A fuel cell electric vehicle in operation at the Port of Los Angeles. (Port of LA via YouTube) Carriers in California won’t be doing a U-turn on the highway to battery-electric truck adoption despite regulatory change, but executives say the thoroughfare needs some maintenance to eradicate snarl-ups and potholes. The end of the road for ...more
Farmers are expected to pay more for pesticides as the U.S. relies on tariff-hit countries such as China and India for some of its supplies. (Emree Weaver/Bloomberg) Donald Trump’s tariffs are upending crop trading, delaying tractor purchases and constraining imports of chemical supplies into the U.S. That’s the main message from big agricultural businesses as ...more
The maker of Jeep SUVs, Ram pickups and Fiat hatchbacks is closing in on a final decision. (Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg) Stellantis NV is approaching the end of its complicated search for a new chief executive officer, with Americas boss Antonio Filosa emerging as the leading candidate, according to people familiar with the matter. The maker ...more
The White House is proposing nearly $27 billion for the Department of Transportation's discretionary budget in fiscal 2026. (lucky-photographer/Getty Images) The Department of Transportation would realize a series of updates to freight infrastructure and supply chain initiatives under a fiscal 2026 budget request lawmakers say is short on specifics. The White House this month produced ...more
A man was arrested after calling 911 on himself for a road rage incident involving a truck driver. The incident happened on Wednesday afternoon, May 7th in Kanawah County, West Virginia. According to Eyewitness News, 22-year-old Scott Walker shot at 33-year-old truck driver Singh Gurpreet on southbound Interstate 77 during a road rage incident. Walker reportedly ...more
Thousands of baby chicks were left abandoned inside of a tractor trailer parked at a Delaware distribution center for days earlier this week. The approximately 10,000 hatchlings were found inside of a parked tractor trailer at a US Postal Service distribution center in New Castle, Delaware. According to WGAL, the birds were left inside of the ...more
A woman left “hanging upside down” in her vehicle is the first to file a lawsuit in the deadly crash on Highway 43 involving a truck driver on a work visa. The accident happened on Tuesday, May 6th, when 45-year-old Andrii Dmyterko crashed into four vehicles sitting at a red light in Thomasville, Alabama. The ...more
The Nevada State Patrol (NSP) conducted hundreds of commercial vehicle inspections during a targeted initiative in April. On May 8, Nevada troopers released results from an commercial vehicle operation dubbed the “Rural Blitz” that took place throughout USA Parkway, Douglas County, Lyon County, Churchill County, and Mineral County that took place in April 2025.The operation ...more
Multiple agencies came to the rescue of a truck driver who was electrocuted near Miesville, Minnesota, on Thursday. Around 9:20 a.m. on May 8, the Miesville Fire Department (MFD) was dispatched after receiving a call about a semi truck that made contact with a power line near a grain elevator at 240th St E and ...more
A Connecticut man is facing more than a dozen charges connected to a years-long trucking scheme to defraud Amazon of over $3 million. On May 7, Ameer Nasir, 24, was indicted by a federal grand jury on 13 counts of wire fraud, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of ...more
