Ford F-150 Lightning pickup trucks at the Ford Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn, Mich. (Bill Pugliano/Getty Images via Associated Press) Ford Motor Co. is slashing prices on the electric version of its best-selling F-150 pickup by as much as 17%, reversing price hikes implemented last year on its debut battery-powered truck. The F-150 Lightning ...more
Musk has said he will give updated specs and pricing information around the end of the third quarter. (Tesla) Almost four years after Elon Musk first unveiled Tesla Inc.’s debut pickup, the automaker has built its first Cybertruck. Tesla shared the development on Twitter, posting a photo of workers in safety vests and helmets obscuring ...more
President Joe Biden speaks with Teamsters President Sean O'Brien after an April 4, 2022, supply chain meeting at the White House. (Andrew Harnik/AP/File) NEW YORK — The head of the Teamsters said July 16 that he has asked the White House not to intervene if unionized UPS workers end up going on strike. Negotiations between ...more
The average price of diesel rose in seven of the 10 regions in the Energy Information Administration's weekly survey and went down in three. (Bim/Getty Images) The needle refused to budge on the national average diesel price, holding at $3.806 a gallon, according to Energy Information Administration data released July 17. Highlights The last time ...more
John Dietrich speaks at the International Air Transport Association annual general meeting June 5. (Moe Zoyari/Bloomberg News) FedEx Corp. hired John Dietrich, the former head of an aircraft leasing company, as its new chief financial officer amid a sweeping plan to restructure the package delivery giant and slash costs. Dietrich, who has more than three ...more
Transportation is a high-demand employment sector. (welcomia/Getty Images) A program to train formerly incarcerated individuals to obtain commercial driver licenses is part of $2.59 million in grants recently awarded in Massachusetts across 14 organizations. “These grants will help ensure that individuals re-entering our communities have access to meaningful career pathways to set themselves up for ...more
A Nikola Tre FCEV and a BayoTech HyFill bulk hydrogen transport trailer. Nikola is set to begin taking delivery of low-carbon hydrogen from BayoTech in Missouri later this year and in California from 2024 onward. (Nikola Corp. and BayoTech) Nikola Corp. has reached a deal to buy hydrogen from BayoTech to fuel the truck manufacturer’s ...more
Washtenaw Community College via Twitter An Ann Arbor, Mich., community college says the demand for more truck drivers and the popularity of its training program are the main reasons why a course sponsored by Trainco Inc. and hosted by Washtenaw Community College is expanding. A second instructor is being added to the program to accommodate ...more
This week, troopers in several states will be partnering for a high-visibility enforcement campaign. The enforcement effort involving members of the “6-State Trooper Project” began Sunday, July 16 at 12:01 a.m. and will continue through Saturday, July 22 at 11:59 p.m., with a focus on “Move Over” violations. Participating law enforcement agencies include the Ohio State ...more
A truck driver has been released on bond after a DWI incident that nearly sent his rig off of an overpass in Texas on Saturday night. The incident occurred on July 15th in Wichita Falls, Texas at around 8:47 p.m. in the northbound lanes of the Lloyd Ruby Overpass across 15th Street. According to Texhomas News, ...more
