The XPO logo on a truck parked at the company's distribution hub in Barcelona, Spain. (Angel Garcia/Bloomberg News) GREENWICH, Conn. — XPO, one of the world’s largest freight transporters, is reducing its workforce as part of a cost-cutting plan. Executives noted the downsizing in their review of the the company’s first-quarter financial results, which were ...more
Westport Fuel Systems Westport Fuel Systems Inc. shifted to the red from the black in the first three months of 2023 as the absence of income from the 2022 sale of its share in a natural gas truck engine joint venture with industry heavyweight Cummins Inc. weighed on the Canadian company’s bottom line, it said ...more
Nikola Corp. Nikola Corp. is set to pause battery-electric truck (BET) production at its Coolidge, Ariz., facility by the end of May ahead of a pivot in its operations to hydrogen fuel cell vehicles and a narrowing of its ambitions to just North America, the company said May 9. Phoenix-based Nikola’s swing away from BETs ...more
(Peggy Smith/Transport Topics) The nation’s top transportation officer reaffirmed a commitment to continue expanding access to parking for commercial drivers. Secretary Pete Buttigieg acknowledged benefits associated with facilitating more access to parking for the women and men who drive trucks nationwide. Ensuring greater parking availability would respond to safety and supply chain concerns, he said ...more
Lineup by Daimler Truck A 15% year-over-year jump in sales at Daimler Truck powered a jump in revenue and profit in the first three months of 2023, it said May 9, adding that North American sales rose 12% compared with the year-ago period. Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany-headquartered Daimler Truck posted a net profit of $871 million, or ...more
A Volvo VNR electric truck at a Southern California charging station. (Volvo Trucks) Prior to moving forward with Inflation Reduction Act funding for eligible recipients, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it is seeking public comment on the availability of zero-emission technologies in the heavy-duty vehicle and port sectors. “Although EPA already has considerable information ...more
The Oregon State Police (OSP) shared a trucker’s jarring dash cam video that captured a motorhome crash on I-84 last week. The crash occurred around 12:30 p.m. on May 5, 2023, in Pendleton.OSP says that motorhome driver Michael D. Battle, 35, from Virginia, attempted an unsafe lane change in front of a semi truck on ...more
On Tuesday, self-driving vehicle technology company Torc Robotics announced a major partnership with Utah-headquartered trucking company C.R. England. In the May 9 announcement, Virginia-headquartered Torc said that the companies will “implement a pilot program leveraging C.R. England’s temperature-controlled loads and Torc’s fleet of Level 4 autonomous test trucks for long-haul applications.”As part of the joint ...more
A couple of four wheelers driving on the right shoulder of Highway 401 in Ontario put on a display of dangerous driving behavior in this quick dash cam video. The dash cam clip was captured on eastbound Highway 401 at Exit 480 in Toronto.In the video, a semi parked on the shoulder of the highway ...more
Last week, members of the Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP) helped to honor a truck driver for hitting a remarkable safety milestone. On May 3, Anthony Perkins from Lewis Center, Ohio, was recognized by Yellow LTL Freight and OSHP troopers and inspectors for achieving four million safe miles without a preventable crash.The event included a police ...more
