GM, Ford 2024 U.S. sales are best since 2019

GM, Ford 2024 U.S. sales are best since 2019

Attendees view the 2025 Ford Bronco Stroppe Special Edition during the AutoMobility LA 2024 auto show at the Los Angeles Convention Center on November 21, 2024. Robyn Beck | Afp | Getty Images DETROIT – Sales of new vehicles in the U.S. continued to rise last year, rebounding from historical lows caused by the coronavirus … Read more

Rivian has its best day ever after 2024 production, deliveries report

Rivian has its best day ever after 2024 production, deliveries report

Rivian electric vehicles (EV) are parked at the Rivian Venice Hub on November 13, 2024 in Venice, California.  Mario Tama | Getty Images Shares of Rivian Automotive recorded their best day ever after the electric vehicle maker reported 2024 production and deliveries that were in line with its previously announced expectations. Rivian stock closed Friday … Read more

DOT fines JetBlue for ‘chronically delayed flights’

DOT fines JetBlue for ‘chronically delayed flights’

JetBlue Airways aircraft are pictured at departure gates at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on June 15, 2013. Fred Prouser | Reuters The Department of Transportation fined JetBlue Airways $2 million for “chronically delayed flights,” the first penalty of its kind, the DOT said Friday. JetBlue operated four routes that were delayed … Read more

Hindenburg shorts Carvana, calls turnaround a ‘mirage’

Hindenburg shorts Carvana, calls turnaround a ‘mirage’

CFOTO | Future Publishing | Getty Images Noted short seller Hindenburg Research disclosed a bet against Carvana on Thursday, claiming the online used-car retailer’s recent turnaround is a “mirage” that is being propped up by unstable loans and accounting manipulation. The report, called “Carvana: A Father-Son Accounting Grift For The Ages,” centers on Carvana’s practice … Read more

These airlines were the most on-time in 2024

These airlines were the most on-time in 2024

Travelers view the arrival and departure boards at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., on Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021. Elijah Nouvelage | Bloomberg | Getty Images Air travel demand continued to surge in 2024, led by a bounce back in international trips. From January through October alone, revenue-passenger miles worldwide, a … Read more

Telsa cybertruck appears to burst into flames outside Trump hotel in Las Vegas

Telsa cybertruck appears to burst into flames outside Trump hotel in Las Vegas

Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images An electric vehicle burst into flames outside of the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas on Wednesday, according to officials and videos on social media. The vehicle appeared to be a Tesla Cybertruck, though local officials had not yet made any … Read more

Boeing 737-800 is among world’s most common aircraft

Boeing 737-800 is among world’s most common aircraft

A Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 taking off from Osaka Kansai airport.  Fabrizio Gandolfo | Lightrocket | Getty Images Accident investigators are trying to figure out what caused a Jeju Air flight to belly-land without its landing gear down at Muan International Airport in southwestern South Korea, killing all but two of the 181 people on … Read more

Why was there a wall at the end of the runway

Why was there a wall at the end of the runway

The wreckage of the Jeju Air aircraft that went off the runway and crashed lies at Muan International Airport, in Muan, South Korea, December 30, 2024.  Kim Hong-ji | Reuters Aviation experts are questioning the role of an airport design that positioned a mound of dirt and a concrete wall past the end of a … Read more

Boeing falls after South Korea orders B737-800 inspection

Boeing falls after South Korea orders B737-800 inspection

The wreckage of Jeju Air Co. Flight 2216 at Muan International Airport in Muan County, South Korea, on Monday, Dec. 30, 2024. SeongJoon Cho | Bloomberg | Getty Images Boeing shares were down more than 4% in morning trading Monday, after South Korea ordered an inspection of all 737-800 planes — the model involved in … Read more

CDOT aims to revive passenger rail service between Denver and Craig

CDOT aims to revive passenger rail service between Denver and Craig

More than a half century after the last passenger disembarked Car No. 10 of the Yampa Valley Mail train, an effort to revive passenger rail from Colorado’s capital city to the state’s northwest corner is taking shape. The type of train hasn’t been chosen, ridership projections haven’t been publicized, fares haven’t been set and travel … Read more