A truck driver was run over by his own truck after being fatally rear ended by a second semi truck while standing outside of his rig.  The accident happened near the Long Beach Port in California on Wednesday morning, June 18th. According to Long Beach Patch, the first truck driver was standing near the front of ...more

A Tennessee interstate was closed on Thursday morning after a semi truck hauling a race car caught fire. The fire occurred around 11 a.m. on Thursday, June 19, in Dandridge, Tennessee.According to the Dandridge Police Department, a commercial vehicle fire occurred on westbound I-40 at Exit 417. The Dandridge Fire Department told WBIR that a ...more

Watch this useful blast from the past demonstrating the best way to deal with a tire blowout as a trucker.  From the physics of a tire blowout, to the dangers of panic braking, all paired with old school truck footage and animations, this video brings healthy doses of both information and nostalgia. Check out the video, ...more

An Arizona trooper encountered an unusual car haul while patrolling in the Phoenix area over the weekend. On Saturday, June 14, Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS) Highway Patrol Trooper Sergeant Ruiz spotted a commercial vehicle driving at night along a Phoenix roadway without taillights.A traffic stop was initiated. “Are we seeing this right?” AZDPS ...more

Drivers should prepare for a series superloads that will be making their way through Oregon this summer, according to transportation officials. According to the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), thirty-one superloads will be transported between the Port of Morrow and the Idaho border throughout the summer, with the first load starting its journey on June ...more

In this undated handout photo provided by Zoox, Zoox robotaxis are assembled at a 220,000-square-foot factory located in Hayward, Calif. (Zoox via AP) HAYWARD, Calif. — Amazon is gearing up to make as many as 10,000 robotaxis annually at a sprawling plant near Silicon Valley as it prepares to challenge self-driving cab leader Waymo. Tesla ...more

A Mack Trucks dealership in Houston. Mack reported sales increased 1.5% to 1,637 units in May from 1,613 in May 2024. (Volvo Group) U.S. Class 8 retail sales experienced a sequential increase in May despite continuing to trend below the prior year, according to data from Wards Intelligence. Sales decreased 5% to 18,778 from the ...more

A Wisk Generation 6 autonomous eVTOL prototype aircraft at the Paris Air Show on June 18. (Nathan Laine/Bloomberg) Le BOURGET, France — Air taxi companies have promised for years that the small planes will soon carry customers and make deliveries — but they have yet to metaphorically get off the ground. Now, with intense support ...more

McNealy cautioned that expectations for subdued build and order intake levels this year remain intact. (Stoughton Trailers via Facebook) U.S. trailer orders continued fluctuating between year-over-year gains and losses by increasing again during May, ACT Research reported. Preliminary net data showed orders increased 12% to 6,600 units when compared with the same time last year. ...more

“The last eight years have been about building the infrastructure to enable vehicle intelligence at scale,” Ludwig said. (Applied Intuition) Artificial intelligence-powered vehicle software supplier Applied Intuition said June 17 it had raised $600 million in funding, valuing the company at $15 billion. Applied Intuition is building a software-defined operating system for Traton Group, the ...more