Officials in the town of Old Fort, North Carolina, shared a touching tribute to a dump truck driver who lost his life when his brakes failed earlier this month. The crash took place on the morning of June 17, 2025, as 65 year old Georgia resident Ralph Hibbert was making ...more
Trump Doubles Planned Tariffs on Canadian Steel, Aluminum
An employee covers a stack of aluminum billets at a casting center in Saguenay, Quebec.(Christinne Muschi) WASHINGTON — President Donald ...more
Trump Mulls Steel Tariff Hike After Ontario Halts Energy Charge
An employee covers a stack of aluminum billets at a casting center in Saguenay, Quebec. (Christinne Muschi) President Donald Trump ...more
Aperia, Goodyear Collaborate on Outsourced Tire Management
(Aperia Technologies) NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Aperia Technologies announced an exclusive agreement to supply its tire management technology to Goodyear Tire ...more
Nissan Appoints Espinosa to Succeed Uchida as CEO
Makoto Uchida (left) by Kyodo News via Associated Press; Ivan Espinosa by Nissan Nissan Motor Co. named company insider Ivan ...more
Trump Says He’s Going to Buy a Tesla
A banner is left outside a Tesla showroom during a demonstration in Lisbon. (Armando Franca/AP) After one of the worst ...more
Senate Confirms Lori Chavez-DeRemer as Labor Secretary
Lori Chavez-DeRemer on Feb. 19. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP) The Senate voted March 10 to confirm Lori Chavez-DeRemer as U.S. labor secretary, ...more
AI Startup Helps Diesel Trains Clean Up Their Emissions
General Electric diesel locomotives stand on the final assembly line at the GE Manufacturing Solutions ...more
Norfolk Southern Says Derailment Cost Soars to $803 Million
Norfolk Southern’s revenue declined to $2.98 billion in the second quarter. (Norfolk Southern Corp.) OMAHA, ...more
Covenant Reports Revenue, Earnings Decline for Q2
Covenant says it is pleased with the initial operating results of Lew Thompson & Son ...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
Economy Grew at a Faster 2.4% Rate in April-June Quarter
Kubota tractors are stored in Uniontown, Pa. (Gene J. Puskar/AP) WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy ...more
Semi-Automated Trucks to Be Tested on Ohio-Indiana Route
The route is the result of a partnership between ODOT, DriveOhio, the Indiana Department of ...more
Lordstown Ordered to Face Trial Despite Bankruptcy
Lordstown Motors' Endurance electric pickup truck. (Bloomberg News) A Delaware bankruptcy judge said she’s worried ...more
Freight Group Emphasizes Heavy-Duty Charging Infrastructure
Members of the Clean Freight Coalition pressed for funding specific for the trucking industry as ...more
DTNA to Relocate 2 West Coast PDCs by 2027
DTNA's Phoenix PDC will be relocated to Las Vegas in 2026. (Daimler Truck) Daimler Truck ...more
SAE International Plans to Standardize Tesla’s EV Chargers
Tesla's EV charging connector at a charging station in Anaheim, Calif. (Jae C. Hong/Associated Press) ...more
Nike Likely to Hike Prices More After Vietnam Tariff Deal
Nike shoes on display at a store in London. Nike had already been planning on ...more
Former FMCSA worker sentenced to prison for soliciting and accepting bribe from trucking company
A U.S. Department of Transportation worker has been sentenced to prison on an extortion charge ...more
Oregon Backs $100 Million Coos Bay Container Terminal
Ships dock at the Port of Coos Bay. (Oregon State University) Oregon lawmakers on June ...more
Cummins’ 15-Liter Natural Gas Engine in Customer Testing
Cummins' X15N engine. Cummins' Puneet Jhawar said the X15N is the least commercially disruptive solution ...more
A truck driver involved in a fatal black ice crash has been sentenced to 90 ...more
WATCH: SUV thinks cutting the corner during left turn will save him from oncoming semi truck
A motorist seems to think cutting the corner during a left turn will protect him ...more