’s investigation into imports of cars and parts by portraying as absurd the idea that their products pose national security risks. Read more...
27 Jun Volvo, FedEx Team on Live Platooning in North Carolina Volvo Trucks North America and FedEx Corp. demonstrated on June 27 a platooning system with three twin trucks on a stretch of Route 540 in North Carolina, one of 10 official test sites for driverless cars designated in 2017 by the U.S. Department of Transportation. Read more...