Economy Shrank 0.5% in Q1, Worse Than Estimated
Gas pump at a Costco in Thornton, Colo. (David Zalubowski/AP/File) WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy shrank at a 0.5% annual pace from January through March as President Donald Trump’s trade wars disrupted business, the Commerce Department reported June 26 in a downgrade from its previous estimate. First-quarter growth sank under ...more
Chassis Producers Seek Tariffs on Mexican, Asian Peers
Canada Border Services Agency is launching an investigation into container chassis imports by British Columbia-based Ocean Trailer. (Ocean Trailers) U.S.-based ...more
Nikola Wins Permission to Auction Manufacturing Facility
Employees working on a Nikola vehicle inside the now-closed manufacturing facility in Coolidge, Ariz. (Nikola Corp.) Bankrupt electric vehicle maker ...more
Tesla Erases $700 Billion ‘Trump Bump’
Elon Musk and President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Feb. 11. (Aaron Schwartz/CNP/Bloomberg) A slide in Tesla Inc. ...more
Canadian Crude Wins Reprieve From Trump’s Tariffs
The Westridge Marine Terminal at the end point of the Trans Mountain Pipeline System in Burnaby, British Columbia. (James MacDonald/Bloomberg) ...more
Energy Chief Plans to Seek $20 Billion to Refill Oil Reserve
Energy Secretary Chris Wright at the Venture Global Plaquemines liquefied natural gas terminal in Louisiana on March 6. (Kathleen Flynn/Bloomberg) ...more
Employers Add a Solid 151,000 Jobs in February
A person waits in a line for a prospective employer at a job fair. (Lynne Sladky/AP/File) WASHINGTON — U.S. employers ...more
Oklahoma City warehouse raided, semi truck intercepted, as part of black market marijuana crackdown
This week, the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics (OBN) performed a raid on a distribution center ...more
Three trucking companies facing lawsuit after car-hauler crash with Amtrak train
A lawsuit has been filed against three trucking companies involved in a recent crash between ...more
Eleven state speeding blitz planned for next week
Law enforcement agencies in eleven states will partner for a single day effort to crack ...more
Cans scattered through intersection after motorist slams into beer truck
A motorist was critically injured after slamming into a beer truck at an intersection in ...more
Indiana State Police thank trucker for his act of kindness towards trooper
An Indiana State Police Sargent took a moment to publicly thank a truck driver who ...more
Watch as a trucker is thankful for automatic collision warning for once
A truck driver is actually thankful for automatic collision warning in this harrowing video. In ...more
25 States Send EPA a Letter Opposing Emissions Proposal
A plug-in electric vehicle charging point. (Carina Johansen/Bloomberg News) Kentucky and West Virginia are leading ...more
Rivian to Open Chicago Showroom in September
Rivian bills its Spaces locations as more of a playground than a showroom. This is ...more
Inflation Fell in March Ahead of Tariff Impact
Gas prices fell in March. (Tom Merton/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — U.S. inflation declined last month ...more
November Tonnage Increases Year-Over-Year, but Declines From October
Truck tonnage inched up year-over-year in November, but for the second consecutive time declined on ...more
Trailer Connectivity Becoming More Intelligent
Orbcomm In his 47 years as a technician, Tony Morthland remembers a time when preventive ...more
Elon Musk Tells Investors He’ll Pause on Tesla Stock Sales
Tesla CEO Elon Musk says he won’t sell any more shares in Tesla for 18 ...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. ...more
VIDEO: Truckers use dual-driver system to haul oversized load
A motorist captured video of an unusual oversize load haul with a second driver operating ...more
Truck driver wages rose 16% in the first quarter of 2025, according to one study ...more
Secretaries Granholm, Buttigieg to Headline 2023 TRB Conference
Biden administration Cabinet secretaries Pete Buttigieg and Jennifer Granholm are headlining this year’s annual meeting ...more