07 Dec Diesel Continues to Climb on Increasing Global Oil Demand The U.S. Energy Information Administration’s weekly survey published Dec. 7 showed trucking’s primary fuel increased 2.4 cents nationwide and now costs $2.526 a gallon. Read more...
07 Dec Aurora to Buy Uber’s Self-Driving Vehicles Arm Uber is selling off its autonomous vehicles-development arm to Aurora as the ride-hailing company slims down after its revenues were pummeled by the coronavirus pandemic. Read more...
07 Dec Congress Eyes Support for Busy Ports As operators of major container ports struggle to keep ahead of a rush of imported goods while retailers restock nine months into the coronavirus pandemic, Congress is aiming to lend additional support. Read more...
07 Dec Some Experts See Plane-Crash Risk Rising on Expansion of 5G Spectrum A plan to redeploy spectrum for super-fast 5G wireless networks is sparking concern among aviation safety experts that it could result in interference with the electronics on aircraft, potentially leading to crashes. Read more...
07 Dec Penske Announces Fleet Upgrade Leasing Program Penske Truck Leasing launched a program that lets carriers sell their old trucks so they can lease a new one, the company announced Dec. 7. Read more...
07 Dec Rep. Rosa DeLauro to Lead Funding Committee in 117th Congress The powerful Appropriations Committee in the U.S. House of Representatives will be led during the next session of Congress by Connecticut Democrat Rosa DeLauro, her caucus announced this month. Read more...
07 Dec Luminar Technologies More Than Doubles Post SPAC Merger Peter Thiel-backed Luminar Technologies Inc. briefly touched an all-time high within days of emerging as a stand-alone company as investor excitement over developers of laser sensors that enable autonomous driving ramped up. Read more...
07 Dec Crossword Puzzle Solution for December 7, 2020 Here's the solution to the crossword puzzle found in December 7, 2020 print edition. Read more...
07 Dec Arkansas’ Mobile Job Simulator Promotes Industry Be Pro, Be Proud, a workforce development initiative, puts students behind the wheel of a truck driving simulator inside a tractor-trailer. Read more...
07 Dec Majority of Business Economists Now See Full Recovery by End of 2021, Survey Says The U.S. economy’s growth is likely slowing as 2020 comes to a close, but a growing number of economists expect it to claw back to its pre-pandemic strength by the second half of next year as vaccines for the coronavirus become widely distributed. Read more...