Kroger Plans to Close 60 US Stores to Improve Profit
(Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg News) Kroger plans to close around 60 U.S. grocery stores over the next 18 months to improve efficiency. The Cincinnati-based company announced the plan during a corporate earnings call June 20. The company hasn’t said which stores it plans to shutter, but said the closures will happen around ...more
July Used Class 8 Sales Decline 9.3% Year-Over-Year
The used truck market is changing every day, says James Rys of House of Trucks. (House of Trucks via Facebook) ...more
Tesla to Supply Hilton Hotels With 20,000 EV Chargers
The installations are expected to be completed by 2025. (Hilton) Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. is partnering with Tesla Inc. to ...more
New York’s Port of Oswego Wins $4 Million Federal Grant
The port project is expected to create 19 jobs and generate $50,000 in private investment. (Port of Oswego Authority) Secretary ...more
Former Ford, VW Executives Start Stack AV
An autonomous truck in Stack AV’s test fleet. (Stack via Bloomberg) The founders of the former self-driving unit of Ford ...more
Biden Will Nominate Michael Whitaker as Next FAA Chief
Former FAA Deputy Administrator Michael Whitaker on Capitol Hill in 2015. (Andrew Harnik/Associated Press) President Joe Biden will nominate a ...more
Car Prices Are Starting to Ease to Pre-Pandemic Levels
Pricing power for new cars is fading back to normal levels after years of inflated ...more
California Coalition Asks Court to Back EPA
Trucks leave a security checkpoint at the Port of Los Angeles. (SiriStafford/Getty Images) A California-led ...more
Inside an Aurora Self-Driving Truck Testing in Texas
An Aurora autonomous semi tractor-trailer pulls through a sensor calibration area at Aurora's facility in ...more
Key Inflation Gauge Hits Two-Year Low in May
A shopper surveys stacks of clothing on a sales table in a Costco warehouse in ...more
TuSimple Eyes US Exit, Hires Bankers
A TuSimple autonomous truck at an industry trade show in 2022. (John Sommers II for ...more
Kolton Schultz Returns to NTDC Stage With Idaho Victory
XPO driver and Idaho grand champ Kolton Schultz (right) will be competing in the 3-axle ...more
DPS: Driver was on Tik Tok in moments before fatal I-10 chain reaction crash
A truck driver was found to be using Tik Tok in the moments before a ...more
Hundreds of drivers in Virginia now have recalled CDLs thanks to a trucking school with a sketchy trainer
Hundreds of drivers who earned their CDLs in Virginia recently will soon be required to ...more
VIDEO: Smoldering aftermath of crash that killed 27
The smoking aftermath of a crash between a semi truck and a van that left ...more
A truck driver is being charged with a felony after driving into a cemetery and ...more
House Committee Tackles Workforce, Federal Permitting Issues
Trucks line up at the Port of Los Angeles. (Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg News) Proposals to ensure ...more
Trump Says He’ll Delay Threatened EU Tariff Until July
The U.S. and EU flags. (E4C/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said May 25 ...more
New law requiring restroom access for truck drivers goes into effect in Washington in July
Truck drivers in Washington state will soon have increased access to bathroom facilities thanks to ...more
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP) recently shared video of “one of the heaviest loads ever ...more
Impact of a Potential UPS Strike Looms Large
UPS customer Jessica Ray with her aging pooch Adu, who requires specialty dog food. (Bebeto ...more
Kenworth Expands Powertrain Options for T680, T880, W990
Kenworth’s flagship T680 on-highway tractor is available with PX-9, MX-11 and MX-13 engines and TX-12, ...more