A truck driver turned himself in and paid in full after stealing back his own towed semi truck from an impound lot in Connecticut. The incident occurred at Bud’s Truck & Diesel Service Inc. on Island Brook Avenue in Bridgeport, Connecticut on Wednesday, April 30th. According to NewsTimes, police were contacted after an employee at the ...more
The San Bernardino Police Department (SBPD) recently responded to an “extensive property damage” involving a semi truck. The incident took place shortly after 4 a.m. on May 3 in San Bernardino, California.Police say that a semi truck collided with “several parked cars” and also “struck two utility poles and two light poles near Arrowhead and ...more
Canadian police arrested a man in Alberta over the weekend for a bizarre rampage at a police station using a stolen trackhoe. Shortly before 7 p.m. on May 3, a man in a trackhoe entered the lot at the Bonnyville RCMP detachment after stealing the heavy equipment from a local business “moments prior,” police said ...more
A former Sergeant with the Massachusetts State Police (MSP) was found guilty on dozens of charges related to a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) bribery scheme. On May 2, Gary Cederquist, 59, was found guilty by a federal jury in Boston on the following charges:Two counts of conspiracy to commit extortionOne count of extortionSix counts of honest services ...more
A truck driver rescued from a dangling semi truck in Louisville was just one of three truck crashes over the weekend. One of the three crashes happened on Saturday, May 3rd, and the other two occurred on Sunday, May 4th – all on the Kennedy Bridge on Interstate 65 south in Louisville, Kentucky.According to WDRB, ...more
The California Highway Patrol (CHP) is reminding bus drivers that they are not exempt from stopping in for an inspection at certain weigh station facilities. According to a May 2 social media post from CHP’s Gilroy Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Facility, located in San Martin, California, a passenger bus registered out of Texas and Mexico failed ...more
Manufacturers Strive to Strengthen Hydrogen Fuel Cell Tech
Daimler Truck and Volvo Group formed Cellcentric via a joint venture in the spring of 2021. (Cellcentric gmbH & Co.) ANAHEIM, Calif. — Hydrogen fuel cells are emerging as a viable alternative to diesel in many use cases, including longhaul applications that need more range than battery-electric vehicles offer. Cost remains a challenge, but manufacturers ...more
China Says It’s Evaluating US Overtures for Trade Talks
A Made in China sticker is displayed on a hat at a store in Chinatown in San Francisco on April 18. (Jeff Chiu/ File/AP) China’s Commerce Ministry said May 2 that Beijing is evaluating multiple approaches by the Trump administration for trade talks, but steep tariffs imposed by Washington must go. A ministry statement reiterated ...more
Moving Hydrogen Fuel Forward Means Looking Beyond Its Colors
An ACT Expo panel discusses hydrogen. “We need to move away from this obsession with blue, green and gray,” said Abhinav Kumar, project manager for Linde Engineering, discussing hydrogen's colors. (TRC Companies) ANAHEIM, Calif. — Hydrogen is typically categorized by colors meant to indicate its emissions, but speakers at ACT Expo said getting too hung ...more
GM Cuts Workers at Canada Truck Plant, Citing Trade Turmoil
The General Motors Oshawa assembly plant in Ontario. (Cole Burston/Bloomberg) A General Motors Co. assembly plant in Canada that makes pickup trucks mostly for export to the U.S. will cut down to two shifts from three because of the “evolving trade environment.” The automaker said it’s reorienting the factory in Oshawa, Ontario, to build more ...more