A Walmart store in American Canyon, Calif. The staffing cuts represent a continued effort by Walmart to make its large workforce more efficient. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg) Walmart Inc. is cutting hundreds of store-support roles, its latest move to simplify the structure of the world’s largest retailer. The company is eliminating the market coordinator job that ...more
A Tesla Model S. George McGee was driving a Model S but not paying attention when it struck and killed Naibel Benavides Leon and seriously injured Dillon Angulo in 2019 in Key Largo, Fla. (Angel Navarrete/Bloomberg) Tesla Inc. hasn’t done enough to protect against drivers misusing its Autopilot system, a safety expert testified at a ...more
Norfolk Southern (left) and Union Pacific freight locomotives in Kentucky. Any large merger would be heavily scrutinized by regulators, but the environment is likely more amenable to consolidation under President Donald Trump. (Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg) Union Pacific Corp. is exploring an acquisition of Norfolk Southern Corp., setting up what could rank as the largest railroad deal ...more
Tesla logo at a dealership in Germany. (Andreas Arnold/dpa/TNS) Tesla Inc. settled a high-profile lawsuit over a driver’s death in 2019 when the Autopilot system in his Model 3 allegedly failed to avoid a collision with a tractor-trailer crossing a Florida highway. The confidential settlement, disclosed in a July 7 court filing, came just before ...more
International Motors sales in June climbed 22.3% to 2,110 units from 1,725. (International Motors) U.S. Class 8 retail sales in June experienced their first year-over-year increase of 2025, according to Wards Intelligence data. Sales increased 12.5% to 20,392 from 18,134 in June 2024. They also increased 8.6% sequentially from the 18,778 in May. Year-to-date sales ...more
At his hearing, Barrs touted the Trump administration’s approach toward improving connectivity along supply chain corridors. (senate.gov) WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration outlined his strategy for boosting safety and efficiency across the commercial transportation sector during a congressional hearing July 16. Derek Barrs, a former Florida ...more
Graphite ore at the Nouveau Monde Graphite Matawinie Mine in Saint-Michel-des-Saints, Quebec. (Renaud Philippe/Bloomberg) The Commerce Department will impose preliminary antidumping duties of 93.5% on imports of Chinese graphite, a key battery component, after concluding the materials had been unfairly subsidized. A trade association representing U.S. graphite producers in December filed petitions with two federal ...more
A Waymo autonomous taxi and a Tesla vehicle for robotaxi testing purposes in Austin, on June 20. (Eli Hartman/Bloomberg) Waymo is more than doubling its service territory in Austin as the driverless taxi firm looks to fend off competition from Tesla Inc. Through its partnership with ride-hailing giant Uber Technologies Inc., Waymo said July 17 ...more
Northbound I-5 was shut down for about eight hours after a semi truck overturned and spilled a load of industrial pipes across the highway early on Thursday morning. The accident happened on July 17th at around 2:44 p.m. north of the Bridge Bay exit on Northbound I-5 near Redding, California. According to ABC 7, the flatbed ...more
A complicated crash cleanup in an Ohio construction zone left drivers stranded on Interstate 71 for more than eight hours overnight. A series of crashes occurred at about 10:30 p.m. on Wednesday night, July 16th on northbound Interstate 71 just outside of Columbus, Ohio. According to WJHL, two semi trucks collided in a narrow construction zone ...more
