25 Jun Tesla Plans Battery Facility in California After Threat to Move Tesla Inc. is planning to expand a battery-research facility in the San Francisco Bay Area. Read more...
25 Jun House to Take Up Fiscal 2021 Transportation Funding Bill in July Legislation that would fund operations at the U.S. Department of Transportation for the next fiscal year will be considered by a House panel next month. Read more...
25 Jun US May Exports Sink to 11-Year Low as Imports Drop U.S. exports sank to the lowest in more than a decade while imports dropped as the coronavirus continued to curtail demand for goods and upset producers’ supply chains. Read more...
25 Jun Navistar Breaks Ground on San Antonio Truck Plant Navistar International Corp. and local and state officials June 25 celebrated, in a virtual setting, groundbreaking in San Antonio on its most advanced manufacturing facility, a $250 million investment. Read more...
25 Jun Convoy Unveils Machine-Learning System to Assess Carrier Safety Convoy unveiled a new machine-learning system that’s designed to assess carriers’ safety histories, the company announced June 24. Read more...
25 Jun US Initial Jobless Claims Worse Than Forecast for Second Week The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits was higher than forecast for a second straight week, adding to signs that the recovery is cooling amid a pickup in coronavirus cases. Read more...
24 Jun In Ohio, Lordstown Motors Is a Glint of Hope Among Heartbreak In a cavernous Northeast Ohio factory that General Motors Co. left last year, a small group of engineers is coaxing dormant robots back to life — one by one — in a long-shot bid to build a new type of pickup truck. Read more...
24 Jun XPO Stresses Agility in Supply Chain Management During Pandemic Executives from XPO Logistics said flexibility, visibility and data science have been key to navigating the business landscape during the coronavirus pandemic, as it relates to both employees and customers. Read more...
24 Jun US Regulators Order New Fix for Grounded Boeing Max Planes U.S. safety officials will require all Boeing 737 Max airliners to be inspected for a manufacturing defect on engine coverings that they say could lead to loss of power during flights. Read more...
24 Jun China’s Virus-Safety Demand Is Latest Hurdle to Trade Deal China wants international shippers of meat and soybeans to sign a document attesting their cargoes meet safety standards to ensure they aren’t contaminated with the novel coronavirus. Read more...