FedEx Cuts Guidance Amid Trade and Demand Worries
Although it typically provides a full-year forecast, FedEx said it would only share its outlook for the current quarter due to the “uncertain global demand environment.” (Yuki Iwamura/Bloomberg) FedEx Corp. forecast a worse-than-expected profit for the current quarter in a sign that soft demand from consumers and businesses rattled by ...more
Eaton Merges Units in Preparation for Electrification Push
Eaton headquarters in Dublin. The company is merging its Vehicle Group and eMobility unit. (Eaton Corp.) Eaton Corp. is preparing ...more
US Dedicates $12 Billion to Retrofit Auto Plants for EVs
Workers build a Ford Focus on the assembly line at Ford Motor Co.'s Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Mich. (Bill ...more
Panama Canal Congestion Threatens US Trucking
A cargo ship waits on Gatun Lake for its transit through the Panama Canal. The U.S. is the main source ...more
Economist Sees Challenges and Opportunity in 2024 and 2025
Shoppers at a Buffalo Grove, Ill., store. Economist Rajeev Dhawan forecasts job growth to turn mildly negative in the first ...more
Hurricane Idalia Swamps Southeast, Closes Highways
A portion of Interstate 275 is flooded near Tampa, Fla., as Hurricane Idalia bears down on the Big Bend region ...more
Traffic Deaths Fall 3% in First Half of 2023, Report Finds
Miles traveled by American motorists in the first half of 2023 increased 2.3% from the same period a year ago. ...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
FMCSA to Consider Broker-Shipper Transparency
(vitpho/Getty Images) Federal trucking regulators have confirmed they plan to consider a controversial request by ...more
Kodiak to Equip 800 Loadsmith Trucks With Self-Driving Tech
Kodiak Robotics signed similar deals with other carriers over the past year, including Forward Air, ...more
Lordstown Motors Files for Bankruptcy Protection
A Lordstown Motors Baja truck at the Lordstown Motors complex in Lordstown, Ohio. (David Dermer/Associated ...more
PMTA Sues Pennsylvania Over California Emissions Regulations
Jan Murphy/Tribune News Service Fighting Pennsylvania’s automatic adoption of California heavy-truck emission standards, the Pennsylvania ...more
Officer thrown into sinkhole by semi truck unable to avoid barricade
A police officer was hurt on Monday evening after being thrown into a sinkhole by ...more
Trucker ticketed for brake defect following crash into creek
New York police have cited a truck driver who lost control and wound up in ...more
Group of truckers chase knife-wielding man who broke into resting driver’s sleeper
A man was arrested in Washington over the weekend after threatening a sleeping driver with ...more
Paccar Sales, Parts Unit Push Quarterly Profit to Record
A Peterbilt electric truck. Paccar is the parent company of Peterbilt and Kenworth. Paccar CEO ...more
After 100 years in operation, bankruptcy looms for Yellow as customers flee, stock plunges: Reports
The trucking industry is bracing for news from Yellow Corp. amid multiple reports that the ...more
US Targets 43.5 MPG for New Vehicles by 2032
Traffic on a Los Angeles freeway. (Damian Dovarganes/Associated Press) DETROIT — The U.S. government wants ...more
Load of chocolate burns on Interstate 80
A semi truck hauling chocolate burned to the ground in California on Monday morning. The incident ...more
Badar Khan to Succeed Retiring Cathy Zoi as CEO of EVgo
Badar Khan speaks at a future of energy panel in 2018. (Alex Flynn/Bloomberg News) With ...more
Driver found upside down in detached cab after rear-ending second rig at intersection
A truck driver is in critical condition after rear-ending another semi truck at an intersection ...more
New Sheetz store in Ohio offers dozens of truck parking spaces
On Tuesday, gas station chain Sheetz opened a new location in London, Ohio.The new Sheetz ...more
Blink Sees Benefit From Shift to Tesla Charging Standard
(Blink Charging Co.) The auto industry’s rapid shift to using Tesla Inc.’s charging standard for ...more