Coronavirus News Updates

Business

Boeing to Cut Output, Thousands of Jobs on Vanishing Demand

Boeing Co. unveiled deep cuts to jobs and production as the manufacturer rushes to adapt to a shrinking market for jetliners after the worst downturn in aviation history.

April 29, 2020
Business, Equipment, Top 100

March Used Truck Prices Continue 2020 Slide

Class 8 used truck sales in March slipped 12%, and the average price dropped about $7,000 compared with a year earlier, ACT Research reported.

April 29, 2020
Business, Technology, TCA

Ford, Rivian Put Plans for Electric Lincoln on Back Burner

Ford and Rivian put their plans on ice to jointly develop a Lincoln-brand electric vehicle, a Lincoln spokeswoman confirmed April 28.

April 29, 2020
Government, Business

US Economy Shrinks at 4.8% Pace, Signaling Start of Recession

The record-long U.S. economic expansion is over after almost 11 years, with what’s likely to be the deepest recession in at least eight decades now underway.

April 29, 2020
Business, Technology, Autonomous

Self-Driving Startups Work Through Health Crisis

Just like the rest of the industry, trucking companies working to commercialize autonomous heavy-duty trucks are adapting to the uncertainties and disruptions caused by the coronavirus.

April 28, 2020
Government, Business, Safety, Logistics

Trump to Sign Order to Keep Meat Processing Plants Open

President Donald Trump will sign an executive order April 28 meant to stave off a shortage of chicken, pork and other meat on American supermarket shelves because of the coronavirus.

April 28, 2020
Government, Business, Equipment

Excise Tax Relief Would Benefit Trucking, ATA’s Chris Spear Says

Federal policymakers crafting additional ways to restore economic stability amid the COVID-19 pandemic should consider suspending a World War I-era federal excise tax on the sale of new trucks and trailers, a coalition of freight stakeholders said April 28.

April 28, 2020
Business, Logistics

America’s Mass Hog Cull Begins With Meat to Rot in Landfills

The mass culling of America’s hog herd is starting as a wave of shutdowns at processing plants creates livestock gluts that farmers can no longer sustain.

April 28, 2020
Business, Equipment

Yokohama, Continental Resume Tire Production

Two tire manufacturers that had suspended production due to the COVID-19 crisis have restarted their factories.

April 28, 2020
Business, Equipment

Caterpillar Sees Virus Pain Intensifying After Profit Trails

The world’s biggest maker of mining and construction equipment is predicting that the pain from the coronavirus crisis is far from over.

April 28, 2020