Class 8 Truck Sales Lose More Ground to Previous Year
A Freightliner Cascadia equipped with Torc's autonomous driving technology on display at Manifest 2025 in Las Vegas. (Seth Clevenger/Transport Topics) U.S. Class 8 retail sales in February tallied below the year-ago level, continuing an early trend for 2025, according to data from Wards Intelligence. Sales decreased 10.7% to 15,725 units ...more
Utility Trailer, Schmitz Cargobull Show Reefer Innovations
Jeff Bennett discusses the Utility Trailer reefer separation wall. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics) NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Utility Trailer ...more
Waabi Says Virtual Robotrucks Give Real-World Results
Self-driving truck startup Waabi will integrate its virtual driver technology with Volvo’s purpose-designed VNL Autonomous model. (Waabi) The Canadian robotruck ...more
February Class 8 Truck Orders Drop 34% From Year-Ago Period
The Mack Trucks Lehigh Valley Operations facility in Macungie, Pa. (Ryan Collerd/Bloomberg News) North American Class 8 truck orders in ...more
Virginia State Police (VSP) are investigating an overpass strike that occurred in Henrico on Tuesday morning. The crash occurred around ...more
A group of attempted thieves were pursued by police after attempting to steal a load of beef in Philadelphia early ...more
The California Highway Patrol (CHP) recently ticketed a truck driver for a serious speed violation near Yreka. On March 6, ...more
Police are investigating a car vs. semi truck crash that occurred in Gloucester Township, New ...more
A truck driver was transported to a hospital unresponsive after being thrown around in a ...more
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy says that the Department of Transportation (USDOT) will no ...more
A self-proclaimed “old school” driver says that if there are places you avoid as a ...more
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently seized millions of dollars worth of cocaine from ...more
A tornado in Florida flipped a truck driver’s rig while he and his dog were ...more
A truck driver got permission to take his uncle’s prized Peterbilt for a spin for ...more
Vermont State Police (VSP) confirmed that a man and his infant son were killed in ...more
Carmaker Lobbying Group Pushes Back on EPA Pollution Plan
Motorists in traffic drive south on Highway 101 in Los Angeles. (Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg News) The ...more
Knight-Swift finalizes blockbuster $808 million acquisition of U.S. Xpress
On Wednesday morning, trucking giant Knight-Swift announced that the acquisition of U.S. Xpress is now ...more
Rail Industry Sues Ohio Over Crew Size Rule
Aerial drone image of train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, in February. (Gene J. Puskar/Associated ...more
Diesel Prices Jump an Average of 3.9¢ to $3.806 a Gallon
The current 3.9-cent rise in the national average diesel price trails only an 8-cent increase ...more
Two truckers hospitalized after truck axle detaches
Two drivers were hospitalized after an axle came off of a third rig on Interstate ...more
Daimler Cites Flexibility as Key to Zero-Emission Future
Jochen Goetz stressed that the company will assess where it needs to invest, or where ...more
Massachusetts to Fund CDL Training for Workforce Re-Entry
Transportation is a high-demand employment sector. (welcomia/Getty Images) A program to train formerly incarcerated individuals ...more
Police arrest 15 in $9.2 million big rig and cargo theft ring
Fifteen people have been arrested and charged in connection with a massive organized crime enterprise ...more