Watch as this trucker pulls up to a burning building in Ireland to help a man jump to safety without getting hurt. In the video, a building is on fire with a man trapped on one of the upper floors. A truck driver realizes what is happening and reverses up to the building where the ...more
DTNA to Relocate 2 West Coast PDCs by 2027
DTNA's Phoenix PDC will be relocated to Las Vegas in 2026. (Daimler Truck) Daimler Truck North America will close two West Coast parts distribution centers (PDCs) by 2027 and open two others in alternate metropolitan areas, the truck maker said. DTNA — parent company of Freightliner, Western Star and Thomas Built Buses — will shut ...more
Tesla Shares Take a Hit as Trump-Musk Feud Reaches Boil
Elon Musk and Donald Trump in the Oval Office in February. (Aaron Schwartz/Bloomberg News) Shares of electric vehicle maker Tesla, which is headed by Elon Musk, slumped July 1 as the war of words between the billionaire and President Donald Trump over the big bill of tax breaks and spending cuts heats up again, with ...more
US Startup Lyten to Buy Northvolt Factory in Poland
Lyten will take full ownership of Northvolt Dwa ESS in Gdansk, Poland. (Lyten) California startup Lyten is buying a Polish energy-storage factory from Northvolt AB in a bid to become a global leader with its sulfur-based batteries. Lyten, which last year bought another Northvolt plant in the U.S., is planning to use the Polish unit ...more
‘The Party Is Over’ for Car Sales as Tariff Reality Kicks In
Customers at a Ford dealership in Richmond, Calif. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg) The springtime surge in U.S. auto sales landed with a thud last month, setting up a slowdown in the months ahead as carmakers digest President Donald Trump’s tariffs on auto imports and consumers find fewer deals. Shoppers rushed to showrooms as beating tariff-induced price ...more
US to Resume Mexican Livestock Imports in Phases Following Halt
A cow in the background of a discussion on the New World screwworm at the Texas A&M Beef Center in College Station, Texas, on, April 29. (Meredith Seaver/College Station Eagle via AP, File) The U.S. will start reopening ports to Mexican livestock in phases, after trade along the southern border had been halted in May by ...more
Traton Merges International R&D Operations Into Global Unit
Traton's truck and bus lineup. The company says closer collaboration on R&D will make Traton quicker and more efficient. (Traton) Traton Group plans to merge its global research and development operations under one umbrella. The 9,000 R&D employees of the individual Scania, MAN, International Motors and Volkswagen Truck & Bus subsidiaries will team up with ...more
Chipmakers Win Bigger Tax Credit Under Bill Passed by Senate
(David Paul Morris/Bloomberg) Sweeping tax legislation passed by the Senate on July 1 would make it cheaper for semiconductor manufacturers to build plants in the U.S., delivering a win to chipmakers and boosting U.S. efforts to expand the industry domestically. Companies like Intel Corp., Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. and Micron Technology will be eligible for ...more
Trump Dismisses Extension of Tariff Deadline, Hits Japan
Containerships at the Yokkaichi Port in Yokkaichi, Japan. (Buddhika Weerasinghe/Bloomberg) President Donald Trump said he is not considering delaying his July 9 deadline for higher tariffs to resume and renewed his threat to cut off talks and impose duty rates on several nations, including Japan. “No, I’m not thinking about the pause,” Trump said July ...more
FMCSA Aims to Improve DataQs Process
Among the goals for FMCSA's DataQs review is to transfer more responsibility to the states. (Juan Sorto/Transport Topics) Federal trucking regulators have issued a public notice reopening a lingering 2023 proposal seeking additional comments on how to improve the DataQs process that allows motor carriers to challenge the accuracy of data stored in state and ...more