A House of Trucks dealership. (House of Trucks via Facebook) Used Class 8 truck sales in April decreased 20% year-over-year to 17,600 units from 22,100 units, ACT Research reported. The average price for a used truck fell 29% to $70,116 from $99,054 a year ago, and declined 8% month-over-month from $75,858 in March. On a ...more
Aurora and FedEx have expanded their autonomous trucking partnership to include freight hauling between terminals in Fort Worth and El Paso, Texas. (Aurora) California lawmakers are moving forward with plans to restrict the deployment of self-driving trucks — a move that industry representatives say is misguided. “Rather than doing the responsible thing and waiting to ...more
Kroger Co. is investing $550,000 in its new distribution fulfillment facility. (Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg News) Northern Kentucky is getting a new $550,000 distribution center from a unit of The Kroger Co. to give the grocery store giant a larger e-commerce foothold in the state and Ohio. “Kentucky’s unique location and access to resources make our distribution ...more
The ARC Automotive manufacturing plant in Knoxville, Tenn. (Adam Lau/Knoxville News Sentinel via AP) DETROIT — The U.S. government is turning up the pressure on ARC Automotive to recall 67 million potentially dangerous air bag inflators by ordering the company to answer questions under oath and threatening fines if it doesn’t respond. The National Highway ...more
Jaguar I-Pace SUV by Jaguar DETROIT — Jaguar is recalling more than 6,000 I-Pace electric SUVs in the U.S. due to the risk of the high-voltage battery catching fire, and it’s telling owners to park them outdoors. The recall is the latest in a series of electric vehicle battery recalls because of the potential for ...more
The decision united liberal and conservative justices in labor’s latest loss at the high court, with one dissenter. (Alex Brandon/Associated Press) WASHINGTON — In a dispute about the pressure that organized labor can exert during a strike, the Supreme Court ruled June 1 against unionized drivers who walked off the job with their trucks full ...more
Richard Drew/Associated Press With fewer than 60 days to go until the current labor contract expires, negotiations were set to resume June 5 between Atlanta-based parcel delivery giant UPS and members of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, which represents an estimated 360,000 UPS drivers and other workers. Union leadership, led by new Teamsters president Sean ...more
Jennifer Abruzzo by Al Drago/Bloomberg News In a memo to regional directors and officers, National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo has pledged to pursue legal action against “certain employers” who require nonsupervisory employees to sign noncompete agreements. “In workplaces across America, many employers are requiring their employees to sign noncompete agreements to obtain ...more
Shares of Rivian Automotive Inc., the money-losing electric vehicle startup, may get pushed out of the Nasdaq 100 Index as early as this month after plunging more than 90% from their record high, according to JP Morgan Securities. The index typically removes the smallest members of the Nasdaq 100 if the company is weighted at ...more
Side underride guards by AirFlow Deflector Inc. A committee launched by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to study side underride protection in trucking during its inaugural meeting raised a variety of topic areas to address, an indication that the group’s 16 members bring to the table varied ideas about where to focus attention. During ...more
