Freightliner trucks on the assembly line. June's overall volume marked the second consecutive year-over-year increase in Class 8 orders with the only other positive month this year being February. (Freightliner via YouTube) North American Class 8 truck orders experienced a year-over-year increase for the second month in a row during June, ACT Research reported. ACT ...more
Harvesting a soybean crop. Biofuels (biodiesel and renewable diesel) have become alternatives to diesel and are helping meet emission requirements set by California, Oregon and Washington. (United Soybean Board) The West Coast’s growing demand for renewable diesel and biodiesel fuel will drive petroleum diesel usage there next year to the lowest level in more than ...more
The task force's goal is to make sure that truck leasing agreements are not trapping drivers in predatory situations. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says. (welcomia/Getty Images) In their first meeting on July 11, members of a federal truck-leasing task force began outlining plans for future discussions on how to evaluate potential predatory commercial and motor ...more
A Tritium DCFC and Hawaii Department of Transportation fast charger. (Tritium DCFC Limited) Hawaii says it is the first out of the gate to award a contract for federally funded fast chargers to be deployed across the state. The National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program, or NEVI, offers $5 billion over five years to states ...more
This week, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) took to social media to call attention to a truck driver’s major tire mishap. The truck tire kerfuffle was spotted this week at the Otay Mesa Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Facility in Otay Mesa, California.“This vehicle was selected for inspection. The driver claimed he was unaware that ALL tires ...more
Two drivers were hospitalized after an axle came off of a third rig on Interstate 35 on Tuesday evening. The incident occurred on July 11th at around 6 p.m. near Topeka, Kansas on northbound I-35. According to 12 WIBW, 45-year-old truck driver Abdikarim F. Guliad was heading north on I-35 when the rig lost an axle, ...more
A man was recently arrested and charged in Memphis after allegedly illegally towing and robbing a semi truck driver at a truck stop. The incident began shortly after midnight on July 6 at a truck stop near the airport in Memphis, according to a report from WREG.The truck driver later told police that two males ...more
A truck driver gave it all he had in order to save his truck from rolling away. In the apparent doorbell camera video, a trucker is walking up some front porch steps when he notices his truck starting to roll. The driver whips around, stops what he’s doing, and books it big time towards the ...more
The Bulloch County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) out of Georgia has issued a public alert about a truck driver wanted on multiple felony warrants. On Wednesday morning, BCSO issued a “Be on the lookout” (BOLO) alert for over the road truck driver Tommy Ellis Brown amid a manhunt taking place in Bulloch County.Brown is wanted on ...more
One of the truck drivers struck by a Greyhound bus while parked outside of a rest stop says he jumped in to help passengers out of the burning vehicle after the accident. Truck driver David says he was fast asleep when his truck was hit, but as soon as he realized what had happened, he ...more
