24 Aug Ford CEO’s Vow for Flawless Launches Tested by High-Stakes F-150 Ford Motor Co. is gearing up for an intricate, two-phase overhaul of factories for its most profitable vehicle, putting to the test a pledge by incoming CEO Jim Farley for flawless execution. Read more...
24 Aug Seven-Day Virus Disinfectant Cleared for American Air Jets The Trump administration on Aug. 24 gave American Airlines Group Inc. emergency approval to deploy a new weapon against COVID-19: a surface coating that kills coronaviruses for as many as seven days. Read more...
24 Aug US Gulf Coast Faces Threat From Pair of Tropical Storms Back-to-back tropical storms pose a combined threat to the U.S. Gulf Coast this week, where more than half of offshore oil production is already shut and residents from Texas to Florida are warily watching the skies. Read more...
24 Aug Peterbilt Opens Order Board for Model 220EV Peterbilt Motors Co. announced its Model 220EV — its first battery-electric medium-duty truck — is available for ordering, with deliveries expected to start by the end of 2020. Read more...
21 Aug Oil Set for Weekly Drop in Wake of Sluggish Global Economies Oil is poised for the first weekly decline this month as signs of stumbling recoveries in major economies from Europe to Asia threaten to delay a demand rebound. Read more...
21 Aug More States Sue DeJoy, USPS Over Mail-in Voting Concerns Six more states and the District of Columbia sued Postmaster General Louis DeJoy over changes at the U.S. Postal Service that Democrats allege will undermine the expected surge in mail-in voting during an election that will play out during the coronavirus pandemic. Read more...
21 Aug FMCSA Awards $80 Million to States’ Motor Vehicle Safety Efforts Nearly $80 million was awarded to educational entities and state agencies for commercial motor vehicle safety efforts, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced this month. Read more...
21 Aug Amazon Names Logistics Head Dave Clark New Consumer CEO Amazon .com Inc. has named logistics boss Dave Clark CEO of its retail business. Read more...
21 Aug Navistar Joins Effort to Adopt Electric Vehicle Standards Navistar Inc. joined a global coalition of industrial and automotive businesses pushing to create standards for electric vehicles, the company announced Aug. 20. Read more...
21 Aug USPS Chief DeJoy: Election Mail Will Get Delivered on Time Postmaster General Louis DeJoy defended his management of the U.S. Postal Service and said the agency is “fully capable” of handling what is expected to be a record number of mail-in ballots in the November election. Read more...