A Tesla Model Y sits on display for the Department of Transportation's Great American Road Trip Expo in Washington on May 29. (Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg) Tesla Inc. executives including Elon Musk promoted a video of one of its vehicles driving in Austin with nobody behind the wheel, hinting that it’s close to launching its robotaxi service ...more
All OEMs have developed electric units that meet current CARB regulations and can be plugged in at the dock. (Great Dane) Transport refrigeration unit technology for temperature-controlled trailers has expanded beyond conventional diesel-powered refrigeration units to a growing number of greener alternatives, including diesel-electric hybrids and, in some cases, entirely electric options. Hybrid TRUs can ...more
Watch this interviewer mildly annoy this truck driver as he tries to just mind his own business. In the clip, the truck driver is stopped at a fuel island when the interviewer, who hosts a channel full of fuel-pump driver interviews, comes up to him and starts asking generic questions about the industry: How long ...more
Flames from a burn barrel spread to a nearby tanker truck, shop building, and more, prompting a hazmat response late last week. The incident happened on Friday, June 6th, at 4 p.m. on Bensel Road in Hermiston, Oregon. The Umatilla County Fire District aided in the efforts.According to NBC, the business was utilizing a burn barrel ...more
Colorado Governor Jared Polis recently killed a bill that would have banned autonomous commercial vehicles from operation on the state’s roadways without a properly licensed human driver inside the cab. On May 29, 2025, Polis vetoed HB25-1122 after the bill was passed by the Colorado General Assembly.The bill would have banned automated commercial vehicles from ...more
Drivers traveling on the Pennsylvania Turnpike will notice some big changes as crews start tearing down tollbooths as part of the system’s transition to Open Road Tolling only. On June 9, 2025, the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC) announced that work has begun to remove tollbooths from the Turnpike.Crews have already completely demolished and removed the ...more
A truck driver has been arrested after a three day police pursuit that started with him breaking into his ex’s home. The three day pursuit started in Dearborn, Michigan on Saturday, June 7th and the driver was eventually arrested on Monday, June 9th at Eastern Market in Detroit.According to Fox 2 Detroit, police were called ...more
Arizona officials held a single-day commercial vehicle enforcement effort this week to ensure compliance with state and federal regulations. On Monday, June 9, 2025, officers with the Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) Highway Patrol conducted a detail targeting commercial vehicles in the southern portion of the state.See below for highlights from the single-day operation ...more
A semi truck hauling an old Air Force cargo plane was temporarily stuck in a suburban intersection in Maryland on Monday morning. The incident happened on June 9th, along Liberty Road in Eldersburg, Maryland. According to Fox 5 News, the fuselage of an old Air Force cargo plane, a C-130, was being transported on a flatbed ...more
Canadian police announced the arrest of nine people following a year-long investigation into an alleged cross-border drug smuggling scheme with ties to the trucking industry. On June 10, 2025, Peel Regional Police (PRP) located in Ontario announced the results of “Project Pelican,” an investigation into “a transnational organized criminal network trafficking illicit drugs into the Greater ...more
