Florida state Sen. Tom Wright presents a check to Brevard County Public Schools officials that will go toward funding a commercial driver license training facility. (Brevard Public Schools via Facebook) To help reduce the truck driver shortage in Florida, state Sen. Tom Wright presented a $3.8 million ceremonial check to an east-central school district to ...more
Cruise officials say their vehicles have logged more than 3 million driverless miles. (Cruise) For the moment, there’s still a driver at the wheel, but San Francisco-based Cruise has begun testing its self-driving vehicles in Atlanta. While Cruise intends to eventually operate a ride-hailing service with autonomous vehicles in Atlanta, a company spokeswoman said a ...more
(Blink Charging Co.) The auto industry’s rapid shift to using Tesla Inc.’s charging standard for other electric cars will benefit Blink Charging Co., the company’s CEO said during its second-quarter earnings call. Automakers including Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Co. recently announced they would switch to using Tesla’s North American Charging Standard, largely so ...more
More than 95% of first-class mail and 95% of first-class packages are moving through the ground transportation system. (Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg News) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service has reduced its volume of shipments by aircraft by 90% over two years, putting the service on course to save $1 billion in annual transportation costs, U.S. Postmaster ...more
Yellow Corp. trailers are parked at a YRC Freight facility in Richfield, Ohio, July 28. (Sue Ogrocki/Associated Press) Yellow Corp. has sparked a bidding war between investment firms and a rival trucker interested in funding the now-shuttered company’s liquidation. The company is considering replacing an “expensive” bankruptcy loan from lenders led by investing giant Apollo ...more
A billboard in Miami promoting Proterra buses in February. (Wilfredo Lee/Associated Press) Proterra Inc., the electric bus maker touted by President Joe Biden that filed for bankruptcy this week, was the recipient of millions of dollars in COVID relief government aid. The Burlingame, Calif.-based company was awarded a $10 million loan from the Paycheck Protection ...more
Aerial image of the Norfolk Southern derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, Feb. 4. (Gene J. Puskar/Associated Press) OMAHA, Neb. — Norfolk Southern made improvements after one of its trains derailed, caught fire and spilled toxic chemicals near an Ohio town, but the company is nowhere near the “gold standard for safety” it is striving to ...more
"I just want to have fun, and I want to cheer on my other drivers that are out there," FedEx Freight driver Ronald Metternick says of the camaraderie at truck driving events. (FedEx Corp.) Hardly anyone predicted Ronald Metternick’s national 4-axle title victory in 2016. And yet the FedEx Freight superstar known for exuding friendship ...more
Tires in production at a Continental Tire manufacturing plant. The company revised its overall sales guidance for all of 2023 to around $45.56 billion to $48.85 billion from $46.11 billion to $49.4 billion. (Continental) Weaker-than-expected North American and European commercial vehicle replacement tire sales in the second quarter of 2023 and through the remainder of ...more
Truckers traveling through Colorado should be aware of chain requirements going into effect in early September.The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) requires that commercial vehicle drivers (GCWR/GVWR of 16,001 pounds or more) traveling on I-70 between mile markers 133 (Dotsero) and 259 (Morrison) carry sufficient chains from September 1 through May 31 each year.Chains are ...more
