01 Jul Safety Groups, Teamsters Petition FMCSA to Reconsider HOS Final Rule A group of safety organizations and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters have filed a petition for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to reconsider the final rule on changes to hours-of-service regulations soon to take effect. Read more...
01 Jul FedEx Posts Loss in Q4, Shows Improvement From Year Ago FedEx said its fourth-quarter net income was a loss of $334 million, or negative $1.28 a share, compared with a loss of $1.97 billion, or negative $7.56 a share, in the 2019 period. Read more...
01 Jul ASCE Report: COVID-19 Compounds Infrastructure Woes The COVID-19 pandemic is negatively impacting the nation’s already blighted infrastructure sectors, according to a recent status report from the American Society of Civil Engineers. Read more...
01 Jul Report: Boeing Fell Short in Disclosing Key Changes to Max A government report says Boeing did not give regulators documents about changes it made in a key system blamed in two deadly crashes of its 737 Max jet, and that officials responsible for approving the plane did not know how powerfully the system could push the plane’s nose down. Read more...
01 Jul Tesla China Plant Might Have Come to the Rescue Last Quarter Tesla Inc. endured a roughly seven-week shutdown of its most important car plant in the world last quarter, but its brand-new backup factory may have saved the day. Read more...
01 Jul Samsara Unveils AI Products to Predict, Prevent Accidents Samsara, a fleet management software company, unveiled a suite of safety features that uses artificial intelligence to help prevent accidents, the company announced July 1. Read more...
01 Jul TuSimple Partners With Major Fleets to Launch Autonomous Freight Network Self-driving truck developer TuSimple has partnered with four major transportation companies to launch a logistics network for its highly automated trucks, marking a new phase in its push to bring its technology to market in the coming years. Read more...