A North Carolina bill will forbid the use of boot devices on commercial vehicles a parking enforcement tool. On June 30, 2025, North Carolina Senate Bill 311, also known as the “Law and Order Act,” hit the desk of Governor Josh Stein after passing through the House and Senate.Among the ...more
A truck driver was ejected and electrocuted after his oversize load made contact with a live power line overhead. The ...more
Baltimore Marks One Year After Tragic Bridge Collapse
A family member of one of the workers who died during the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge tosses ...more
Union Says Ancora Aims to Sell Mills for US Steel Revival
The U.S. Steel Corp. Clairton Coke Works facility in Clairton, Pa. (Justin Merriman/Bloomberg) The United Steelworkers said an activist investor ...more
Trump Weighs Imposing Copper Import Tariffs in Weeks
Building new copper production capacity could take years. (Oliver Bunic/Bloomberg) U.S. tariffs on copper imports could be coming within several ...more
Rivian Spins Out ‘Micromobility’ EV Startup Called Also
A Rivian R1T electric vehicle pickup truck in New York. (Yuki Iwamura/Bloomberg News) Rivian Automotive Inc. is spinning out a ...more
Dollar Tree Sells Family Dollar for $1 Billion
Dollar Tree Inc. acquired Family Dollar for more than $8 billion in 2015. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg) Dollar Tree is selling Family ...more
Toyota to Resume Japan Plants After Rare System Malfunction
Toyota vehicles stand on the production line at the company's Motomachi plant in Aichi, Japan. ...more
Tesla Ordered by NHTSA to Address New Issue Over Autopilot
The Tesla Inc. logo displayed at a Tesla Motors Japan store in Tokyo. (Shoko Takayasu/Bloomberg ...more
Yokohama Recalls 6,992 Commercial Tires
A Yokohama tire warehouse. (Yokohama Tire Corp.) Yokohama Tire Corp. is voluntarily recalling 6,992 of ...more
Sam’s Club to Open Big Distribution Center in Oklahoma City
Sam’s Club will open a 300,000-square-foot, multipurpose distribution center in Oklahoma City at OKC Logistics ...more
BYD’s Growth Slows as China’s Auto Price War Takes Its Toll
A BYD Co. Dynasty series electric vehicle at a dealership in Beijing on Aug. 28. ...more
Flatbed and Cargo Safety Depends on Securement
Although the driver isn’t always the one who ties down and secures the load, they ...more
Why the EV Industry Is Talking About ‘Black Mass’
A worker holds a piece of black mass, which is a mix of lithium, nickel, ...more
Tesla is looking to hire more than 1000 new workers as the company tries to ...more
Experts Dissect Challenges of Hydrogen Fueling Infrastructure
A liquid hydrogen fuel tank on Daimler's GenH2 truck. (Daimler Truck) ANAHEIM, Calif. — Affordable ...more
Manufacturers Strive to Strengthen Hydrogen Fuel Cell Tech
Daimler Truck and Volvo Group formed Cellcentric via a joint venture in the spring of ...more
Tariffs Force Rivian to Lower Annual Delivery Outlook
Reducing its sales outlook shows how Trump’s tariff policies and related economic worries risk worsening ...more