An impatient motorist comes uncomfortably close to causing a head-on collision with a dump truck on a Pennsylvania roadway. The dash cam video was captured in Glenmoore, Pennsylvania, on April 18, 2025.From the dash cammer: “Driving on a single lane back road that is known for its curves and blind spots. I noticed a truck ...more

The United Parcel Service is expected to cut 20,000 jobs and 73 buildings by late 2025 in an attempt to become “more nimble,” according to a late April announcement.  UPS announced the layoffs on April 29th as part of its first quarter earnings report. This announcement comes after the company’s plan to reduce its deliveries ...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

Daimler Truck and Volvo Group formed Cellcentric via a joint venture in the spring of 2021. (Cellcentric gmbH & Co.) ANAHEIM, Calif. — Hydrogen fuel cells are emerging as a viable alternative to diesel in many use cases, including longhaul applications that need more range than battery-electric vehicles offer. Cost remains a challenge, but manufacturers ...more

A Made in China sticker is displayed on a hat at a store in Chinatown in San Francisco on April 18. (Jeff Chiu/ File/AP) China’s Commerce Ministry said May 2 that Beijing is evaluating multiple approaches by the Trump administration for trade talks, but steep tariffs imposed by Washington must go. A ministry statement reiterated ...more

An ACT Expo panel discusses hydrogen. “We need to move away from this obsession with blue, green and gray,” said Abhinav Kumar, project manager for Linde Engineering, discussing hydrogen's colors. (TRC Companies) ANAHEIM, Calif. — Hydrogen is typically categorized by colors meant to indicate its emissions, but speakers at ACT Expo said getting too hung ...more

The General Motors Oshawa assembly plant in Ontario. (Cole Burston/Bloomberg) A General Motors Co. assembly plant in Canada that makes pickup trucks mostly for export to the U.S. will cut down to two shifts from three because of the “evolving trade environment.” The automaker said it’s reorienting the factory in Oshawa, Ontario, to build more ...more

A worker sorts packages at a neighborhood sorting center in Beijing. (Na Bian/Bloomberg) Small-value packages shipped to the U.S. from China will no longer be exempted from tariffs starting May 2, when President Donald Trump’s move against an exception he called a “big scam” takes effect. The decision to end the so-called “de minimis” exception ...more

(Chevron by David Payl Morris/Bloomberg; Exxon by Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg) Chevron Corp. will reduce share buybacks this quarter after oil prices tumbled, indicating that President Donald Trump’s trade war is hurting a key U.S. industry he pledged to help. The Houston-based company said May 2 it will repurchase about $2.75 billion of stock in the second ...more