Torc expects the new facility to create 500 jobs in Ann Arbor Township. (Torc Robotics) LANSING, Mich. — Torc Robotics plans to invest nearly $5.6 million to create an engineering hub in Ann Arbor Township. The Michigan Strategic Fund awarded Torc a $3 million grant during its June 24 board meeting to support the project ...more
Executive Director Adrienne Gildea is confident that the CVSA's 13,000 certified inspectors will be ready to enforce the revised standard starting June 25. (Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance via X) The trucking industry is voicing widespread support for the Trump administration’s directive to place truck drivers out of service if they fail to demonstrate proficiency of ...more
A man will serve more than six years in prison for the kidnapping of a trucker who was able to escape the situation when the man dozed off. The incident happened on January 13th, 2023. The man, Barry Perez, was sentenced on June 20th, 2025. According to the United States Attorney’s Office, Perez initially stole a ...more
A new Florida law going into effect next week cracks down on excessive speeding with stricter punishments. On July 1, 2025, former House Bill 351, sponsored by State Reps. Representatives Danny Alvarez and Susan Plasencia, will go into effect.The law targets “excessive speeders,” defined as a driver who either exceeds the speed limit by 50 ...more
The California Highway Patrol (CHP) is asking truck drivers to heed road closure signs after a recent mishap on I-80. On June 25, 2025, CHP’s Truckee Division took to social media to call out a “poor decision” made by a truck driver who got a “crash course in reading signs” the night before.From CHP: ““HERE’S ...more
A truck driver is dead and several workers are injured after a semi truck crashed into a worksite in Michigan on Tuesday morning. The accident happened on June 24th at around 9 a.m. on Interstate 75 near Interstate 275 in Frenchtown Township, Michigan. According to CBS News, a crew with the Michigan Department of Transportation was ...more
The owner of a Pennsylvania diesel repair and towing company is facing multiple charges for allegedly performing or facilitating hundreds of “deletes” or “tunes” on commercial trucks. On June 3, 2025, a federal grand jury in Pennsylvania indicted Matthew Caroluzzi and his company, Matt’s Heavy Duty Mobile Diagnostics and Truck Repair and Heavy Towing (Matt’s ...more
A truck driver dramatically dangles off of a bridge in this video of a recent landslide aftermath in China. The video was filmed on the Houzihe Bridge in China this week after days of excessive rainfall in the region, reported News18. The rain caused a landslide, which caused the earth to shift underneath the bridge, ...more
“Fred Smith was a titan of the trucking industry," Spear said. (Anna Moneymaker/Bloomberg) Fred Smith, who transformed the parcel shipping industry by risking his family’s fortune to found FedEx Corp. in 1971, has died. He was 80. “It is with profound sadness and a heavy heart that I share that Frederick W. Smith, our founder ...more
