A national trucking company has agreed to pay more than $900,000 to settle claims that it discriminated against over-the-road truck drivers with medical conditions. Western Distributing Co. is to pay $919,000 in monetary relief to sixty victims of discrimination in order to settle a federal lawsuit, according to a July 16 statement issued by the ...more

J.B. Hunt's Dedicated Contract Services revenue inched down 0.5% to $846.8 million from $851 million in the year-earlier period. (J.B. Hunt 360 via X) J.B. Hunt Transport Services maintained balanced revenue with the prior-year period during the second quarter of 2025, the company reported July 15. The Lowell, Ark.-based carrier posted net earnings of $128.6 ...more

Karin Radstrom by Daimler Truck STUTTGART, Germany — Daimler Truck chief executive Karin Rådström says tariffs are not the biggest challenge facing the commercial vehicle maker in the United States, because the company carries out a large proportion of its manufacturing in the country. While higher prices for raw materials such as steel, aluminum and ...more

Tesla vehicles charge at a charging station in Pittsburgh. (Gene J. Puskar/Associated Press) While buying an electric vehicle is about to get slightly more expensive for some Americans, charging one just got quite a bit easier. Some 703 high-speed, public charging stations opened in the U.S. in the second quarter, the second-largest such infrastructure boom ...more

The closing of a single U.K. fertilizer plant in 2022 squeezed supply of CO2, resulting in shortages of beer. (Hollie Adams/Bloomberg News) A 1.4 billion-liter tide of cheap U.S. biofuels threatens to wipe out both of the U.K.’s domestic ethanol producers, and could also disrupt a range of British industries from meatpacking to making beer. ...more

Ford Bronco Sport vehicles at a Ford dealership in Los Angeles. (Eric Thayer/Bloomberg) Ford Motor Co. is recalling almost 700,000 vehicles to address a long-running issue over cracking in an auto part that can leak fuel into the engine and cause fires. The action applies to certain Bronco Sport and Escape models from 2020 to ...more

Trump speaks to the media after arriving at Joint Base Andrews on July 15 as Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum (left), Lutnick and White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt look on. (Evan Vucci/AP) WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump told reporters July 15 that he plans to place tariffs of over 10% on smaller countries, ...more

Orders have come primarily from customers in Europe and Southeast Asia, according to the company. (Cenntro Europe via LinkedIn) Cenntro secured 260 orders for its new Logistar 210 electric commercial vehicle in the first half of 2025, as the company begins deliveries in Europe. The LS210 was introduced earlier this year as the successor to ...more

Bottles of Coca-Cola move through a sorting machine on the production line at the Coca-Cola HBC bottling plant in Dunaharaszti, Hungary, in 2023. (Akos Stiller/Bloomberg) President Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post that Coca-Cola Co. has agreed to use cane sugar in Coke beverages sold in the U.S. “I have been speaking to ...more

An autonomous self-driving taxi in Los Angeles. (Mario Tama/Getty Images) President Donald Trump’s choice to lead the nation’s top car safety regulator pledged to prioritize safety while at the same time making it easier for automakers to deploy-self driving cars. Jonathan Morrison, who was nominated by Trump on Feb. 11 to be administrator of the ...more