A view of storefronts in downtown Marshall, Mich. (J. Scott Park/mlive.com via Tribune Content Agency) A historic town could find new life in the electric vehicle revolution — at least that’s what downtown business owners are hoping. Advocates for Ford’s $3.5 billion electric vehicle lithium-ion battery plant in Marshall, Mich., say the 2,500 jobs it ...more
In a previous announcement, the company in November said 650 employees would lose their jobs. (C.H. Robinson) Logistics company C.H. Robinson is cutting another 300 employees, the second round of layoffs in seven months. “This impacted colleagues across the company, but primarily in shared services and non-engineering technology roles,” said Duncan Burns, C.H. Robinson’s chief ...more
A couple was caught attempting to smuggle cocaine in a prosthetic pregnant belly after nearly crashing into a semi truck last month. The couple was caught on April 12th in Anderson County, South Carolina after they were pulled over for “zigzagging in between lanes” and nearly hitting a semi truck, an Anderson County Sheriff’s Office ...more
A group of truckers dropped their trailers and gathered on an Indiana Interstate to protest low freight rates today. The bobtail rigs went on a slow roll along Interstate 465 around Indianapolis on Wednesday, May 17th in hopes of spreading awareness about the financial hardships the low rates are creating for owner operators, reported WishTV ...more
A truck driver has been formally charged with multiple felonies for a crash with a bridge that killed a woman in Colorado. The accident happened back in August of 2022 when 53-year-old Darnell Yingling was hauling an excavator north on Interstate 25 in Mead, Colorado. The arm of the excavator collided with the Weld County ...more
A truck driver got a police escort the wrong direction on a Houston interstate after realizing his load would not fit beneath an overpass. The incident happened at around 8 a.m. on Wednesday, May 17th in Houston, Texas on Interstate 45 northbound at Allen Parkway. According to ABC 13 News, the truck driver contacted police when ...more
A truck driver stopped on the shoulder decides to just pull out into traffic without looking in this clip. The dash cam video was submitted by CDLLife reader Mohamed T. “Moving at 65 mph and this just pulled out of the shoulder didn’t even check what is coming down the hill. This is I 65 Northbound ...more
A semi truck’s bump into a fire hydrant sparked a mudslide in San Diego on Tuesday morning. The accident happened on May 16th in the Hillcrest neighborhood of San Diego, California at 7:30 a.m. According to NBC San Diego, California Highway Patrol was called when a semi truck struck a fire hydrant, causing a torrent of ...more
A Tesla Supercharger at the Willow Festival shopping plaza parking lot in Northbrook, Ill. (Nam Y. Huh/Associated Press) DOVER, Del. — Delaware’s Supreme Court on May 15 overturned a judge’s ruling upholding a decision by state officials to prohibit electric vehicle maker Tesla from selling its cars directly to customers. In a ruling last year, ...more
Rupert Stadler, former CEO of Audi, sits in a regional court room in Munich, Germany, on May 16. (Matthis Schrader, Pool/Associated Press) FRANKFURT, Germany — The former head of Volkswagen’s luxury division Audi pleaded guilty May 16 to charges tied to the automaker’s diesel emissions scandal, becoming the highest-ranking executive convicted over cars that cheated ...more
