Intellistop has faced challenges in securing federal regulatory approval for its flashing brake light system for nearly five years. (Intellistop via YouTube) The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has granted a petroleum company and a large convenience store chain five-year exemptions to operate their trucks using a pulsating brake light system equipped with a module ...more
Road testing begins later this year. (Uber/Business Wire) Uber Technologies Inc. and Volkswagen AG have partnered to deploy thousands of electric ID Buzz vans in the U.S., marking the latest partnership to expand autonomous options on the ride-hailing app. The companies will begin testing the vans on roads later this year and plan a commercial ...more
(Scotty Perry/Bloomberg) UPS Inc. agreed to acquire Canada’s Andlauer Healthcare Group Inc. for $1.6 billion, building out the package handler’s growing business transporting goods for health care customers. AHG shareholders will receive C$55 a share in cash, according to a statement April 24. The deal is expected to close in the second half of this ...more
Cranes above a ship at the Port of Oakland in California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images via Bloomberg News) Chinese cranes that load and unload containers from ships are the latest target of the Trump administration’s attempt to boost domestic manufacturing, even as no U.S. industry for the equipment exists. The U.S. Trade Representative is proposing duties ...more
Tractor-trailers wait in line at the Ysleta-Zaragoza International Bridge port of entry, on the U.S.-Mexico border in Juarez, Mexico. (David Peinado/Bloomberg) President Donald Trump’s administration started an investigation into the need for tariffs on imports of medium- and heavy-duty trucks and parts, an expansion of his trade war that has hit hundreds of nations and ...more
A booth for Exotica Freshener Co., a U.S. company, at the 137th Canton Fair in Guangzhou in southern China's Guangdong province on April 15. (Ng Han Guan/AP) BANGKOK — China on April 24 denied U.S. President Donald Trump’s assertion that the two sides were involved in active negotiations over tariffs, saying that any suggestion of ...more
At Knight-Swift’s biggest unit — its truckload division — revenue, excluding fuel surcharge and intersegment transactions, decreased 4.2% to $1.048 billion from $1.094 billion a year earlier. (Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings) Knight-Swift Transportation returned to the black in the first quarter of 2025 on the back of a jump in less-than-truckload revenue. The carrier reported Q1 ...more
Trucks in traffic along a snowy Interstate 80 west of Laramie, Wyo. (Wyoming Department of Transportation) Citing concerns for highway safety, a federal lawmaker from Wyoming is asking the U.S. Department of Transportation to require that commercial truck drivers who cannot demonstrate proficiency with speaking and reading English be taken out of service in roadside ...more
Carney said if he wins the April 28 election he’ll focus on domestic economic issues. (Gavin John/Bloomberg) Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada does not need to reach a quick deal with U.S. President Donald Trump, arguing his country has enough leverage in the negotiations to wait longer if necessary. “We don’t have to do ...more
“What we’ve seen over the course of the last 10 years are a bunch of fraudulent CDLs out of Mexico allowing for immigrants to come in illegally,” Hawk said. (Hal Bergman Photography/Getty Images) Arkansas has enacted a law requiring foreign commercial truck drivers to have valid U.S. work authorization, demonstrate English proficiency and possess authentic ...more
