Trucks drive through the Port of Oakland in Oakland, Calif. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images via Bloomberg News) Major truck and engine manufacturers have brokered a truce with California’s plan for phasing out sales of Classes 4-8 diesel-powered trucks in a landmark deal with state regulators. Under the pact announced July 6 between the Truck and Engine ...more
Trucks drive through the Port of Oakland in Oakland, Calif. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images via Bloomberg News) Major truck and engine manufacturers have brokered a truce with California’s plan for phasing out sales of Classes 4-8 diesel-powered trucks in a landmark deal with state regulators. Under the pact announced July 6 between the Truck and Engine ...more
“We want to make sure that we over-deliver on our numbers, over-deliver on our targets,” Scaringe said. (Michael Short/Bloomberg News) Rivian Automotive Inc. is ready to take on more commercial partners beyond Amazon.com Inc. after a recent run of production success. “What we saw in Q2 is really the beginnings of the supply chain now ...more
The Tesla Inc. Gigafactory in Shanghai, China. (Raul Ariano/Bloomberg News) DETROIT — U.S. automobile safety regulators are zeroing in on changes that Tesla has made to its Autopilot partially automated driving system, including how it makes sure drivers pay attention and how it detects and responds to objects. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration asked ...more
Cars for sale at a Glendale, Calif. automobile dealership. (Mario Tama/Bloomberg News) General Motors Co. and Toyota Motor Corp. both posted strong sales gains in the second quarter, signs of consumer health in the auto market as semiconductor supply improves. GM sales rose almost 19% in the quarter and were up 15% at retail, the ...more
Amazon expects to have 100,000 electric delivery vehicles by 2030, part of its commitment to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2040. (Amazon.com Inc.) Amazon.com Inc.’s electrification of its delivery fleet gained pace over the past six months while still lagging earlier targets. The e-commerce behemoth, which ranks No. 19 on the Transport Topics Top 100 ...more
A recent viral video shows Massachusetts State Police pulling over vehicles for merging at the last moment to avoid traffic on Storrow Drive. The video was shared by Only In Boston on July 5.In the video, you can see a trooper at the bottom of the screen monitoring traffic until he spots what he was ...more
Recently released police body cam reveals that jewelry stolen out of an ‘armored truck’ last year was really just sitting in a regular dry van trailer when it was taken. Millions in gems, jewelry stolen from truck parked at LA Flying JVideo from the scene following the theft shows the two Brinks employees speaking to ...more
A truck driver was arrested on Wednesday following a police pursuit on I-40 near Atkins, Arkansas. The incident occurred in Pope County, Arkansas, according to KARK.Arkansas State Police say that a trooper was pulling over a car on I-40 when he was reportedly nearly struck by a truck. The trooper attempted to perform a traffic ...more
A motorcyclist is seriously injured after being run over by a semi truck in reverse on Wednesday morning. The accident happened in Bay County, Florida on Jolee Road west of US 231 on July 5th.According to WJHG News, the motorcyclist was stopped behind the semi truck while it was backing up on Jolee Road. The ...more
