Nikola Customers’ Conundrum: Innovate or Park the Truck?
Carriers spent considerable amounts of hard-earned cash on the Tre tractors, even as Nikola executives hunted for a financial backer for many months. (Andreas Gebert/Bloomberg) If the manufacturer of the trucks you bought implodes, what do you do? After Nikola Motors filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Feb. 19, ...more
March Medium-Duty Truck Sales Dip 0.1% Year Over Year
Sales inched down 0.1% to 19,942 units from 19,961 a year ago. (Daimler Truck) The U.S. retail market for medium-duty ...more
Policymakers in Congress Introduce Cargo Theft Bill
A shipping container with a hanging, open lock. The bipartisan and bicameral Combating Organized Retail Crime Act would facilitate the ...more
Diesel Price Drops 6¢ to $3.579 a Gallon
Diesel's previous price drop was 5.3 cents a gallon on the week of March 10. (Nam Y. Huh/Associated Press) The ...more
Canada Exempts Tariffs on Automakers That Stay in Country
BrightDrop electric vans at the General Motors CAMI Assembly Plant in Ingersoll, Ontario. (Brett Gundlock/Bloomberg) The Canadian government said it ...more
Caterpillar Appoints Joe Creed as CEO Starting May 1
Caterpillar Chairman and CEO Jim Umpleby (left) will become Executive Chairman of the Board effective May 1. COO Joe Creed ...more
Global Oil Surplus to Persist in 2026, IEA Says
A Petroleos de Venezuela pump jack on Lake Maracaibo in Cabimas, Venezuela. (Gaby Oraa/Bloomberg) The International Energy Agency slashed forecasts ...more
PepsiCo Buys Prebiotic Soda Brand Poppi
Poppi features brightly colored, fruit-forward cans. (John Minchillo/AP/file) PepsiCo said March 17 it’s acquiring the ...more
Low-Rolling-Resistance Tires Gain Traction in Trucking
Investing in more fuel-efficient tires is the easiest way for fleet operators to boost fuel ...more
Trump Says Both Reciprocal, Sectoral Tariffs Coming April 2
President Donald Trump waves from the stairs of Air Force One upon his arrival at ...more
Trump’s Trade Wars Tip World to Slower Growth, OECD Warns
OECD Secretary General Mathias Cormann by OECD President Donald Trump’s aggressive trade policies have abruptly ...more
BYD Unveils Battery System That Charges EV in Five Minutes
The BYD Seagull at an auto show. (Qilai Shen/Bloomberg News) BYD Co. unveiled a new ...more
Luminar Stock Jumps as Viral Video Backs Its Tech Over Tesla
Luminar will report fourth-quarter results after the market closes on March 20. (Bridget Bennett/Bloomberg News) ...more
Yellow Creditors Push Plan to End Bankruptcy Case
“I don’t know that I can tell you that I am” optimistic, Nash told Goldblatt. ...more
Diesel Price Down 3.3¢ in Third Straight Decline
(Andyborodaty/Getty Images) The national average price for a gallon of diesel slipped 3.3 cents to ...more
Analyst: Truck Demand to Beat Expectations
Freightliner trucks on the assembly line. U.S. Class 8 truck production is likely to fall ...more
Factory Output Rises Slightly, Limited by Auto Production
A worker prepares a tire to be mounted onto a truck chassis at the Volvo ...more
The CEO of a trucking company is sounding the alarm about the prevalence of cargo ...more
Trade Tensions Put American Crop Exports in Jeopardy
There are 7.8 million tons of outstanding corn sales to Mexico for the current marketing ...more
Used Class 8 Sales Rise 3.5% Year Over Year in January
Used Class 8 trucks on the lot at a dealership in Bucks County, Pa. (Coopersburg ...more
Velociti VeloCare Expansion Helps Fleets Monitor Tech Health
Powell stressed the importance for fleets of having functioning onboard cameras in the event of ...more
Management Buyout Rumor Boosts ZIM
A cargo ship loaded with ZIM containers leaves a port. (ZIM Integrated Shipping Services) Israeli ...more
ATA’s Chris Spear Steers Trucking Through Uncertain Atmosphere
“This is a different agenda and direction our federal government is taking. Love it or ...more