A dashcam video recorded by a motorist shows the moment an electrical worker was knocked over by a passing semi truck while working in a bucket truck. The incident happened on Monday afternoon, June 23rd, in Massachusetts. In the video, a worker is suspended in a bucket while repairing a traffic light at an intersection in ...more
A truck driver died on impact after colliding with a train near Los Angeles on Wednesday. The accident happened at about 2:15 p.m. at a private railroad crossing near the intersection of Los Angeles Avenue and Montair Drive in Moorpark, California on June 25th. According to KTLA 5, Train 118 on the Metrolink Ventura County Line ...more
Mack Trucks Launches Overhaul of Anthem Tractor
The overhauled Mack Anthem was launched June 25. (Mack Trucks) Mack Trucks unveiled an overhaul of the Anthem tractor on June 25, repositioning the Volvo Group subsidiary’s Class 8 semi as a maneuverable regional haul specialist in the wake of the recent introduction of a new over-the-road model. Greensboro, N.C.-headquartered Mack in April unveiled the ...more
Samsara Harnesses AI to Enhance Fleet Operations
Samsara CEO Sanjit Biswas said advances in AI are ushering in an “age of intelligence” during the company’s 2025 user conference in San Diego. (Seth Clevenger/Transport Topics) SAN DIEGO — Fleet technology supplier Samsara is expanding its artificial intelligence capabilities with a plethora of new products and enhancements for its connected operations platform, encompassing everything ...more
New FMCSA Rule Institutes Electronic Medical Certificates
The new rule modernizes how truck drivers' medical certification information is shared with a secure electronic transmission. (teekid/Getty Images) Federal trucking regulators have implemented a rulemaking that creates a new digitalized system to replace outdated medical examiner paper documents, modernizing how driver medical certification information is shared with a secure electronic transmission. Officials said the ...more
Trump Administration Urges Appeals Court to Back Tariff Power
A containership leaves the Port of Newark in Elizabeth, N.J. (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg) The Trump administration defended the president’s power to impose sweeping global tariffs, arguing to a federal appeals court that it should overturn a decision finding the levies unconstitutional. The U.S. Justice Department on the night of June 24 filed its opening brief in ...more
Layoffs From Trump Tariffs Ripple Across Auto Parts Industry
GM's Orion Assembly plant. (Jeff Kowalsky/Bloomberg) Elena Morales, the president of SMT Automation, had been preparing for a big year at the tiny Michigan maker of manufacturing machinery. Morales had purchased a new building and hired staff in anticipation of installing more equipment on automotive assembly lines. Her customers, who are some of the biggest ...more
NHTSA Eyes Tesla Robotaxis After Errors in Test
A driverless Tesla robotaxi moves through traffic June 22 in Austin, Texas. (Eric Gay/AP) Federal traffic safety regulators are looking into suspected problems with Elon Musk’s test run of self-driving “robotaxis” in Texas after videos surfaced showing them braking suddenly or going straight through an intersection from a turning lane and driving down the wrong ...more
Court Orders Administration to Release EV Charger Funds
Electric vehicle chargers outside a Ford dealership in Broomfield, Colo. (David Zalubowski/AP/File) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A federal judge June 24 ordered the Trump administration to release billions of dollars in funding for the buildout of electric vehicle chargers in more than a dozen states. U.S. District Judge Tana Lin in Washington state partially granted a ...more
Cattle Herds Grow After 70-Year Low, JBS Foresees Recovery
Cattle at a livestock crossing in Santa Teresa, N.M. (Paul Ratje/Bloomberg) U.S. ranchers are moving to expand their herds from a seven-decade low, paving the way for a long-awaited recovery in beef supplies, according to top producer JBS NV. “We are into herd rebuild right now,” Wesley Batista Filho, CEO of the Brazilian company’s North ...more