Daimler Truck Sets $2.34 Billion Share Buyback
A Mercedes-Benz eActros electric truck. (Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg) Daimler Truck Holding AG will buy back $2.34 billion of its own shares, continuing a policy of returning cash to shareholders while managing the transition to low-emission vehicles. The repurchase program will start during the second half of 2025 and is set to ...more
TFI Q1 Profit Falls on Freight Weakness, TL Tariff Pain
TFI made leadership changes at the U.S. LTL business — TForce Freight — midway through the quarter after a difficult ...more
Walmart Amps Up Discounts to Lure Cost-Conscious Customers
(Dustin Chambers/Bloomberg News) Walmart Inc. is doubling down on discounts, a move to drum up demand and grow market share ...more
United Rentals May Benefit From Tariff Chaos
(United Rentals) United Rentals Inc. could benefit from the unpredictability over tariffs as customers become weary of ownership. “Anytime there’s ...more
FMCSA Approves Two More Intellistop Five-Year Exemptions
Intellistop has faced challenges in securing federal regulatory approval for its flashing brake light system for nearly five years. (Intellistop ...more
Uber, Volkswagen Partner to Deploy Autonomous ID Buzz Vans
Road testing begins later this year. (Uber/Business Wire) Uber Technologies Inc. and Volkswagen AG have partnered to deploy thousands of ...more
UPS Bolsters Health Unit With $1.6 Billion Deal for Andlauer
(Scotty Perry/Bloomberg) UPS Inc. agreed to acquire Canada’s Andlauer Healthcare Group Inc. for $1.6 billion, building out the package handler’s ...more
A truck driver’s good deed was caught on video this week amid severe flooding in ...more
North Charleston Police announced Thursday that a truck driver involved in a hit and run ...more
Edison Motors has built a diesel-electric hybrid semi truck prototype, with more hybrid truck builds ...more
A bill reintroduced in the U.S. House of Representatives this week aims to support truckers ...more
A pickup truck landed upside down underneath a crashed tractor trailer after both vehicles tumbled ...more
This week, video safety and telematics company Lytx Inc. debuted a new geofencing feature in ...more
The Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office (OCSO) recently nabbed a pickup driver for a slew of ...more
Police in Colorado Springs responded to an incident involving a semi truck and a large ...more
Buc-ee’s has filed a lawsuit against a small Missouri business over copyright infringement due to ...more
Ontario’s Ford Pushes Canada-US Trade Deal Without Mexico
Ontario Premier Doug on March 4. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP) Ontario’s premier reiterated ...more
Louisiana in Line for Federal Money to Restore ‘Hurricane Highway’ Shipping Channel
Louisiana may finally be in line for federal money to repair widespread ecological damage from ...more
US Added a Surprising 228,000 Jobs in March
A person waits in a line for a prospective employer at a job fair. (AP ...more
Keystone Partial Restart Delayed, Timeline in Flux
TC Energy’s efforts to restart a segment of its Keystone oil pipeline after a 14,000-barrel ...more
New legislation introduced on Tuesday aims to crack down on staged accidents that target trucking ...more
Road closed for semi crash off overpass
A road in Connecticut is shut down as crews work to clear a semi truck’s ...more
A truck driver has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after crashing while adjusting ...more