International Motors sales in June climbed 22.3% to 2,110 units from 1,725. (International Motors) U.S. Class 8 retail sales in June experienced their first year-over-year increase of 2025, according to Wards Intelligence data. Sales increased 12.5% to 20,392 from 18,134 in June 2024. They also increased 8.6% sequentially from the 18,778 in May. Year-to-date sales ...more
At his hearing, Barrs touted the Trump administration’s approach toward improving connectivity along supply chain corridors. (senate.gov) WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration outlined his strategy for boosting safety and efficiency across the commercial transportation sector during a congressional hearing July 16. Derek Barrs, a former Florida ...more
Graphite ore at the Nouveau Monde Graphite Matawinie Mine in Saint-Michel-des-Saints, Quebec. (Renaud Philippe/Bloomberg) The Commerce Department will impose preliminary antidumping duties of 93.5% on imports of Chinese graphite, a key battery component, after concluding the materials had been unfairly subsidized. A trade association representing U.S. graphite producers in December filed petitions with two federal ...more
A Waymo autonomous taxi and a Tesla vehicle for robotaxi testing purposes in Austin, on June 20. (Eli Hartman/Bloomberg) Waymo is more than doubling its service territory in Austin as the driverless taxi firm looks to fend off competition from Tesla Inc. Through its partnership with ride-hailing giant Uber Technologies Inc., Waymo said July 17 ...more
Northbound I-5 was shut down for about eight hours after a semi truck overturned and spilled a load of industrial pipes across the highway early on Thursday morning. The accident happened on July 17th at around 2:44 p.m. north of the Bridge Bay exit on Northbound I-5 near Redding, California. According to ABC 7, the flatbed ...more
A complicated crash cleanup in an Ohio construction zone left drivers stranded on Interstate 71 for more than eight hours overnight. A series of crashes occurred at about 10:30 p.m. on Wednesday night, July 16th on northbound Interstate 71 just outside of Columbus, Ohio. According to WJHL, two semi trucks collided in a narrow construction zone ...more
The Idaho State Police (ISP) is asking motorists to drive with more caution around loaded semi trucks following a recent load spill caused by a “reckless” car driver. At 9:38 a.m. on July 16, 2025, ISP responded to a reported accident on I-86 at mile marker 44, just east of American Falls.Troopers say that a ...more
West Virginia officials announced that expanded truck parking is coming to three state facilities through federal grant funding. On July 11, 2025, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito announced a $24,837,048 grant for the West Virginia Department of Transportation (WVDOT) through the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) BUILD program to construct more truck parking.The grant will ...more
The California Highway Patrol (CHP) recently called out a commercial vehicle driver for “less-than-stellar decision-making” related to speeding and drug infractions. On July 14, troopers with CHP’s Mountain Pass Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Facility, located in Nipton, California, made a teaching moment out of a CMV driver’s bad day.“Transporting alcohol or drugs in the cab of ...more
A $90 million verdict awarded to a family injured in a crash with a Werner Enterprises semi truck has been overturned more than a decade after the fatal accident. The December 2014 crash happened on Interstate 20 near Odessa, Texas when an F-150 pickup truck lost control in icy conditions and crossed the center median, ...more
