A customer shops at a retail store in Vernon Hills, Ill. (Nam Y. Huh/Associated Press) WASHINGTON — Consumer prices in the United States cooled last month, rising just 0.1% from April to May and extending the past year’s steady easing of inflation. At the same time, some measures of underlying price pressures remained high. Measured ...more
Freightliner claimed the largest market share with 9,368 trucks sold, accounting for 38.9% of all sales for the month. (Freightliner) U.S. Class 8 retail sales in May rose 16.4% from a year ago and also saw a month-to-month gain, Wards Intelligence reported. Class 8 sales for the month reached 24,111 units, up from 20,713 in ...more
Donald Trump speaking at the Georgia Republican Convention in Columbus, Ga., on June 10. (Natrice Miller/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via Tribune News Agency) Georgia sits at the center of a surge in electric vehicle manufacturing, with billions in promised investments and tens of thousands of jobs set to turn the Peach State into one of the nation’s ...more
(tomap49/Getty Images) Legislation to ensure access to restrooms for commercial drivers on the job recently was introduced in the House of Representatives. The bipartisan Trucker Bathroom Access Act, endorsed by stakeholders, responds to industry concerns. It was introduced this month by Reps. Troy Nehls (R-Texas) and Chrissy Houlahan (D-Pa.). “I am proud to reintroduce legislation ...more
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is urging the federal government to re-examine New York City’s plan to start charging motorists driving into midtown Manhattan, saying an environmental review of the project is flawed. Murphy’s request comes as the Federal Highway Administration could give final approval of the tolling plan, the nation’s first-ever congestion pricing initiative, ...more
AAA used a Ford F-150 Lightning for its tests. This is Ford's 2022 Platinum model. (Ford) Electric vehicles lose a significant amount of range when loaded with heavy cargo, according to a new AAA study released June 13. An electric pickup truck can lose nearly 25% of its range when hauling loads about 100 pounds ...more
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg holds a press conference near the site of the I-95 span collapse in Philadelphia on June 13. (Matt Slocum/Associated Press) Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg promised on June 13 to help repair the East Coast’s main north-south highway as quickly as possible and said that the destruction of a section of I-95 ...more
Trucks wait to enter the Port of Los Angeles on June 6. (Eric Thayer/Bloomberg News) Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su is in California for talks with West Coast port employers and the dockworkers’ union in an effort to break an impasse in a long-running contract negotiation. During a meeting with Su June 12, the two ...more
A Minneapolis truck driver is hoping the image of a man stealing his semi truck will help lead to the arrest of the thief after the return of his truck. Joe Cotrone, a truck driver of 25 years, says he recently started driving local after being OTR for years. But so far, his switch to ...more
Canadian police are investigating after a truck driver used a bridge in a rural area and caused it to collapse into a river. The incident occurred at 7 a.m. on June 13 near Tatamagouche in Nova Scotia.Authorities say that a tractor trailer crossed bridge on Lake Road, causing it to collapse and fall into the ...more
