On Thursday, Volvo announced major plans to begin autonomous truck operations for customers in Texas. In a June 8 announcement, Volvo Autonomous Solutions (V.A.S.) announced that it opened offices in Fort Worth, Texas, as part of a larger plan to set up the company’s first autonomous freight corridors that will run from Dallas Forth Worth to El Paso and from ...more
This week, a coalition of nineteen states filed suit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for allowing the state of California to pass regulations that will effectively ban diesel trucks in the coming years. On June 6, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird announced a lawsuit against the EPA, alleging that California’s move to require that ...more
A bull broke free from a trailer in Texas over the weekend, prompting an hours-long chase. The incident happened in Denton, Texas on Saturday, June 3rd. According to KLTV 7, the bull’s owner parked his trailer outside of a Taco Casa in Denton and went inside to eat, leaving the bull in the trailer. As the ...more
A truck driver is hurt after failing to negotiate a curve in Michigan on Wednesday night. The accident happened on June 7th in Pierson Township, Michigan on US 131 south at the 22 Mile Road overpass. According to Fox 17 News, the semi truck ran off of US 131 along a curve as it approached the ...more
Officers with Arizona’s Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Task Force (CVETF) recently found thousands of rounds of ammunition concealed in tires while performing a traffic stop near Tucson. On June 3, a CVETF trooper stopped a vehicle on I-19 southbound near Tucson for “multiple moving violations,” according to a news release from the Arizona Department of Public ...more
A truck driver was arrested in Arizona on more than a dozen counts after a roadside inspection allegedly uncovered a human and drug smuggling attempt. Thirty-year old Arizona-based truck driver Eduardo A. Hernandez faces charges of possession and transportation of a narcotic drug for sale, possession and transportation of a dangerous drug for sale, and ...more
A student driver climbs into a truck during a CDL training program. (Guilford Technical Community College) A $1.7 million federal grant will help Guilford Technical Community College in Jamestown, N.C., expand its truck driver training program in the Triad, a region that school officials say has a 31% higher need for truck drivers than the ...more
Premier Truck Group's dealership in Brandon, Manitoba. (Premier Truck Group) Penske Automotive Group on June 5 acquired Transolutions Truck Centres, a Canadian retailer of medium- and heavy-duty commercial trucks and buses. Based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, TSTC adds an additional province to the network of Premier Truck Group, Penske Automotive Group’s commercial truck subsidiary, it said. ...more
Steve Pool rides off on his Arabian horse “Guy” on the first leg of the Pony Express Trail re-ride in the 2021 event. (Lezlie Sterling via Tribune Content Agency) This week, mail enthusiasts, horseback riders and onlookers are celebrating the Pony Express’ 163rd anniversary with a nearly 2,000-mile trek from Old Sacramento, Calif., to St. ...more
Trailer by benkrut via Getty Images Hinton Transportation Investments Inc. (HTI) acquired Chicago-based U.S. Trailer Parts & Supply Inc., a distributor of heavy-duty trailer parts, it said June 6. The Grand Rapids, Mich.-based holding company said the deal, completed June 1, will increase its heavy-duty trailer distribution footprint in the greater Chicago and Milwaukee area ...more
