The House Transportation and Infrastructure panel gave partisan backing to an electric vehicle fee of $250 as well as a $100 fee for hybrid vehicles. (3alexd/Getty Images) House Republicans recently took a major step in their quest to approve as early as this month a comprehensive tax and budget measure supported by the Trump White ...more
The House Transportation and Infrastructure panel gave partisan backing to an electric vehicle fee of $250 as well as a $100 fee for hybrid vehicles. (3alexd/Getty Images) House Republicans recently took a major step in their quest to approve as early as this month a comprehensive tax and budget measure supported by the Trump White ...more
Ford CEO Jim Farley last week said the company won’t increase the price of its vehicles until it sees how rivals respond to added tariff costs. (Matt Rourke/Associated Press) Ford Motor Co. suspended its full-year financial guidance and said President Donald Trump’s auto tariffs will take a toll on profit, joining rivals stung by volatile ...more
(Morgan Olson) Morgan Olson has introduced a more compact addition to its fleet with the launch of the Kestrel work truck, designed to serve a growing demand for smaller, more efficient service vehicles. The Michigan-based manufacturer, known for its dominance in the step van segment, positioned the Kestrel as a versatile alternative for vocations ranging ...more
Rivian will get $16 million in state incentives for the supplier park, which includes a $5 million tax benefit over 20 years, as well as a capital grant. (Yuki Iwamura/Bloomberg) Rivian Automotive Inc. is investing $120 million in a new supplier park in Illinois, another win for Gov. JB Pritzker after the company announced a ...more
Tyson is “managing through the most challenging beef environment we’ve ever seen,” King said in a conference call with analysts. (Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg) Tyson Foods Inc. slumped the most since 2023 as investors shrugged off stronger-than-expected quarterly earnings to focus on deepening losses at the company’s beef business. The meat processor lost money on beef sales ...more
The California Highway Patrol (CHP) is reminding bus drivers that they are not exempt from stopping in for an inspection at certain weigh station facilities. According to a May 2 social media post from CHP’s Gilroy Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Facility, located in San Martin, California, a passenger bus registered out of Texas and Mexico failed ...more
A truck driver rescued from a dangling semi truck in Louisville was just one of three truck crashes over the weekend. One of the three crashes happened on Saturday, May 3rd, and the other two occurred on Sunday, May 4th – all on the Kennedy Bridge on Interstate 65 south in Louisville, Kentucky.According to WDRB, ...more
A former Sergeant with the Massachusetts State Police (MSP) was found guilty on dozens of charges related to a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) bribery scheme. On May 2, Gary Cederquist, 59, was found guilty by a federal jury in Boston on the following charges:Two counts of conspiracy to commit extortionOne count of extortionSix counts of honest services ...more
Canadian police arrested a man in Alberta over the weekend for a bizarre rampage at a police station using a stolen trackhoe. Shortly before 7 p.m. on May 3, a man in a trackhoe entered the lot at the Bonnyville RCMP detachment after stealing the heavy equipment from a local business “moments prior,” police said ...more
