A truck driver from Florida is facing thousands of dollars worth fines after his truck became wedged on the notorious Smugglers Notch segment of Vermont Route 108 in Cambridge, Vermont, over the weekend. Late Sunday night, Vermont State Police (VSP) responded to Smugglers Notch in Cambridge for a reported stuck tractor trailer.Troopers made contact with ...more
The Washington State Patrol (WSP) is investigating the theft of packages from the scene of a semi truck rollover crash on Friday. The crash occurred around 9:45 p.m. on June 30 on southbound I-5 near Northgate in King County, Washington.Troopers determined that a two car crash had occurred previously on southbound I-5. A FedEx truck ...more
On Monday, the Van Buren Township Police Department announced that charges have been filed against a semi truck driver following the fatal shooting of another truck driver found in the cab of his vehicle with the windows broken out last week. Police responded to a semi truck parked in the 10800 block of Belleville Road ...more
Cummins' X15N engine. Cummins' Puneet Jhawar said the X15N is the least commercially disruptive solution for those in the trucking industry looking to grow in their sustainability goals while retaining a sense of product familiarity. (Cummins Inc.) Cummins began testing its X15N engine with U.S. customers more than a month ago, a major step forward ...more
Cummins' X15N engine. Cummins' Puneet Jhawar said the X15N is the least commercially disruptive solution for those in the trucking industry looking to grow in their sustainability goals while retaining a sense of product familiarity. (Cummins Inc.) Cummins began testing its X15N engine with U.S. customers more than a month ago, a major step forward ...more
Pricing power for new cars is fading back to normal levels after years of inflated prices for buyers. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News) The U.S. new car market is returning to pre-pandemic norms as supply chain issues resolve, forcing carmakers to ramp up deals to sustain sales growth. The annual pace of new car sales likely ...more
Trucks leave a security checkpoint at the Port of Los Angeles. (SiriStafford/Getty Images) A California-led 18-state coalition is backing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in a legal action asking for rejection of a challenge by 19 states that contend California’s future strict emissions controls will regulate the trucking industry from existence. California Gov. Gavin Newsom ...more
An Aurora autonomous semi tractor-trailer pulls through a sensor calibration area at Aurora's facility in Palmer, Texas. (Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News/TNS) PALMER, Texas — Darcy Desjarlais, senior truck operations specialist at Aurora, hovers both hands under the steering wheel of Aurora’s self-driving truck as it cruises at 65 mph down Interstate 45, heading in ...more
A shopper surveys stacks of clothing on a sales table in a Costco warehouse in Colorado Springs, Colo. (David Zalubowsi/Associated Press) WASHINGTON — An inflation index that is closely monitored by the Federal Reserve tumbled in May to its lowest level since April 2021, pulled down by lower gas prices and slower-rising food costs. At ...more
A TuSimple autonomous truck at an industry trade show in 2022. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics) TuSimple is exploring strategic alternatives for its U.S. operations, including a sale, which would see the self-driving truck technology provider focus on Asia-Pacific activities instead, the company said. The San Diego-based company said June 28 it had hired ...more
