Used car prices dropped 5.1% in July from a year earlier to $29,198. (Matt Rourke/AP) WASHINGTON — Inflation in the United States rose in July after 12 straight months of declines, boosted by costlier housing. But excluding volatile food and energy prices, so-called core inflation matched the smallest monthly increase in nearly two years. The ...more
A Waymo driverless taxi stops on a street in San Francisco for several minutes because the back door was not completely shut, while traffic backs up behind it, on Feb. 15. (Terry Chea, file/AP) SAN FRANCISCO — California regulators are poised to decide whether two rival robotaxi services can provide around-the-clock rides throughout San Francisco, ...more
The remains of a mobile home park in Fort Myers, Fla., are seen in May, six months after Hurricane Ian ravaged the area. (Rebecca Blackwell/Associated Press) After predicting a “near-normal” hurricane season in May, federal experts revised their forecast Aug. 10 and said they are now expecting an above-average number of storms in 2023, as ...more
Iowa 3-axle wiiner and state grand champion Mindy Rathjens will be one of 10 women competing at the National Truck Driving Championships. (FedEx Corp.) Less than two months ago, Mindy Rathjens, a FedEx Freight driver, was competing at the Iowa Truck Driving Championships. En route to her grand champion performance, Rathjens explained that everything about ...more
A U.S. Postal Service mail carrier tries to stay cool under the shade of an umbrella as she walks her route along East Grand Avenue in Dallas June 20. (Elías Valverde II/Tribune Content Agency) WASHINGTON — Texas lawmakers prodded the U.S. Postal Service on Aug. 9 to provide bottled water to mail carriers in San ...more
CVSA has created an online survey to measure the number of drivers who use the conveyance standard legitimately, or to conceal driving hours. (vitpho/Getty Images) In an effort to help convince federal trucking regulators to better define when truck drivers can legitimately use personal conveyance time, a group of hand-picked certified inspectors nationwide are compiling ...more
A Westport Fuel Systems Volvo truck. Linde’s pilot project is one of a number of collaborations between Westport and Volvo Group. (Westport Fuel Systems) The first testing of natural gas-fueled European Volvo Group Class 8 trucks on North American roads is set to begin by the end of September, and more imports could be on ...more
The boards of directors at Forward Air and Omni Logistics have approved the transaction, which is expected to close this year. (Forward Air Corp.) Forward Air Corp. and Omni Logistics announced Aug. 10 that they have entered into a definitive agreement to combine in a cash-and-stock transaction. Omni is a privately owned asset-light, high-touch logistics ...more
A trucking company owner turned a team-building exercise into “the most interesting boat” ever to float Minnesota waters. Trucking company owner Jeff Foster owns and operates a hybrid semi truck-pontoon boat on Lake Superior every summer for the last few years. He says the idea came about when an employee at his company saw another, similar ...more
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has opened an investigation into a fatal crash involving a Tesla and a big rig that occurred in Virginia last month.Reuters reports that on August 10, the NHTSA announced the launch of a probe into a crash that occurred around 6:30 p.m. on July 19, 2023, in Warrenton, ...more
