Walmart Inc. is big in almost every way — 4,755 stores, 1.5 million employees and $380 billion in revenue in the United States alone. But one part of the world’s largest retailer remains minuscule. “We have a tiny ad business,” CEO Doug McMillon told investors in October. “It could be bigger.”
February 11, 2019Technology
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Walmart Wants to Expand Reach in Online Advertising
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Check out the latest podcast episodes of our RoadSigns and LiveOnWeb programs. Episode 2 of our Season Intersession of RoadSigns, "Is Trucking Charging Toward an Electric Reality?" is now available. Check back here often as new content is always being added!
January 3, 2019
Business, Technology
Tesla CEO Elon Musk (Qilai Shen/Bloomberg News)
Tesla CEO Elon Musk Visits Norway to Address Service Capacity Issues
Tesla CEO Elon Musk (Qilai Shen/Bloomberg News)
Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk visited Norway to accelerate a fix to service capacity in a key market for the carmaker after delays and bottlenecks angered customers in Scandinavia’s richest nation.
February 11, 2019
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Fuel, Logistics, Autonomous, TCA
Quadrobot CEO and Chairman Mike Wang via Detroit Free Press/Tribune Content Agency
Robot Package Delivery Trucks Developed in Detroit Ready for China, US
Quadrobot CEO and Chairman Mike Wang via Detroit Free Press/Tribune Content Agency
Looking like a delegation of toasters from space, a generation of electrically powered, self-driving mail trucks will roll out of a suburban Detroit industrial park later this year. Their mission: Revolutionize mail and package delivery.
February 11, 2019
Government, Business, Technology
The Starship Hopper test vehicle sits under construction near Boca Chica, Texas. (Austin Barnard/Bloomberg News)
Elon Musk's SpaceX Launch Site Risks Being Split in Two by Border Wall
The Starship Hopper test vehicle sits under construction near Boca Chica, Texas. (Austin Barnard/Bloomberg News)
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has a big stake in the battle over border security being waged in Congress: a launchpad on the U.S.-Mexico border that it plans to use for rockets carrying humans around the world and eventually to Mars.
February 8, 2019
Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety
Paul Sancya/Associated Press
Automakers Recall 1.7 Million Vehicles With Potentially Lethal Air Bags
Paul Sancya/Associated Press
DETROIT — Subaru, Tesla, BMW, Volkswagen, Daimler Vans, Mercedes and Ferrari are recalling about 1.7 million vehicles to replace potentially deadly air bag inflators made by Takata Corp. of Japan.
February 8, 2019
Business, Technology, Logistics, TCA
Elon Musk at Tesla headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News)
Tesla to Cut 1,000 Jobs Starting March 20
Elon Musk at Tesla headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News)
Tesla’s Fremont factory will be the hardest hit in California by the global job cuts the electric vehicle maker announced last month.
February 8, 2019
Business, Technology, Logistics
Revealing of the 2020 Ford Explorer, CEO Jim Hackett right. (Jeff Kowalsky/Bloomberg News)
Ford Investing $1 Billion in High-Profit SUV Plants
Revealing of the 2020 Ford Explorer, CEO Jim Hackett right. (Jeff Kowalsky/Bloomberg News)
Ford Motor Co. is investing $1 billion in two Chicago factories and hiring 500 workers to expand its ability to crank out high-profit sport utility vehicles, including its new Explorer.
February 8, 2019
Business, Technology, Equipment, Fuel
A Cummins engine. (Cummins Inc.)
Cummins Top Overall Supplier of Class 8 Diesel Engines in 2018
A Cummins engine. (Cummins Inc.)
Independent engine maker Cummins Inc. supplied the most Class 8 diesel engines overall in 2018, and set a record for its heavier-displacement units used in one of the strongest years on record for new truck demand, WardsAuto.com reported.
February 7, 2019
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment
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Polar Vortex Exposed Range Limitations of Electric Car Batteries, AAA Says
Shannon VanRaes/Bloomberg News
DETROIT — Cold temperatures can sap electric car batteries, temporarily reducing their range by more than 40% when interior heaters are used, a new study found.
February 7, 2019
Government, Business, Technology, Safety, Autonomous
UPS Freight President Rich McArdle. (House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure via YouTube)
Infrastructure Stakeholders to Congress: Fix the Highway Trust Fund
UPS Freight President Rich McArdle. (House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure via YouTube)
Nearly a dozen stakeholders representing local governments and the freight and commuter sectors on Feb. 7 urged a House transportation panel to identify a sustainable source of funding for an infrastructure bill.
February 7, 2019Pages
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