A bicyclist is dead after crashing into the back of a semi truck while riding downhill in Minneapolis late last week. The incident occurred on August 4th in Hennepin County, Minnesota at about 11:30 a.m. near the intersection of St. Anthony Parkway and California Avenue Northeast. Investigators say that 59-year-old Timothy Lee Stangel was riding his bike ...more
A recent crash between a Greyhound bus and a line of semi trucks parked on the side of the road has brought the problem of drowsy driving to the forefront of trucking issues this summer. The July 12th crash that left three dead is still under investigation, but the National Transportation Safety Board is focusing on ...more
A motorist in a rush gets pays the price for impatience when their attempt to pass a truck ends in a crash with a stationary cop cruiser.The video was captured on July 28, 2023i in East Hartford, Connecticut.“A motorist in a hurry cuts between two semis and rear-ends a CT state trooper blocking the lane ...more
A Cruise patch is seen on the right shoulder of a Giants player Aug. 3. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group via Tribune Content Agency) For the first time in the team’s 140-year history, the San Francisco Giants will have a sponsor on their jersey. Cruise, which offers a driverless ride-hailing service in San Francisco, now ...more
Steve Girsky takes over as CEO immediately. (Nikola Corp.) Nikola Corp. is tapping a former General Motors Co. vice chairman to serve as its CEO, replacing the current CEO after less than a year of running the electric truck maker. Steve Girsky will take over as CEO of the troubled manufacturer that he helped take ...more
An employee works on a car on the assembly line at the BMW Spartanburg plant in Greer, S.C. (Sean Rayford, AP) WASHINGTON — U.S. employers added 187,000 jobs in July, fewer than expected, as the higher interest rates continued to weigh on the economy. But the unemployment rate dipped to 3.5% in a sign that ...more
Daily shipments were up to 51,220 compared with 50,274 a year ago. (XPO) XPO saw second-quarter net income and revenue decline, but the company sees momentum headed into the third quarter. The less-than-truckload carrier on Aug. 4 reported that Q2 net income fell to $33 million, or 28 cents per share, compared with $141 million, ...more
A Tesla dealer in Fremont, Calif. (Ben Margot/Associated Press) For the first time in California, one out of every four new cars sold in the last quarter were zero-emission vehicles, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced this week. Policymakers have long prioritized EV sales as part of the state’s climate goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. To ...more
(Titanium Transportation Group) Titanium Transportation Group acquired Oakwood, Ga.-based Crane Transport to drive growth of the Canadian company’s U.S. logistics business, it said. Bolton, Ontario-based Titanium paid a total of $53 million for truckload specialist Crane, and the deal is the Canadian company’s first U.S. asset acquisition. Crane, founded in 2001, generates about $60 million ...more
A truck driver’s bad day was caught on traffic cameras.The traffic camera video was shared by Midwest Safety on August 3 and has been viewed more than 8,000 times in less than 24 hours.Many viewers speculated on what went wrong. “You can see the turret rotate, that is what caused the trailer to unbalance and ...more
