A Tesla logo on a vehicle on display in Austin, Texas. (Eric Gay/Associated Press) Elon Musk is getting more firepower for his electric vehicle price war thanks to President Joe Biden’s signature climate legislation. Tesla Inc. and its battery partner are poised to receive about $1.8 billion in production tax credits this year under the ...more
Construction workers push a cart of bricks on March 29 in New York. (Bebeto Matthews/AP/File) WASHINGTON — The nation’s employers stepped up their hiring in May, adding a robust 339,000 jobs, well above expectations and evidence of strength in an economy that the Federal Reserve is desperately trying to cool. The June 2 report from ...more
Walmart plans to combine multiple orders on single delivery routes and deliver them using electric vans. (Walmart Inc.) BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart announced June 1 it will take steps to significantly reduce the amount of plastic and cardboard it puts in the waste stream from online orders and reduce vehicle emissions from delivery of packages. ...more
(IMC Cos. via Facebook) Joel Henry is set to become the first CEO of marine drayage firm IMC Cos., the company announced May 30. Henry has nearly two decades of experience with the company. During that time, he has led the IMCG brand through continual growth and expansion initiatives across the Southeast. He assumed his ...more
A GMC Sierra Denali truck. GM paid nearly $90 million in fines for 2016 and more than $38 million for 2017. (Woohae Cho/Bloomberg News) General Motors Co. and Stellantis NV paid a combined $363 million in civil penalties for failing to meet U.S. fuel efficiency standards dating back to the Trump administration, according to filings ...more
An unmanned semi truck smashed into the side of a house all on its own on Friday morning. The incident occurred on June 2nd near Melbourne, Australia. According to 9 News, the empty flatbed truck was parked on top of a hill on North Valley Road in Highton when it began to roll. As it rolled, ...more
On Friday, the Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS) released results from last month’s Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) International Roadcheck campaign. Roadcheck took place May 16 — 18, 2023, in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. The areas of emphasis for this year’s inspection effort were anti-lock braking systems (ABS) violations and cargo securement violations.During ...more
A truck driver has been cited after striking a 13-year-old exiting a school bus in Maine earlier this week. The Maine Department of Public Safety says that the truck driver came around a corner, didn’t yield to the school bus, tried to stop but locked his brakes, and then swerved to the left, where he ...more
Ohio Department of Transportation (DOT) cameras caught the moment that a big rig struck a guardrail then went off the side of a bridge in Dayton on Thursday. The crash occurred around 4 a.m. on June 1 as Ontario residents Jason Loyer, 34, and Rickey Loyer, 59, were northbound on I-75.Crews are still out on ...more
A trucker’s dash cam protects him during an encounter with a van driver who he says crashed while eating and driving. The video was shared by YouTube user Thomas Badillo, who writes:“I am driving an 18 wheeler with a day cab and a 53 foot trailer, and that is why you see me move to ...more
