U.S. auto sales may drop about 40% in the next 25 years because of shared driverless cars, forcing mass-market producers such as General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. to slash output, a Barclays analyst said.
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Driverless Trucks Installed at California Ports to Boost Efficiency
The Port of Los Angeles recently put an automated terminal into service, and along with the adjacent Port of Long Beach is spending $3.7 billion to boost capacity and unravel bottlenecks that strand ships in the bay and idle trucks on land.
May 19, 2015US Trucking Revenue Sets Record in 2014, Surpasses $700 Billion, ATA Report Says
Trucking industry revenue set a record last year, reaching $700.4 billion, American Trucking Associations reported.
May 18, 2015ATRI, Minnesota Trucking Assn. Plan Study on Safety Records of Younger Truck Drivers
The American Transportation Research Institute and the Minnesota Trucking Association are joining forces to conduct a pilot project that will compare the records of young drivers with those of more experienced drivers.
May 18, 2015Daimler鈥檚 Bernhard Wants Governments to Speed Approval of Self-Driving Trucks
Speaking at the Hoover Dam in Nevada just prior to formally introducing the Freightliner Inspiration autonomous-driving truck, Wolfgang Bernhard, head of Daimler鈥檚 global truck and bus unit, said 鈥渨hoever has the regulatory framework in place鈥 will be the first to get autonomous vehicles.
May 18, 2015April Class 8 Sales Rise 15%
Heavy-duty truck sales climbed 15% in April from a year earlier and surpassed the 20,000 mark for the fifth time in eight months after reaching that level only one other time since 2006, according to WardsAuto.com.
May 18, 2015ATA-led Coalition Accuses Regulators of Skewing Restart Study
American Trucking Associations and a coalition of more than 100 industry stakeholders have asked members of the House Appropriations Committee to include legislative provisions that would block federal regulators from skewing the results of their hours of service restart study.
May 13, 2015Flexport Wants to Be the Uber of Ocean Freight
Uber Technologies Inc. is changing the way people move around cities; Flexport wants to do the same with听cargo in the holds of ocean-going containerships.
May 11, 2015American Fast Freight Buys Caribbean Shipping Services
American Fast Freight Inc., a logistics and trucking operator, announced the acquisition of Caribbean Shipping Services Inc. to expand in the U.S.-Puerto Rico ocean shipping market.
May 8, 2015Opinion: Nat-Gas Vehicles and Low Oil Prices
For light- and heavy-duty truck operators evaluating a switch to natural gas from diesel, the recent oil-price collapse represents the most significant 鈥渂ump in the road鈥 in several years.
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