A Chevrolet Volt at a GM event. (Bill Pugliano/Getty Images via Bloomberg News) DETROIT — Electric vehicles made by General Motors will be able to use much of Tesla’s extensive charging network beginning early next year under an agreement the two companies announced June 8. In addition, GM will adopt Tesla’s connector, the plug that ...more
Diesel trucks refuel at a truck stop. (Bim/Getty Images) Iowa is leading 19 states in a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for backing California’s future ban on heavy diesel vehicles in a purported attempt to regulate traditional trucking “out of existence through mandating net-zero emissions standards.” The 51-page legal action against the EPA ...more
Senate Commerce Committee Chairwoman Maria Cantwell is calling on colleagues to support the Railway Safety Act.(Gene J. Puskar/Associated Press) A series of bills meant to expedite supply chain operations and improve freight rail safety await consideration in the U.S. House and the Senate. Committee-passed legislation tackling truck parking concerns, the infrastructure permitting process and regulations ...more
Julie Su at her nomination announcement March 1. (Susan Walsh/AP) A vote to confirm President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the U.S. Department of Labor is on the radar for Senate Democrats, but Republicans continue to voice concerns about the candidate’s record on labor policy. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) told reporters June 7 he ...more
A Dorsey chassis. Thousands of these chassis are now in storage due to the CBP ruling. (Dorsey Intermodal via Facebook) The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency has ruled that chassis manufacturing company Pitts Enterprises and subsidiary company Dorsey Intermodal knowingly imported predominantly finished chassis from China that were being marketed as having been made ...more
ryasick/Getty Images At a recent two-day virtual meeting, officials with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration asked members of the agency’s motor carrier advisory committee for some ideas on how the agency could improve truck safety. Committee members responded, offering officials a variety of candid suggestions. Broadly, the 25-member Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee wants ...more
This week, a coalition of nineteen states filed suit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for allowing the state of California to pass regulations that will effectively ban diesel trucks in the coming years. On June 6, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird announced a lawsuit against the EPA, alleging that California’s move to require that ...more
A truck driver is hurt after failing to negotiate a curve in Michigan on Wednesday night. The accident happened on June 7th in Pierson Township, Michigan on US 131 south at the 22 Mile Road overpass. According to Fox 17 News, the semi truck ran off of US 131 along a curve as it approached the ...more
On Thursday, Volvo announced major plans to begin autonomous truck operations for customers in Texas. In a June 8 announcement, Volvo Autonomous Solutions (V.A.S.) announced that it opened offices in Fort Worth, Texas, as part of a larger plan to set up the company’s first autonomous freight corridors that will run from Dallas Forth Worth to El Paso and from ...more
A bull broke free from a trailer in Texas over the weekend, prompting an hours-long chase. The incident happened in Denton, Texas on Saturday, June 3rd. According to KLTV 7, the bull’s owner parked his trailer outside of a Taco Casa in Denton and went inside to eat, leaving the bull in the trailer. As the ...more
