(United Soybean Board) Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that up to $500 million in federal funds are available to boost supplies of American-made biofuel while awarding $25 million to 59 biodiesel and ethanol infrastructure projects across the country. “By expanding the availability of homegrown biofuels, we are strengthening our energy independence, creating new market opportunities ...more
(TEC Equipment) Used Class 8 truck sales in May decreased 4.9% year-over-year to 19,300 units from 20,300, ACT Research reported. The average retail sale price for a used truck fell 30.9% to $68,411 from $99,054 a year ago, and declined 3.4% month-over-month from $70,811 in April. On a month-to-month basis, sales grew 9.7% from 17,600 ...more
The FAA's acting administrator Polly Trottenberg is one of multiple interim leaders at transportation safety agencies. (Al Drago/Bloomberg News) Three of the major U.S. transportation safety agencies are without permanent leaders as the nation contends with toxic railway spills, near-collisions on runways and surging traffic deaths. The Federal Aviation Administration is on its second acting ...more
Funding is meant to facilitate the voluntary replacement or installation of retrofits on existing heavy-duty diesel vehicles and engines. (CHUYN/Getty Images) Legislation that would reauthorize the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act through fiscal 2029 was recently introduced in the U.S. Senate. Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, is the bill’s ...more
A California-based truck driver has been sentenced to federal prison after he admitted to transporting drugs in exchange for $30,000. Thirty year old Dejohntae Zeche Keith Williams was sentenced to eight years in federal prison, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Indiana.Williams previously pleaded guilty to possession with intent to ...more
The Utah Department of Transportation is installing a new brake check area along a notoriously dangerous section of road in hopes that it will help truckers stay safe. Highway 89 in Logan Canyon has seen eight semi trucks lose their brakes in five years, sending them crashing into Garden City. Because of this dangerous trend, ...more
A class action lawsuit accuses shipping giant FedEx of wide scale odometer fraud. A lawsuit filed on June 13, 2023, in the U.S. District Court of New Jersey claims that FedEx replaced the odometers on thousands of used diesel fleet delivery vehicles so that they displayed zero miles “though Defendants know that the vehicles have, ...more
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) shared a list of tips to help commercial vehicle drivers anticipate and react to the behavior of other drivers on the road to avoid crashes. As part of the CVSA’s Operation Safe Driver Program, officials prepared a list of defensive driving tips specifically for commercial vehicle drivers in order ...more
A pickup truck driver couldn’t bear to wait for an appropriate time to pass a semi truck in this dash cam video. In the clip, a pickup truck suddenly appears from behind the filming semi truck and passes it on a dark curve. The pickup avoids a collision with an oncoming car by mere inches, ...more
Five more people have been charged for the death of 53 migrants in a hot trailer, just as the one year anniversary passes. The indictment was filed on June 7th and was unsealed Tuesday, June 27th, the one year anniversary of the tragic incident. According to KSAT News, federal prosecutors allege that 30-year-old Riley Covarrubias-Ponce, 28-year-old ...more
