27 Mar Home Prices in 20 US Cities Advance More Than Forecast A limited number of properties for sale against a backdrop of steady demand helped keep home prices elevated in January, according to S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller data released March 27. Read more...
27 Mar Waymo and Jaguar Team Up With 20,000 Car Self-Driving Fleet Waymo is teaming up with Jaguar Land Rover on autonomous vehicles, its second major automaker partnership and a big boost for the nascent technology that has come under scrutiny recently. Read more...
27 Mar S.C. Ports Authority Announces Record Container Volume Through February South Carolina Ports Authority posted record fiscal year-to-date container volume through February with more than 1.4 million 20-foot equivalent container units handled since July. Read more...
27 Mar Consumer Confidence Eases for First Time This Year U.S. consumer confidence declined in March for the first time this year on tempered optimism about the outlook for the economy, according to figures March 27 from the New York-based Conference Board. Read more...
27 Mar ‘Flying Whale’ Blimp That Never Lands Joins Global Cargo Airship Race France has entered the global race to develop a viable cargo airship with a 500-foot blimp designed to lift lumber from deep woodland. Read more...
27 Mar California’s Ready to Retaliate if Trump Cuts Vehicle Emission Rules, Sources Say As the Trump administration begins to dismantle Barack Obama’s ambitious auto efficiency regulations, California is said to be poised to retaliate by doing something that automakers have feared: de-coupling the state’s rules with those set in Washington. Read more...
27 Mar Nebraska Senate Moves to Hike Speed Limit The Nebraska State Legislature has given its first approval to legislation that will increase the speed limit on state highways and expressways by 5 miles per hour. Read more...
27 Mar Uber Disabled Volvo’s Safety System Before Fatality, Aptiv Says Uber Technologies Inc. disabled the standard collision-avoidance technology in the Volvo SUV that struck and killed a woman in Arizona March 18, according to the auto-parts maker that supplied the vehicle’s radar and camera. Read more...
26 Mar Arizona Suspends Uber’s Autonomous Vehicle Testing Arizona ordered Uber Technologies Inc. to stop operating autonomous vehicles on the state’s roads indefinitely after the death of a pedestrian there a week ago. Read more...
26 Mar California Eyes Future Projects to Relieve Freight Congestion Truck traffic moving through Sacramento may be alleviated by a series of projects the California Department of Transportation has outlined to ease congestion along major freight corridors over the next 10 years. Read more...