NYC Expands Crackdown on BQE Overweight Trucks
Trucks and other vehicles on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. Enforcement under the new system began June 22 after a 90-day period that resulted in more than 3,000 notices sent to trucks exceeding state weight limits. (Mary Altaffer/Associated Press) New York City has started ticketing overweight trucks headed toward Staten Island on ...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. (Bloomberg News) BYD Co. reported ...more
Flatbed and Cargo Safety Depends on Securement
Although the driver isn’t always the one who ties down and secures the load, they are responsible for the examination ...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, cobalt and graphite, at the ...more
Transfix Fights Freight Fraud With Shipment Verification Tool
The new Transfix feature adds a unique QR code to its rate confirmations, making it easy to check that the ...more
CVSA Inspection Finds Violations in 30% of Hazmat Packages
A pallet of mixed dangerous goods. (WidsPX/Getty Images) Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance inspectors found violations with more than three of ...more
FMCSA Plans Driver Behavior Study on Self-Driving Trucks
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will accept comments on the notice through July 24. ...more
GM Announces EV Supply Chain Deal
General Motors GMC Hummer electric vehicle. (General Motors) General Motors Co. and Australia-based Element 25 ...more
Truck driver with oversized load nabbed for drugs, fake pee
A truck driver who failed to stop at a Wyoming Port of Entry is facing ...more
Car slides down hill straight into semi truck
A car smacked into a semi truck after sliding down a hill in West Virginia ...more
Trucker’s girlfriend delivers a son day after crash off CBBT
The partner of the truck driver killed in last week’s crash off the Chesapeake Bay ...more
Five dead in multi-vehicle accident that sparked semi truck fire
Five people are dead after a car smashed into an attenuator, causing a chain reaction ...more
CHP arrests suspect in I-5 shooting that killed truck driver
The California Highway Patrol (CHP) has arrested a suspect in connection with the shooting death ...more
Autopilot Tesla slams into work truck directing traffic in construction zone
No one was hurt after a Tesla on autopilot crashed into a truck directing traffic ...more
The Idaho State Police (ISP) Commercial Vehicle Safety Division recently conducted a large-scale commercial vehicle ...more
Knight-Swift Posts Q1 Profit as LTL Revenue Soars
At Knight-Swift’s biggest unit — its truckload division — revenue, excluding fuel surcharge and intersegment ...more
Continental Appoints New CFO Ahead of Parts Maker’s Overhaul
Roland Welzbacher by Continental. Continental AG appointed company veteran Roland Welzbacher to succeed Olaf Schick ...more
Record US Goods-Trade Deficit Shows Hit to Economy in Q1
Trucks at the Port of Long Beach in California. (Eric Thayer/Bloomberg) The U.S. merchandise-trade deficit ...more