Warehouse and distribution giant Prologis sees autonomous trucking as the future of logistics. The San Francisco-based company is in the early stages of organizing its business to serve shippers and motor carriers that plan to add electric and autonomous big rigs to their fleets, said Henrik Holland, global head of mobility at Prologis. Holland outlined […]
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WASHINGTON/LOS ANGELES — Workers at the largest U.S. rail union voted against a tentative contract deal reached in September, raising the possibility of a year-end strike that could cause significant damage to the U.S. economy and strand vital shipments of food, automobiles and fuel. Train and engine service members of the transportation division of the
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LOS ANGELES — Sales of the Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel cell vehicle may be small since its launch eight years ago, but those owners are using their cars in a big way. More than 9 in 10 owners (92 percent) use their Mirais as their primary household vehicles, said Craig Scott, director of fuel cell
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Your next pizza could be delivered by an electric vehicle. Ann Arbor, Mich.-based Domino’s Pizza Inc. announced Monday that it will roll out a fleet of nearly 800 Chevy Bolt electric vehicles around the country to deliver pizza orders — the largest such EV delivery effort. Doing so offers advantages for the company, executives said
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An American driver is poised to enter Formula 1 for the first time since 2015, when Alexander Rossi drove for Marussia. Current Formula 2 driver Logan Sargeant is set to join Williams in 2023 after securing enough points in the 2022 F2 season to gain an FIA Super License, which he achieved on Saturday at
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Tesla Inc. is recalling more than 321,000 U.S. vehicles because tail lights may intermittently fail to illuminate, the company said in a filing made public Saturday. The news follows the company’s recall on Friday of nearly 30,000 Model X cars in the U.S. over an issue that may cause the front passenger air bag to
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A stunt most of us have tried in video games like Grand Theft Auto or Crazy Taxi was replicated in real life by a Nissan Altima driver in Venice, Florida. The middle-aged man drove up the car carrier’s ramp and ended up crashing near the top, thankfully without being injured. According to the Venice Florida
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Matt McGovern went on a dealership acquisition spree to start 2022. With the exception of April, McGovern bought one franchised dealership each month from January through June, bolstering McGovern Automotive Group’s presence in Massachusetts with five more stores. McGovern’s acquisition activity is a microcosm of the buy-sell market for the first half of the year:
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Bergstrom Automotive shows the industry how a dealership group can establish the intangible idea of culture and thrive. John Bergstrom, who founded the company in 1982 with brother Richard, takes customer service extremely seriously. He traces it to his Scandinavian mother, who “taught the five of us how to behave,” Bergstrom recalled. Relatives were greeted
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Hal “Tex” Earnhardt Jr. built an auto retail empire in Arizona from a single Ford store in 1951. Earnhardt was a rodeo cowboy in his early 20s when he entered the industry after working at his family’s Chandler, Ariz., gas station. And he integrated his passion for rodeos with his passion for the car business.
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