The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) announced a meeting to determine the cause of a multiple fatality crash involving parked commercial vehicles that occurred in Illinois in 2023. On April 30, 2025, the NTSB announced that a public board meeting is scheduled for May 20 to determine the probable cause of a crash that occurred at ...more

The Kansas Corporation Commission has granted a temporary hours of service waiver for drivers hauling fuel to alleviate “a bottleneck” causing shortages in the state.  Kansas Governor Laura Kelly issued a state of disaster emergency proclamation allowing the HOS waiver on April 30th. The Kansas Corporation Commission has since granted the waiver, which will last ...more

The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) announced major action on English language proficiency (ELP) for truck drivers in compliance with direction from the White House. The CVSA announced that starting on June 25, 2025, non-compliance with existing federal regulations requiring commercial vehicle operators to be proficient in English is an out-of-service violation.This move by the CVSA ...more

Schneider CEO Mark Rourke said, “We delivered results for the quarter in line with our expectations while navigating the fluid operating environment." Schneider reported year-over-year increases in revenue and earnings during the first quarter of 2025, the company reported May 1. The Green Bay, Wis.-based truckload motor carrier posted net income of $26.1 million, or ...more

Traffic moves along I-80 in Emeryville, Calif. (David Paul Moore/Bloomberg) Republicans moved a step closer May 1 to repealing a federal waiver allowing California to ban gasoline-powered cars by 2035, a policy that had drawn opposition from automakers, fuel producers and President Donald Trump himself. The U.S. House voted 246-164 to roll back an Environmental ...more

(CPKC) Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. cut its financial outlook for this year due to the uncertainty caused by the U.S. administration’s tariff and trade policy. The Calgary-based company lowered its earnings per share growth expectations to between 10% and 14% from between 12% and 18% on an adjusted diluted basis. The railway, Canada’s second ...more

The General Motors headquarters inside the Renaissance Center in Detroit. (Jeff Kowalsky/Bloomberg News) General Motors is lowering its profit expectations for the year as the carmaker braces for a potential impact from auto tariffs as high as $5 billion in 2025. GM announced early this week that it was reassessing its expectations for 2025 due ...more

Elon Musk at the White House. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images/Bloomberg) Tesla Inc.’s chair denied a report that said board members started a search for a CEO to succeed Elon Musk, saying directors are “highly confident” in his abilities. The Wall Street Journal reported late April 30 that unidentified Tesla board members had reached out to executive ...more

Before removing human operators from the cab, Aurora completed a formal safety case — a structured body of evidence that demonstrates the system is acceptably safe for deployment. (Aurora Innovation) Aurora Innovation has launched the nation’s first commercial driverless freight service, sending autonomous 18-wheelers between Dallas and Houston without a human behind the wheel. The ...more

The U.S. and EU flags. (E4C/Getty Images) The European Union is planning to share a paper with the U.S. next week that will set out a package of proposals to kick-start trade negotiations with the Trump administration. The paper will propose lowering trade and non-tariff barriers, boosting European investments in the U.S., cooperating on strategic ...more