Two people were ejected from a semi truck after wrecking on Rabbit Ears Pass on Wednesday afternoon. The accident happened on August 2nd in Routt County, Colorado between County Road 20 and Forest Service Road 296, seven miles east of Steamboat Springs. According to Steamboat Pilot News, the semi truck was traveling west on US 40 when ...more
A Canadian truck driver was taken into custody after he was caught with marijuana and ketamine hidden in his trailer last week. Truck driver Ajaypal Dhillon was found with over 2,092 pounds of marijuana and over 112 pounds of ketamine hidden in boxes inside of his trailer, reported The Buffalo News. The contraband was found during ...more
This week, a semi truck driver was issued multiple citations after becoming stuck on the Smugglers Notch segment of Vermont Route 108 in Cambridge, Vermont.Th incident began around 5 p.m. on Tuesday, August 1 when Vermont State Police (VSP) were notified of a tractor trailer in Smugglers Notch.When troopers arrived on scene, they found the ...more
A class action lawsuit filed this week accuses trucking giant Yellow Corp. of failing to provide the legally required amount of notice prior to laying off tens of thousands of workers.According to the suit filed in the US District Court for the District of Delaware on August 1, Nashville-headquartered Yellow Corp. performed mass worker layoffs ...more
Eaton's headquarters in Dublin. CEO Craig Arnold said Eaton is in a good position to handle a downturn should one arrive, but "our thinking around recession continues to be pushed out." (Eaton Corp.) Eaton Corp. posted net income of $744 million in the second quarter of 2023, a 23.8% increase compared with a $601 million ...more
Taylor Swift performs during the opener of her Eras tour in Glendale, Ariz., on March 17. (Ashley Landis/Associated Press) Taylor Swift has reportedly given $100,000 bonuses to the truck drivers who have been transporting her concert equipment across the country during her epic Eras tour. The “Midnights” artist gifted about 50 drivers $100,000 each, adding ...more
FCEV production at a Nikola plant. (Nikola Motor Co.) Nikola began production of the Tre hydrogen fuel cell electric truck July 31 at its Coolidge, Ariz., factory, the company said. Phoenix-based Nikola paused production at the Coolidge complex in late May for a retooling. Previously, the plant manufactured Tre battery-electric trucks. When announcing the company’s ...more
Badar Khan speaks at a future of energy panel in 2018. (Alex Flynn/Bloomberg News) With inset of Zoi via EVgo.com. Electric-car charging company EVgo Inc. said CEO Cathy Zoi will retire in November and be succeeded by board member Badar Khan. Zoi, who has led EVgo since 2017, plans to retire around Nov. 9 and ...more
United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain talks with autoworkers outside the General Motors Factory Zero plant in Hamtramck, Mich., on July 12. Paul Sancya, AP, File) DETROIT — The United Auto Workers union will present a long list to General Motors, Ford and Stellantis when it delivers economic demands to the companies this week, the ...more
BNSF engineers will get five days of paid sick leave and be permitted to convert three other leave days into sick time each year. (BNSF Railway) OMAHA, Neb. — Roughly 7,500 BNSF train engineers may soon get up to eight days of paid sick time and more certainty about their days off if they approve ...more
