Amid the ongoing shutdown drama, federal transportation officials quietly relaxed an obscure safety regulation that has been stymying the rollout of driverless trucks. On October 9, the Federal Motor ...

Autonomous truck maker Aurora Innovation Inc. is suing the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration after the agency denied its request for a five-year exemption from the placement of roadside ...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is under fire from autonomous truck technology developer Aurora following the agency’s decision late last year to deny a petition from Aurora and Waymo ...

Thomas Black is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist writing about the industrial and transportation sectors. He was previously a Bloomberg News reporter covering logistics, manufacturing and private ...