A Mullen Three Class 3 EV comes off the assembly line in Tunica, Miss. (Mullen Automotive) Mullen Automotive says its first Mullen Three, a Class 3 commercial electric truck, has rolled off the assembly line at the company’s assembly in Tunica, Miss. The Brea, Calif.-based EV automaker says the first customer deliveries are scheduled for ...more
President Joe Biden speaks as he meets with community members impacted by the Maui wildfires at the Lahaina Civic Center on Aug. 21 in Lahaina. (Associated Press/Evan Vucci) President Joe Biden’s visit Aug. 21 to fire-stricken Maui was bolstered by a $3 million Federal Highway Administration emergency grant and broad tax relief for people and ...more
Kroger photo via luna715/Flickr; Albertsons photo by Bridget Bennett/Bloomberg News The proposed merger of food retail giants Kroger and Albertsons has elicited criticism from seven secretaries of state. In a letter sent to the chair of the Federal Trade Commission, Lina Khan, the state officials from New Mexico, Colorado, Rhode Island, Arizona, Maine, Vermont and ...more
XPO tank truck driver Ina Daly of Arizona is flanked by R.B. Stewart Petroleum Products executive Terry Tesch (left) and NTDC Chairman Rodney Myers as she receives the Neill Darmstadter Professional Excellence Award. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics) COLUMBUS, Ohio — In her 40-plus years as a professional truck driver, XPO’s Ina Daly has ...more
The IRS has a timetable to help taxpayers determine filing deadlines and a special webpage called the Trucking Tax Center. (Veronica538/Wikicommons) For truckers who first used their vehicles in July on a public highway, the Internal Revenue Service is reminding them of an Aug. 31 payment deadline to electronically file their heavy highway vehicle use ...more
A UPS driver makes a delivery in Mount Lebanon, Pa. (Gene J. Puskar/Associated Press) The 340,000 employees of UPS Inc. represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters have approved a new five-year labor pact with the company, a vital step in a monthslong and at times contentious round of negotiations that brings new benefits to ...more
Volvo Trucks introduces its Turnkey Solutions program with two full-service partners — InCharge Energy and Gilbarco Veeder-Root. (Volvo Trucks North America) Volvo Trucks North America launched a program Aug. 22 it believes will smooth fleet owners’ road to the installation of electric truck charging infrastructure. The Turnkey Solutions program will procure vendor services, parts and ...more
Truck tonnage in July declined by 3% compared with the same month in 2022. (TT File Photo) Truck tonnage in July declined by 3% compared with the same month in 2022, the fifth consecutive year-over-year decline and an indication that softness in the freight market persists, American Trucking Associations reported.“Headwinds for freight remained in July, ...more
A silicon chip is attached to a printed circuit board. The CHIPS and Science Act, which aims to increase the production of semiconductors in the U.S., recently reached its first anniversary. (Aaron Hawkins via Getty Images) A 2022 law key to the Biden White House’s “Build Back Better” economic agenda is helping with freight supply ...more
Redkik will have its InsurTech software integrated into Uber Freight’s Shipper Platform. (Uber Freight) Uber Freight is partnering with the insurance software company Redkik as part of a strategic collaboration to revolutionize per-load cargo insurance, the companies announced Aug. 17. Redkik will have its InsurTech software integrated into Uber Freight’s Shipper Platform. The integration aims ...more
