Tesla is looking to hire more than 1000 new workers as the company tries to get their electric semi truck production up and running. On Monday, April 28th, Tesla released a video announcing that electric semi truck production will begin by the end of 2025, with an annual production capacity of 50,000 electric semi trucks.On ...more
Kentucky State Police (KSP) troopers are investigating a fatal officer-involved shooting that occurred near an Amazon facility on Tuesday. The shooting occurred around 7 a.m. on April 29 on Industrial Road in Florence, Kentucky. The incident began when the Boone County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) and the Florence Police Department (FPD) responded to a report about a ...more
Illinois Fire Marshals are investigating a structure fire that occurred at a Dolton trucking and warehouse business on Tuesday. Shortly before 8 a.m. on April 29, firefighters responded to E Vett Trucking & Warehouse, a business located in the 1300 Block of East 142nd Street in Dolton, Illinois. When crews arrived on scene, the building was engulfed ...more
A tanker truck driver was airlifted to a hospital after crashing into a slow moving motorist on Interstate 40 in North Carolina on Tuesday morning. The accident happened just before 6:00 a.m. on Tuesday, April 29th, along eastbound Interstate 40 in Sampson County, North Carolina. According to ABC 11, a tanker truck hauling fuel crashed into ...more
An impatient car driver learns an important lesson about obeying traffic laws while trying an illegal maneuver to pass a truck on a rural North Carolina roadway in this dash cam video. The video was captured in Fuquay Varina, North Carolina.In the clip, you can see a car driver crossing a double yellow line and ...more
The truck driver involved in the fatal pile up crash on Interstate 35 last month had his bond reduced massively this week. The pile up crash happened on March 13th on Interstate 35 near Austin, Texas. Five people were killed and 11 more were injured. 37-year-old Solomun Weldekeal-Araya was initially charged with seven felony counts related ...more
ArcBest Reports Q1 Revenue Slips Just Below $1 Billion
(ArcBest via X) ArcBest Corp. posted a drop in revenue but saw bottom-line results swing from a year-ago loss to a profit during the first quarter of 2025, the company reported April 29. The Phoenix-based truckload carrier reported net income from continuing operations of $3.13 million, or 13 cents a diluted share, for the three ...more
Diesel Price Down 2¢ to $3.514 a Gallon
Diesel's biggest price drop was 3.6 cents a gallon in the West Coast Less California area. (Andyborodaty/Getty Images) The national average diesel price dipped 2 cents a gallon to $3.514, according to U.S. Energy Information Administration data released April 29. Diesel’s price has dropped 12.5 cents over three consecutive decreases after rising 9 cents over ...more
Amazon Denies Tariff Label Plans After White House Criticism
(Graham Hughes/Bloomberg) Amazon.com Inc. said April 29 it never planned to widely display the cost of President Donald Trump’s tariffs on products after the White House blasted the reported move. “The team that runs our ultra low cost Amazon Haul store has considered the idea of listing import charges on certain products,” the company said ...more
Plus, Hyundai Pitch Vision for Self-Driving Hydrogen Trucks
In addition to integrating Plus’ SuperDrive autonomous driving system with Hyundai’s Xcient hydrogen fuel cell Class 8 truck, the companies presented a shared vision for accelerating a hydrogen-powered freight network in the United States. (Hyundai) ANAHEIM, Calif. — Self-driving truck developer Plus and Hyundai Motor Co. highlighted their joint efforts to combine zero-emission trucks with ...more