03 Sep Tesla Driver Seen Gazing Down Before 2018 Crash on Autopilot The driver of a Tesla Inc. car that slammed into a fire truck in Southern California last year was looking down at what appeared to be a mobile phone while the car’s Autopilot feature was engaged, according to a witness report and other data released by investigators. Read more...
03 Sep US Soy Shippers Get Small Perk From Otherwise Horrid Trade War The trade war between the U.S. and China continues to surprise agricultural markets, even delivering an unexpected reprieve for American farmers who have otherwise been roiled by the conflict. Read more...
03 Sep New Jersey Mall Could Mean Wall-to-Wall Traffic After 16 years of false starts, the behemoth American Dream retail and amusement complex is set to open just west of Manhattan. To get there, an expected 40 million visitors must join the traffic-choked roads of northern New Jersey. Read more...
03 Sep On-Time, In-Full To provide more aggressive delivery options, retailers have been placing increasingly stringent delivery windows on suppliers and their trucking companies. Read more...
03 Sep Reason Foundation: North Dakota Tops Highway Performance List; New Jersey Ranks Last North Dakota’s infrastructure, congestion levels and safety record propelled the state to the top spot in a recent report that chronicled the performance of highway systems nationwide. Read more...
03 Sep US Manufacturing Activity Contracts in August WASHINGTON — U.S. factory activity shrank in August for the first time since August 2016, a sign that the trade war with China is weighing down a crucial sector of the economy. Read more...
03 Sep CNH Industrial to Invest $250 Million in Nikola Motor Co. Startup truck manufacturer Nikola Corp. has secured a commitment of $250 million in funding from CNH Industrial N.V. — a leader in natural gas-powered trucks and buses and the parent company of Iveco trucks — in a move designed to accelerate the use of heavy-duty trucks that use battery-electric and fuel cell technologies in North America and Europe. Read more...
03 Sep FedEx Expands Logistics Presence in Latin America FedEx Corp. on Aug. 30 agreed to acquire a Colombian freight-forwarding company and its affiliate to expand its FedEx Logistics offerings in Latin America. Read more...
03 Sep Uber of Trucks Reshapes Nigeria’s Haulage Market An Uber-like app for trucks is making it easier and cheaper for firms to move goods in Africa’s most populous nation. Read more...
03 Sep Time Running Low for Fleets to Convert AOBRDs to ELDs Although the federal electronic logging device mandate has been in effect for nearly two years, the regulation will take full effect later this year when an exemption for older e-log systems is set to expire. Read more...