Harvesting a soybean crop. Biofuels (biodiesel and renewable diesel) have become alternatives to diesel and are helping meet emission requirements set by California, Oregon and Washington. (United Soybean Board) The West Coast’s growing demand for renewable diesel and biodiesel fuel will drive petroleum diesel usage there next year to the lowest level in more than ...more
The task force's goal is to make sure that truck leasing agreements are not trapping drivers in predatory situations. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says. (welcomia/Getty Images) In their first meeting on July 11, members of a federal truck-leasing task force began outlining plans for future discussions on how to evaluate potential predatory commercial and motor ...more
A Tritium DCFC and Hawaii Department of Transportation fast charger. (Tritium DCFC Limited) Hawaii says it is the first out of the gate to award a contract for federally funded fast chargers to be deployed across the state. The National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program, or NEVI, offers $5 billion over five years to states ...more
A passing truck driver notices a fellow trucker’s trouble with a four wheeler and lends a hand in this satisfying video. The video was shared earlier this week by TikTok user Hope Anne Longwith, who used the caption, “Made a new friend in Kentucky” for the clip.In the video, the driver of a black Altima ...more
Three people are dead and 14 are injured after a Greyhound bus crashed into a line of semi trucks parked outside of a rest area in Illinois early on Wednesday morning. The accident happened at 1:55 a.m. on July 12th in Highland, Illinois along Interstate 70 on the exit ramp to the Silver Lake Rest ...more
Authorities in New Mexico are investigating a fuel tanker fire that forced the closure of I-10 in Las Cruces overnight and into Wednesday morning. Firefighters responded around 8 p.m. on Tuesday, July 11, to I-10 at the I-25 interchange in Las Cruces for a report of a commercial vehicle fire at the I-10 flyover to I-25 ...more
One of the truck drivers struck by a Greyhound bus while parked outside of a rest stop says he jumped in to help passengers out of the burning vehicle after the accident. Truck driver David says he was fast asleep when his truck was hit, but as soon as he realized what had happened, he ...more
The Bulloch County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) out of Georgia has issued a public alert about a truck driver wanted on multiple felony warrants. On Wednesday morning, BCSO issued a “Be on the lookout” (BOLO) alert for over the road truck driver Tommy Ellis Brown amid a manhunt taking place in Bulloch County.Brown is wanted on ...more
A truck driver gave it all he had in order to save his truck from rolling away. In the apparent doorbell camera video, a trucker is walking up some front porch steps when he notices his truck starting to roll. The driver whips around, stops what he’s doing, and books it big time towards the ...more
A man was recently arrested and charged in Memphis after allegedly illegally towing and robbing a semi truck driver at a truck stop. The incident began shortly after midnight on July 6 at a truck stop near the airport in Memphis, according to a report from WREG.The truck driver later told police that two males ...more
