04 Sep Descartes Systems Group Reports Growth in Income, Revenue The Descartes Systems Group Inc., a Canadian logistics company, reported net income of C$8.6 million for the second quarter of its 2020 fiscal year, up 1% from $8.5 million in the same period last year. Read more...
04 Sep Fed Says Most Businesses Optimistic, Consumer Spending ‘Mixed’ The U.S. economy grew at a modest pace through much of July and August, with companies remaining upbeat despite disruption caused by international trade disputes, a Federal Reserve survey found. Read more...
04 Sep Driver Detention Has Increased in Recent Years, ATRI Finds Driver detention at customer facilities has increased in recent years, according to new data from the American Transportation Research Institute. Read more...
04 Sep Tesla Autopilot Is Found Partly to Blame for 2018 Freeway Crash U.S. transportation safety investigators found Tesla Inc.’s design of its automated driver-assist system was partly to blame for a crash in which an inattentive driver slammed into a fire truck parked on a freeway near Los Angeles in 2018. Read more...
04 Sep Porsche Unveils Its First Electric Car Porsche picked Niagara Falls, a Chinese wind farm and a solar site in Germany to unveil its first all-electric sports car, underscoring the new Taycan’s central role in turning parent Volkswagen AG into the world’s leading seller of battery-powered vehicles. Read more...
04 Sep Brazil Court Rules That Uber Drivers Are Independent Workers Brazil’s Superior Court ruled that drivers who provide services through the Uber Technologies Inc. app are independent from the ridehailing firm, a decision that may benefit the company by setting a precedent for similar cases in the country. Read more...
04 Sep Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont Retools Transportation Plan After Tolls Stall The Lamont administration is revamping its transportation plan, three months after its proposal to establish electronic highway tolls in Connecticut stalled in the Legislature. Read more...
04 Sep Perspective: Rethinking Driver Recruiting The trucking industry’s shortage of drivers and high turnover rate make it hard for many regional and over-the-road carriers to recruit and retain qualified candidates, but there is a system carriers can adopt that will help them attract and keep good drivers who fit their company’s requirements, and culture. Read more...
04 Sep Wabash Adds Supreme Upfit Center in Tampa Wabash National Corp. announced it has opened a Supreme Upfit Solutions and Service location in Tampa, Fla., for all makes of commercial truck and van bodies. Read more...
04 Sep TomTom Maps Out Revamp With Bet on Self-Driving Cars Once a household name for its satellite navigation for cars, TomTom NV has taken a backseat in recent years as smartphones, loaded with apps such as Google maps, surged in popularity. Read more...