14 Aug Valvoline Launches Second Iteration of Multifuel Engine Oil Valvoline Inc. launched the second iteration of its heavy-duty engine oil first released in 2018 — Valvoline Premium Blue One Solution Gen2. Read more...
14 Aug Rebound in US Retail Sales Slowed in July Amid Virus Surge The rebound in U.S. retail sales slowed in July by more than expected, indicating a surge in coronavirus cases and still-high unemployment cooled the economic recovery. Read more...
13 Aug Demand for Freight Drives Up Spot Market Rates Trucking has seen a turnaround bolstered by spot market rates and increased demand. Read more...
13 Aug Uber, Lyft Denied Extended Delay of Driver Labor Ruling in California Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. failed to persuade a judge to put an extended hold on his order converting their California drivers to employees while they appeal. Read more...
13 Aug Transportation Groups Keep Pressing Congress for COVID-19 Relief Stakeholders representing the country’s freight and passenger transportation interests have ramped up calls for pandemic-related emergency aid as White House and congressional negotiators appear to have reached an impasse this month. Read more...
13 Aug Michigan Plans Dedicated Road Lanes for Autonomous Vehicles The state of Michigan and some private partners are taking steps toward building or assigning dedicated lanes for automated vehicles on a 40-mile stretch of highway between Detroit and Ann Arbor. Read more...
13 Aug J.B. Hunt Progresses Toward Sustainability Goals J.B. Hunt Transport Services has issued a report that provides a window into the company’s current energy usage and outlines a series of corporatewide sustainability goals it has adopted. Read more...
13 Aug Daimler Reaches $1.5 Billion US Settlement on Diesel Emissions Daimler AG reached an agreement with U.S. regulators to settle claims regarding the emissions of some of its diesel vehicles that will cost the German automaker roughly 1.27 billion euros ($1.5 billion). Read more...
13 Aug Trump Draws Hard Line on USPS in Stalled Relief Talks President Donald Trump raised a new obstacle in the completion of a deal on a coronavirus-relief package Aug. 13 by drawing a hard line against a Democratic plan for shoring up the U.S. Postal Service, adding his unsupported claim that more mail-in voting in the November election would increase fraud. Read more...
13 Aug Navistar CEO Persio Lisboa Announces Executive Appointments Navistar International Corp. announced three executive appointments under the leadership of newly named CEO Persio Lisboa, effective immediately. Read more...