Dozens of commercial vehicle drivers failed to prove that they can speak and read English during interviews with the Wyoming Highway Patrol last month. The Wyoming Highway Patrol – Commercial Carrier Division recently shared the top commercial vehicle violations uncovered during June 2025.The violation that topped the list is “Operating a CMV without proof of ...more

An oversize concrete beam snapped in half as it was hauled through an intersection in South Dakota on Tuesday. The incident happened on Tuesday, July 16th in Rapid City, South Dakota at the intersection of Campbell Street and E. Minnesota Street at around 2 p.m.According to the Rapid City Police Department, the oversize concrete beam ...more

A Texas jury convicted a South Carolina woman on charges related to a tractor trailer human smuggling attempt. On July 15, 2025, a jury convicted 46 year old Sharon Thompkins of Columbia, South Carolina, for transporting illegal aliens, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas.The charges against Thompkins stem from ...more

The California Department of Transportation has announced a project aimed at Highway 70 safety improvements in Northern California with a cost of approximately $104.6 million. The State Highway 70 Safety Improvement Project will include construction on multiple sections of the roadway in Yuba County, California, and construction is expected to begin in the Spring of ...more

Despite recent increases, the price of trucking's main fuel is still 6.8 cents less on average than at this time in 2024. (vitpho/Getty Images) The national average diesel price ticked up for the second straight week, rising 1.9 cents a gallon to $3.758, according to U.S. Energy Information Administration data released July 15. The increase ...more

Nissan’s Oppama plant in Japan. (Akio Kon/Bloomberg) Nissan Motor Co. plans to shutter vehicle output at its main domestic plant and transfer operations to a factory in Kyushu as it seeks to reduce costs and production capacity in a broader effort to restructure. The Oppama plant, which has been in operation since 1961 and employs ...more

Symbio’s Class 8 hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle demonstrator. (Symbio) Stellantis NV will withdraw its support for a joint hydrogen-vehicle venture with Michelin and Forvia SE as the automaker cuts its exposure to the fledgling technology, putting the project’s future at risk. The maker of Fiat cars plans to stop investing in the Symbio business ...more

Bottles of Knob Creek bourbon whiskey on a conveyor belt in Clermont, Ky. (Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg) The European Union has finalized a second list of countermeasures to target U.S. goods worth 72 billion euros ($84 billion), including Boeing Co. aircraft, automobiles and bourbon if it decides to retaliate against Donald Trump’s tariff policy. Trump on July ...more

Copper is valued in power infrastructure for its conductivity — making it key for both the energy transition and the data center boom. (Oliver Bunic/Bloomberg) Donald Trump’s moves to slap tariffs on U.S. copper imports set off a global race for traders to rush cargoes into the country for much of the year. Now that ...more

A Joby Aviation electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg) Air taxi startup Joby Aviation Inc. plans to double aircraft output capacity at its main production site in California, just weeks after completing its first piloted test flights. The expansion will enable the Marina, Calif., facility to build up to 24 aircraft per ...more