A truck driver is criticizing the police response but applauding his wife’s driving skills after a murder suspect attempted to steal their semi truck as they drove past multiple squad cars.  Truck driver Matthew Acevedo was riding in the passenger seat as his team-driver and wife drove the semi truck on Sunday, May 18th when ...more

Officials say that a brake issue is the likely cause of a fatal semi truck crash that occurred in a California National Park on Tuesday. The crash occurred at 2:12 p.m. on May 20 in Death Valley National Park.A semi truck traveling on CA-190 between Stovepipe Wells and Towne Pass veered off the roadway and ...more

Troopers with the California Highway Patrol (CHP) found dozens of violations during a two-day commercial vehicle inspection detail. The inspection checkpoint was held on May 20 and 21 at Tennant Ave. and Murphy Ave. in the Morgan Hill, California, area.Troopers from CHP’s Gilroy Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Facility’s Mobile Road Enforcement Unit manned the inspection checkpoint, ...more

The first train to Asheville since Hurricane Helene. (Norfolk Southern Corp.) Now that freight trains are reaching Asheville, N.C., again, Norfolk Southern says it has turned its attention to restoring its tracks that connect the mountains with the rest of North Carolina. The remnants of Hurricane Helene left Norfolk Southern’s line impassable from the base ...more

A worker assembles truck transmissions at the Eaton manufacturing facility in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. (Mauricio Palos/Bloomberg News) American Trucking Associations and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce are voicing opposition to a proposed federal investigation into whether the importation of medium- and heavy-duty trucks and parts poses a threat to national security. Relative to trucking, ...more

A new Toyota Tundra truck for sale at a Toyota dealership in Yuma, Ariz. (Eric Thayer/Bloomberg News) Toyota Motor Corp. is looking into offering a compact pickup in the U.S., potentially joining Ford Motor Co. and Hyundai Motor Co. in competing in the growing market for entry-level trucks. Full-size and midsize pickups dominate the U.S. ...more

A CATL battery pack. (Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg News) The U.S. Commerce Department set the stage for anti-subsidy duties on imports of key battery components from China, after concluding materials had been unfairly subsidized. The agency’s preliminary determination is an early milestone in a trade case looking at supplies of active anode material, which is vital for ...more

A Maersk containership begins to pull out of Yangshan Deep Water Port in Shanghai, China. (Qilai Shen/Bloomberg) A temporary trade truce between the world’s two largest economies has sparked a knee-jerk bounce across China’s ports and factory floors. In the week beginning May 12, when the U.S. and China agreed to sharply reduce tariffs for ...more

Einride's autonomous truck. (Einride) Einride AB is shaking up its top management as the Swedish driverless truck startup lays the groundwork for a possible initial public offering. Founder and CEO Robert Falck will become executive chairman of the board to prepare for a listing, the company said in a statement May 21. Chief Financial Officer ...more

Tesla unveiled its Cybercab in October 2024. (Tesla) DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Elon Musk said that he expects hundreds of thousands of self-driving Teslas will be on the road requiring no human intervention by the end of next year and that he is committed to staying as CEO of the company for at least ...more