There are only a few days left before the kickoff of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) Operation Safe Driver Week campaign. This year’s Operation Safe Driver Week will be held from Sunday, July 9 through Saturday, July 15, in the U.S., Mexico, and Canada.Officers will be looking for dangerous driving behaviors including speeding, improper lane ...more
An official with the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) shared stunning video of a wrong-way semi truck pursuit that recently took place in La Salle County. The video was shared on July 3 by Texas DPS spokesperson Chris Olivarez.The video shows a semi truck pursuit that occurred along IH-35 after the driver of the ...more
A truck driver’s dash cam captured a terrifying truck vs. truck crash that caused the dash cammer to hit a guardrail and overturn. The dash cam clip was shared by Reddit user u/Longjumping-Cycle470 on July 2, 2023. They write, “My biggest fear when somebody passing me. I really appreciate when ppl don’t just jump back ...more
Cummins' X15N engine. Cummins' Puneet Jhawar said the X15N is the least commercially disruptive solution for those in the trucking industry looking to grow in their sustainability goals while retaining a sense of product familiarity. (Cummins Inc.) Cummins began testing its X15N engine with U.S. customers more than a month ago, a major step forward ...more
Cummins' X15N engine. Cummins' Puneet Jhawar said the X15N is the least commercially disruptive solution for those in the trucking industry looking to grow in their sustainability goals while retaining a sense of product familiarity. (Cummins Inc.) Cummins began testing its X15N engine with U.S. customers more than a month ago, a major step forward ...more
Pricing power for new cars is fading back to normal levels after years of inflated prices for buyers. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News) The U.S. new car market is returning to pre-pandemic norms as supply chain issues resolve, forcing carmakers to ramp up deals to sustain sales growth. The annual pace of new car sales likely ...more
Trucks leave a security checkpoint at the Port of Los Angeles. (SiriStafford/Getty Images) A California-led 18-state coalition is backing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in a legal action asking for rejection of a challenge by 19 states that contend California’s future strict emissions controls will regulate the trucking industry from existence. California Gov. Gavin Newsom ...more
An Aurora autonomous semi tractor-trailer pulls through a sensor calibration area at Aurora's facility in Palmer, Texas. (Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News/TNS) PALMER, Texas — Darcy Desjarlais, senior truck operations specialist at Aurora, hovers both hands under the steering wheel of Aurora’s self-driving truck as it cruises at 65 mph down Interstate 45, heading in ...more
A shopper surveys stacks of clothing on a sales table in a Costco warehouse in Colorado Springs, Colo. (David Zalubowsi/Associated Press) WASHINGTON — An inflation index that is closely monitored by the Federal Reserve tumbled in May to its lowest level since April 2021, pulled down by lower gas prices and slower-rising food costs. At ...more
A TuSimple autonomous truck at an industry trade show in 2022. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics) TuSimple is exploring strategic alternatives for its U.S. operations, including a sale, which would see the self-driving truck technology provider focus on Asia-Pacific activities instead, the company said. The San Diego-based company said June 28 it had hired ...more
