A Tesla logo on a vehicle on display in Austin, Texas. (Eric Gay/Associated Press) Elon Musk is getting more firepower for his electric vehicle price war thanks to President Joe Biden’s signature climate legislation. Tesla Inc. and its battery partner are poised to receive about $1.8 billion in production tax credits this year under the ...more
Construction workers push a cart of bricks on March 29 in New York. (Bebeto Matthews/AP/File) WASHINGTON — The nation’s employers stepped up their hiring in May, adding a robust 339,000 jobs, well above expectations and evidence of strength in an economy that the Federal Reserve is desperately trying to cool. The June 2 report from ...more
Walmart plans to combine multiple orders on single delivery routes and deliver them using electric vans. (Walmart Inc.) BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart announced June 1 it will take steps to significantly reduce the amount of plastic and cardboard it puts in the waste stream from online orders and reduce vehicle emissions from delivery of packages. ...more
A GMC Sierra Denali truck. GM paid nearly $90 million in fines for 2016 and more than $38 million for 2017. (Woohae Cho/Bloomberg News) General Motors Co. and Stellantis NV paid a combined $363 million in civil penalties for failing to meet U.S. fuel efficiency standards dating back to the Trump administration, according to filings ...more
(IMC Cos. via Facebook) Joel Henry is set to become the first CEO of marine drayage firm IMC Cos., the company announced May 30. Henry has nearly two decades of experience with the company. During that time, he has led the IMCG brand through continual growth and expansion initiatives across the Southeast. He assumed his ...more
A social media post has gone viral for documenting the actions of a truck driver who pulled over and stood at attention during a police officer’s funeral procession in Kentucky this week. The incident occurred in Georgetown, Kentucky, on June 1 during the procession for Scott County Sheriff’s Deputy Caleb Conley, who died on May ...more
Transportation officials in Missouri are asking drivers to plan ahead for a major weekend interstate closure. The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) will close a portion of I-70 in Kansas City over the weekend to allow for the demolition of the Blue Ridge Blvd. Bridge that passes over the interstate.The closure will begin at 2 ...more
A semi truck was pushed off of an interstate by another rig in a wreck on a Tennessee highway on Thursday. The accident happened on June 1st in Jefferson County. According to WREG 3 News, two tractor trailers collided on Interstate 40. The force of the impact sent one truck off the side of the overpass ...more
Firefighters responded early Friday morning to a major fire at a trucking company facility located in Springfield, Ohio. Firefighters responded shortly after 5 a.m. on June 2 to a commercial fire at a U.S. Xpress facility in Springfield.Local outlet WDTN reports that there multiple explosions in the building. Firefighters were able to contain the four-alarm ...more
A trucker’s dash cam protects him during an encounter with a van driver who he says crashed while eating and driving. The video was shared by YouTube user Thomas Badillo, who writes:“I am driving an 18 wheeler with a day cab and a 53 foot trailer, and that is why you see me move to ...more
