23 Dec Kodiak Robotics to Receive CES Award Self-driving technology startup Kodiak Robotics announced it was selected as a CES 2021 Innovation Awards honoree, with the presentation to come during the first all-digital CES, which runs Jan. 11-14. Read more...
23 Dec Orders for Big-Ticket Manufactured Goods Up 0.9% in November Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticketed manufactured goods rose a moderate 0.9% in November with a key category that tracks business investment plans showing a gain. Read more...
23 Dec VW CEO Says Apple Can Mount Major Challenge With Auto Push Volkswagen AG CEO Herbert Diess said cash-rich technology giants invading the auto industry pose a much bigger challenge for the German manufacturer than traditional rivals like Toyota Motor Corp. Read more...
23 Dec Nikola Loses Electric Truck Order From Republic Services Nikola Corp. lost an order to supply sanitation heavyweight Republic Services Inc. with 2,500 battery-electric garbage trucks, the latest setback for the troubled startup. Read more...
23 Dec Brent Spence Bridge Reopens Ahead of Schedule Transportation officials opened the newly repaired Brent Spence Bridge connecting Ohio and Kentucky on Dec. 22, one day ahead of schedule. Read more...
22 Dec Last-Minute Shoppers Avoid Stores, Adding to Delivery Surge American shoppers shunned stores and extended their online binge during the last weekend before Christmas, adding to a package-delivery logjam that’s now reaching a crescendo. Read more...
22 Dec Rihm Kenworth Expands in Minnesota Rihm Kenworth, a longtime truck dealership in Minnesota, relocated in Albert Lea to a new facility off Interstate 35 to meet the growing demand for trucks, parts and services. Read more...
22 Dec Wreaths Across America Day Takes Place With Help of Trucking Industry The final resting places of 1.7 million American veterans were adorned with holiday wreaths this year as organizers of the annual Wreaths Across America Day worked to ensure the nation’s fallen received this honor despite challenges presented by the pandemic. Read more...
22 Dec Amazon Delays Hike in Merchant Fees Until June 2021 Amazon .com Inc. says it will delay raising fees it charges independent sellers to store and ship items until June, a gesture to merchants who have sometimes bristled at the rising costs of doing business with the company. Read more...
22 Dec Hundreds of Truck Drivers Stranded in Britain Due to Coronavirus Restrictions Hundreds of stranded truck drivers hoped to get the green light to leave Britain on Dec. 22 as the country found itself increasingly isolated and its trade bottled up, cut off by neighbors afraid of a new strain of the coronavirus circulating in England. Read more...