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...like the one with FedEx--may be the USPS's best chance for survival in a digital world, where success is less about delivering envelopes than about optimizing networks and managing information. UPS and FedEx compete fiercely on the basis of technological advances. Their businesses operate like thoroughly modern auto plants, with computerized, just-in-time inventory controls and ordering systems...
...AMERICAN The biggest innovation of the 2001 auto season may have to do less with in-dash satellite-navigation systems than with lower sticker prices. Consumers last year rushed to buy foreign cars, and economists now predict an overall spending slowdown. The combination has forced Detroit's Big Three to offer sizable rebates--up to 35% higher than last year's--on next year's models...
...amazing how a hundred deadly tire blowouts can clear a traffic jam on Capitol Hill. For more than a decade, the powerful auto industry has successfully fought any efforts in Washington to publish a ratings system for measuring a vehicle's propensity to roll over. Detroit wasn't going to let some meddling bureaucrats potentially gut its sacred cash cow, the wildly popular and profitable sport-utility vehicles (SUVS). But by last week, as the estimated death toll in the Firestone- tire recall debacle rose to 101, it became increasingly clear to Motown's allies in Washington that the battle...
...Tauzin of Louisiana chastised the carmaker for submitting an affidavit implying that the suspect tires had initially been tested at the lowest recommended pressure on the Explorer, when they had been run only on a pickup truck, or mule, configured to mimic the SUV. Mules are often used in auto-industry tests, but that didn't mollify Tauzin. As if that weren't bad enough, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration began a preliminary investigation into the possible failure of one or both of the Explorer's sway bar links, part of the front suspension that helps stabilize the vehicle...
...been working on safety improvements. The 2002 Ford Explorer model will feature a slightly lower center of gravity and an optional computerized stability system. Both House and Senate committees are drafting bills that would give the government more authority to investigate defects and possibly to levy criminal penalties on auto manufacturers. If that doesn't solve the problem, drivers looking for a new SUV should at least be able to consult the rollover ratings by late this year. They can only hope Washington won't be grading on a curve...