Samsara co-founder and CEO Sanji Biswas announces new features for the company's Connected Operations Cloud. (Seth Clevenger/Transport Topics) AUSTIN, Texas — Samsara is expanding its connected fleet technology with new features designed to support more proactive driver coaching, integrate more data streams and provide customers deeper insights into their operations. The technology provider showcased its ...more
Street view from Google Maps of Nikola's headquarters in Phoenix. (Google Maps) Nikola Corp. suspects “foul play” after an early-morning fire broke out at its Phoenix headquarters that affected several of its electric big rigs. No one was injured in the blaze, the company said June 23 in a tweet. An investigation is underway after ...more
Joint Office of Energy and Transportation Louisiana has a new law that enables the state to regulate fueling stations for charging electric vehicles. Act No. 293 was signed by Gov. John Bel Edwards on June 12 to enact House Bill 60 that was sponsored by Michael Echols (R) during the 2023 regular session of the ...more
The National Transportation Safety Board investigative hearing begins at the East Palestine High School in East Palestine, Ohio, June 22. (Gene J. Puskar/Associated Press) OMAHA, Neb. — Freight railcar inspections are happening less often and are not as thorough as in years past due to staff cuts, time constraints and regulatory loopholes, a union official ...more
Philadelphia sports mascots ride a fire truck across the reopened section of I-95 in Philadelphia, 12 days after its collapse. (Joe Lamberti/Associated Press) PHILADELPHIA — Interstate 95 reopened June 23 less than two weeks after a deadly collapse in Philadelphia, a quicker-than-expected rebuild to get traffic flowing again on a heavily traveled stretch of the ...more
Several project participants gathered at the Murphy Logistics Solutions facility. Two Volvo trucks with a six-battery configuration that are rated to provide up to 275 miles of range will be part of the testing. (Volvo Trucks) Volvo Trucks North America is working with the University of Minnesota (UM) and two fleet owners on extreme weather ...more
Logistics Plus Inc. has acquired Dutch peer Jan Krediet. (Jan Krediet) Logistics Plus Inc. has acquired Dutch peer Jan Krediet in an effort to expand its European presence, the Erie, Pa.-based logistics service provider said June 22. Logistics Plus already had a presence in Belgium, Czechia, France, Germany, Netherlands and Poland. Jan Krediet specializes in ...more
Police are searching for a truck driver that fled the scene after striking two pedestrians on the side of an Illinois highway. The accident happened on Friday morning, June 23rd at around 3:23 a.m. in Bolingbrook, illinois. According to Fox 32, 28-year-old Perla Andrade-Garcia and another person pulled over onto the shoulder of Interstate 55 northbound ...more
The U.S. Coast Guard believes that they have located a truck driver who crashed off the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel (CBBT) in Virginia Beach, Virginia, on Thursday afternoon, according to a report. Around 2 p.m on June 22, officials say that a truck traveling north on the CBBT crashed off the bridge and into the bay ...more
A collapsed portion of Interstate 95 reopened at noon on Friday. Workers put the finishing touches on the temporary six-lane roadway this morning, and the temporarily repaired roadway was reopened to traffic at 12 p.m. EST. The reopening comes after the recruitment of a NASCAR racetrack jet dryer to ensure the pavement dried despite rainy ...more
