Used Truck Market Grapples With Instability in May
Class 8 used truck sales increased for two straight months in March and April both year over year and sequentially before declining in May. (Aziz Shamuratov/Getty Images) Used Class 8 truck sales, prices and mileage faced downward pressure from uncertain market conditions during May, ACT Research reported. Sales volume slipped ...more
DOT Chief Sean Duffy Named Interim Administrator of NASA
Sean Duffy. (Jacquelyn Martin/Associated Press) President Donald Trump named Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy as what he calls an interim ...more
Trump Says 50% Levy on Copper Imports to Take Effect Aug. 1
Copper cathode sheets. (Oliver Bunic/Bloomberg) President Donald Trump said the U.S. would begin levying a 50% tariff on copper imports ...more
Musk Says Grok AI Is Coming to Tesla Vehicles by Next Week
The Grok chatbot logo on a smartphone. (Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg) Elon Musk said his artificial intelligence startup’s chatbot will be coming ...more
Trump’s 50% Copper Tariff Could Rattle US Supply Chains
As Trump prepares to slap a 50% levy on imported copper as of Aug. 1, the global supply chain is ...more
Unilever Sells Venezuelan Ice Cream Unit to Mack de Venezuela
The financial details of the operation haven’t been disclosed, the firm added. (Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg) Unilever PLC sold its Venezuelan ice ...more
JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon Flags Complacency on Tariff Threat
“Unfortunately, I think there is complacency in the markets,” Dimon said. (Patrick Bolger/Bloomberg) Markets are complacent on tariffs planned by ...more
Transportation Panel Embraces ‘Back to Basics’ Highway Plan
Spending from the Highway Trust Fund has exceeded revenues since 2001, according to Transportation and ...more
Geopolitical Chaos Continues to Roil Trucking Industry
In 2025, trucking was hoping for a rebound, but start-and-stop tariffs and an enduring weak ...more
Tesla to Start Robotaxi Service in California and Arizona
Tesla recently made its long-awaited autonomous ride-hailing service available to a small group of supporters ...more
New FedEx Hub in Detroit Moves 12,000 Packages an Hour
The majority of the floor is made up of caster decking so that workers can ...more
A recent commercial vehicle enforcement detail in Weld County, Colorado, uncovered dozens of safety violations, ...more
Authorities in Maryland are investigating an act of attempted arson at a trucking company facility ...more
The New York State Department of Transportation (NYS DOT) shared dash cam video of a crash ...more
This week on the CDLLife app, we saw two milestone posts that perfectly capture the ...more
Trucker ticketed after rear-ending two vehicles, striking illegally parked tow truck, Michigan troopers say
Michigan State Police (MSP) say that a semi truck driver was cited on Monday following ...more
Dump truck takes down highway sign with raised bed
A dump truck driver forgot to lower their bed and took down an entire highway ...more
EPA Denies Oil Refineries Seeking Biofuel-Blending Exemption
The Biden administration last year rescinded dozens of previously granted RFS exemptions. (Chris J. Ratcliffe/Associated ...more
Trucker accused of knowingly spilling human waste on Connecticut interstate, causing multiple crashes
A truck driver is facing multiple charges after human waste spilled from his truck, causing ...more
J.B. Hunt Reports Year-Over-Year Declines for Q2
(J.B. Hunt Transport Services) J.B. Hunt Transport Services experienced a year-over-year decline in earnings and ...more
Amazon, Six Other Companies Commit to AI Safeguards
President Biden and executives from firms committed to artificial intelligence safeguards meet with the media ...more
Oregon Sheriff’s Office fines trucker $20,000 for overweight violation
The Washington County Sheriff’s Office (WCSO) issued a hefty fine to an oversized load truck driver ...more
One dead in nine-vehicle crash involving dump truck that smashed into line of cars
A teenager is dead after a dump truck slammed into a line of stopped cars ...more