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
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
Authorities have increased the cash reward for information on a truck driver found shot near his semi truck in Midland, Texas, last year. Crime Stoppers of Midland recently announced a $7000 cash reward in hopes of obtaining leads in the homicide of 26 year old truck driver Austin Winn.Police believe that Winn was murdered on ...more
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office has said that there is still no statement and no bodycam footage to release from the incident involving an undercover officer and a truck driver in his 70s. The shooting happened during rush hour on March 10th when a semi truck and an off-duty undercover officer in an unmarked car “came ...more
Recently released court records show that the CEO who was allegedly murdered by his own driver owed the man a “substantial amount of money”. 46-year-old ATG Truckload CEO, Dane Koteski, was found “lying face down in a pool of blood” in his office as it burned on March 5th in Crestwood, Illinois. On Sunday, March ...more
