The company has made a big bet on autonomous driving, robotics and artificial intelligence as the primary business of selling EVs struggles. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News) Tesla Inc. was granted approval in California to begin carrying passengers as Elon Musk’s company takes steps toward offering ride-hailing services. The California Public Utilities Commission said in an ...more
Ram’s U.S. pickup sales, a major profit driver for the company, slid 16% last year. (Nic Antaya/Bloomberg News) Stellantis NV believes there is still demand for an affordable version of its Ram 1500 pickup truck in the U.S. market after the stripped-down “Ram Classic” ceased production last year, Chief Financial Officer Doug Ostermann said. “We ...more
Torc’s autonomous driving system equipped on a Freightliner Cascadia tractor at an industry show. (Seth Clevenger/Transport Topics) Automated truck developer Torc has partnered with manufacturing company Flex and artificial intelligence specialist Nvidia to develop a scalable physical AI compute system for autonomous trucks, the company announced March 18. Blacksburg, Va.-based Torc has been working toward ...more
The EU wants to make progress and engage with the U.S., Simon Harris said in a Bloomberg TV interview March 18. (Simon Wohlfahrt/Bloomberg News) The European Union is ready to talk to U.S. President Donald Trump before making any more decisions on retaliatory tariffs, Ireland’s deputy prime minister said. The EU wants to make progress ...more
A sign outside a BYD showroom in Budapest, Hungary. (Akos Stiller/Bloomberg News) BYD Co., a Chinese automaker, is turning heads with claims that it has developed an electric-vehicle platform enabling drivers to charge an EV in roughly the same time it takes to refuel a gasoline car. From "more features for no more price" and ...more
A truck driver gives his depressing opinion on the trucking industry and life in it in this brief interview. In the clip, the truck driver is fueling up when the filming man approaches him and asks the driver of 27 years if he’d recommend trucking to others. “No,” he says matter of factly. “You hate it?” ...more
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers (CBP) seized hundreds of pounds of cocaine from multiple commercial vehicles passing through a California Port of Entry in a two day period. The drug seizures took place on March 4 and March 5, 2025, at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry Commercial Facility located in Otay Mesa, California, and ...more
A truck driver managed to leap over a very dangerous situation unscathed after crashing his truck and sparking a fire. The crash happened near Akron, Ohio on Sunday, March 16th on northbound Interstate 77. According to 12 News, the driver initially hit the median of the interstate, but soon pulled over to the shoulder. The truck ...more
Truck stop giant Pilot now offers B99 biodiesel for commercial trucking fleets at an Illinois location, with more locations coming soon. On March 18, Pilot declared itself the “first travel center network to offer B99 biodiesel for fleets” as part of a partnership with PepsiCo, ADM, a global agricultural supply chain manager and processor, and ...more
A driver turned himself in late last week after a warrant was issued for his arrest for a 2024 wreck that left another trucker dead. The accident happened on February 29th, 2024 on Interstate 84 east near exit 72 in Union, Connecticut. The accused truck driver, 33-year-old James Desruisseaux, was arrested just last week on ...more
