A truck navigates along 34th Street in New York City. (Alexander Shapovalov/Getty Images) New York City has launched a one-year experiment offering 45 metered truck parking spaces in three outer borough industrial business zones (IBZs) to curb illegal parking and give truckers a safe area to rest. “We understand the importance of truck deliveries in ...more
A pharmacy technician grabs prescription medicine off a shelf at a pharmacy in Midvale, Utah. (George Frey/Getty Images) President Donald Trump’s administration pressed forward with plans to impose tariffs on semiconductor and pharmaceutical imports by initiating probes led by the Commerce Department. The moves, announced April 14 in the Federal Register, are a precursor to ...more
A worker moves a shipping container at Felixstowe port in Felixstowe, United Kingdom, on April 9. (Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg News) Several small U.S. businesses sued President Donald Trump over his “Liberation Day” tariffs in the latest legal challenge to his use of sweeping executive powers to extract concessions from foreign trade partners. Trump’s use of the ...more
The driverless trucks powered by its technology have also surpassed 750 hours of commercial operations across western Texas’ Permian Basin without a human driver on board. (Seth Clevenger/Transport Topics) Kodiak Robotics is positioning itself to become publicly traded by entering into a definitive business combination agreement with special purpose acquisition company Ares Acquisition Corp. II ...more
An Nvidia Blackwell GPU chip. (Akio Kon/Bloomberg) LOS ANGELES — Nvidia announced April 14 that it will produce its artificial intelligence supercomputers in the United States for the first time. The tech giant said it has commissioned more than 1 million square feet of manufacturing space to build and test its specialized Blackwell chips in ...more
Orbcomm In his 47 years as a technician, Tony Morthland remembers a time when preventive maintenance on trailers was only performed at three-month intervals. Later, it extended to four months, and nowadays, it’s at six. Today, it’s not uncommon for technicians to see trailers once or twice a year, said Morthland, who is now the ...more
Workers on the production line of the Renault SA Kwid compact vehicle at the Renault-Sofasa Envigado Assembly Plant in Medellin, Colombia, on April 2. (Edinson Arroyo/Bloomberg) President Donald Trump said he is exploring possible exemptions to his tariffs on imported vehicles and parts to give auto companies more time to set up U.S. manufacturing. “I’m ...more
The Indiana Department of Transportation deployed a pair of semi trucks using automated platooning technology along Interstate 70 on Monday. The two tractor trailers were deployed along Interstate 70 between Indianapolis, Indiana and Columbus, Ohio on Monday, April 14th. The semi trucks are operating under EASE Logistics using automated platooning technology. “At EASE, we’re committed to ...more
A truck driver of more than 40 years outlines the advantages and disadvantages of a life spent in a semi truck. In the fuel pump interview (a format that seems to be rising in popularity), the truck driver begins with the advantages of trucking, which include always being able to find a job (if you’re ...more
Trucker internet has revealed that there are at least two Buc-ee’s locations that actually welcome truckers. Buc-ee’s is infamous for banning the semi trucks that keep their stores stocked, but we recently learned that there are two smaller locations in Texas that actually welcome truckers as customers. The first trucker-friendly location can be found in Eagle ...more
