15 Nov US Postal Service Reports Financial Loss for 11th Year in a Row The beleaguered U.S. Postal Service reported a financial loss Nov. 14 for the 11th straight year, citing declining mail volume and costs of its pension and health care obligations even as it predicted another strong holiday season of package deliveries. Read more...
15 Nov Waymo, Uber Squabble Over Ground Rules as Autonomous Vehicle Trade-Secrets Theft Trial Looms What is a trade secret? That seemingly simple question dominated discussions Nov. 14 during a federal court hearing on Waymo vs. Uber, one of the last pretrial sessions before the case, which could shape the future of autonomous vehicles, heads to a jury on Dec 4. Read more...
15 Nov NAFTA Bickering Begins Again NAFTA talks are set to pick up Nov. 15 for round five where they left off a month ago: with tension and animosity in the air. Read more...
15 Nov Gain in Retail Sales Last Month Signals Steady Demand U.S. retail sales increased last month after a bigger September advance than previously estimated, indicating resilient demand heading into the holiday shopping season, according to Commerce Department figures released Nov. 15. Read more...
15 Nov SoCal Port Turn Times Fall 7 Minutes in October The average time it took a truck driver to enter and exit the major Southern California ports fell 7 minutes in October on a year-over-year basis, according to monthly data from the Harbor Trucking Association. Read more...
15 Nov Analysis: What Tesla's Big Rig Must Do to Seduce Truckers Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk has promised to unveil an electric semi-truck on Nov. 16 that will drive like a sports car and beat its diesel counterpart in a tug of war. “This will blow your mind clear out of your skull and into an alternate dimension,” he wrote on Twitter this week. But none of that really matters. Read more...
15 Nov Ryder Teams With Embark, Frigidaire for Autonomous Truck Test Ryder System Inc. teamed with autonomous technology developer Embark and consumer products manufacturer Frigidaire to run a series of autonomous-driving technology tests in October, carrying Frigidaire refrigerators 650 miles at a time, the three partners said in a statement. Read more...
15 Nov Tape of Subordinate Accusing Haslam, Hazelwood Played in Pilot Flying J Trial Pilot Flying J CEO Jimmy Haslam not only knew one of his vice presidents was ripping off truckers but “loved it,” jurors heard a subordinate claim Nov. 14 in a secret recording. Read more...
14 Nov Uber Plans Self-Driving, Long-Haul Trucks on the Road ‘in the Near Future’ Uber is working on a fleet of self-driving semi-trucks, but it won’t completely replacing traditional drivers, the company said. Read more...
14 Nov Uber Plans Self-Driving, Longhaul Trucks on the Road ‘In the Near Future’ Uber is working on a fleet of self-driving semi-trucks, but it won’t completely replace traditional drivers, the company said. Read more...