US to Resume Mexican Livestock Imports in Phases Following Halt
A cow in the background of a discussion on the New World screwworm at the Texas A&M Beef Center in College Station, Texas, on, April 29. (Meredith Seaver/College Station Eagle via AP, File) The U.S. will start reopening ports to Mexican livestock in phases, after trade along the southern border had ...more
The Mid-America Trucking Show (MATS) 2025 has come and gone, and what an event it was! As one of the ...more
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) has implemented more than a dozen changes to the North American Standard Out-of-Service Criteria for ...more
Westport Trims Q4 Loss, Renews Heavy-Duty Truck Focus
A Westport Fuel Systems Volvo truck. (Westport Fuel Systems) Westport Fuel Systems posted declines in fourth-quarter and full-year net income ...more
Perspective: The Split Personalities of Musk and Tesla
In December, when Tesla CEO Elon Musk was preparing to assume his new position leading the Department of Government Efficiency, ...more
Isuzu to Launch Classes 6-7 Battery-Electric Trucks in 2027
An Isuzu Class 6 FTR Series truck on display at an industry trade show. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics) ...more
Northvolt Cuts Workforce to 1,700 as Part of Bankruptcy
(Damian Lemanski/Bloomberg News) Bankrupt battery maker Northvolt AB will continue to operate in Sweden with a staff of 1,700 while ...more
Peterbilt Celebrates Model 389 Milestone
Massey Motor Freight owner Troy Massey accepts a plaque acknowleding the 100,000th Peterbilt Model 389. ...more
Federal Railroad Inspectors Find Defects at Union Pacific
Locomotives are stacked up with freight cars in the Union Pacific Railroad's Bailey Yard in ...more
Nikola Truck Catches Fire During Testing
The pre-production truck was undergoing “battery fire investigation and testing” at a facility near its ...more
Clean Fuel Demand Pushing Biofuel Growth
Biodiesel tanker truck at Western Iowa Energy in Wall Lake, Iowa. Over 70% of U.S ...more
Diesel Price Rises to 4.8¢ to $4.54 a Gallon
At an average cost of $5.97 a gallon, California's diesel price is 43.5 cents higher ...more
Diesel Price Rises 4.8¢ to $4.54 a Gallon
At an average cost of $5.97 a gallon, California's diesel price is 43.5 cents higher ...more
NTSB Nominee Alvin Brown Awaits Senate Vote
Alvin Brown speaks at his nomination hearing June 21. (commerce.senate.gov) Two months after a panel ...more
Amazon Bringing Its Delivery Efficiency to Disaster Relief
A warehouse being used as a disaster relief hub. (Amazon) When Abe Diaz woke up ...more
WATCH: Open window vs. semi in puddle (spoiler alert: the window guy loses)
A truck driver captured a couple of his ‘car vs. semi in a puddle’ encounters ...more
Trucking Takes Steps Toward Hydrogen Technology
Cummins revealed a medium-duty concept truck powered by the B6.7H hydrogen internal combustion engine (H2-ICE) ...more
GSC Logistics Acquires Transloading Firm MacMillan-Piper
Scott Taylor, founder, chairman and CEO of GSC (left) Mark Miller, formerly owner and CEO ...more
Ohio cop who released K-9 on surrendering truck driver has been fired
On Wednesday, the Circleville Police Department (CPD) announced that an officer was terminated after he ...more
Shell Earnings Top $5 Billion in Q2
(Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg News) LONDON — Shell reported July 27 that it earned nearly $5.1 billion ...more
19% of vehicles taken out of service during 2023’s biggest truck inspection blitz
On Monday, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) released the results from this year’s International ...more
VIDEO: Pickup trying to avoid stopped semi veers into dash cammer, sending him crashing into Porta Potty
A motorist in a white pickup causes a multi-vehicle collision when he crashes into the ...more
Weaker Truck Sector Tire Demand Induces Q2 Loss at Goodyear
A Goodyear plant in Thailand. (Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.) Weaker demand from the U.S. ...more