Volvo Charts Customer-Focused Path for Zero-Emission Goals
Trucks at the Volvo Customer Center in Gothenburg. (Joe Howard/Transport Topics) GOTHENBURG, Sweden — Leaders from Volvo Trucks said they’re ...more
Nikola FCEV Truck Deliveries to Start Before End of September
Nikola began production of the Tre hydrogen fuel cell electric truck July 31 at its Coolidge, Ariz., factory. (Nikola Corp.) ...more
Explosion at Union Pacific Railyard Prompts Evacuations
Locomotives are stacked up with freight cars on April 21, 2016, at the Union Pacific Railroad's Bailey Yard in North ...more
GXO Agrees to Buy PFSweb for First US-Based Acquisition
(GXO) GXO Logistics announced Sept. 14 it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the high-end e-commerce order fulfillment ...more
Yellow Paid Executives Millions Just Before Bankruptcy
Yellow Corp. trucks at a facility in Hayward, Calif. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News) Just weeks before closing its doors and ...more
Biden’s Rules on Clean Transportation Face a Crucial Test
President Joe Biden drives a Cadillac Lyriq through the showroom during a tour at the Detroit Auto Show in 2022. ...more
Diesel Issues Could Worsen Due to Lack of Crude From OPEC+
(Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg News) The diesel market is pricing in a crisis, one that soon could ...more
FTR’s Starks: Trailer Production to Trend Lower Through 2024
The production line at a Stoughton facility. Starks said production of trailers in the U.S. ...more
UAW May Consider Strikes at Small Number of Factories
United Auto Workers members walk in the 2019 Labor Day parade in Detroit. (Paul Sancya/Associated ...more
Union Pacific’s New CEO Won’t Rule Out Cuts
(Union Pacific Railway via Facebook) OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific’s new CEO, who came into ...more
Hyundai Could Get $2.1 Billion in Aid to Make EVs in Georgia
A banner welcomes Hyundai Motor Group to their future home at the Bryan County site ...more
Startup Merger Partners Eye Class 8 Truck Launch by 2027
A Tevva hydrogen electric truck on the road. Tevva is based in England, and ElectraMeccanica ...more
ATA Leader Chris Spear Presses Congress for AV Framework
Chris Spear addresses the U.S. House panel on highways and transit operations on Sept. 13. ...more
Nearshoring Boom Faces Growing Pains
C.H. Robinson opened a new facility in Laredo to speed up cross-border movements for customers. ...more
Allison Q2 Profit Jumps on Strength of On-Highway Sales
A worker at Allison Transmission. The company posted record second-quarter sales of $783 million, an ...more
Taylor Swift handed out $100K bonuses to tour truck drivers, per report
Pop superstar Taylor Swift said thank you to the dozens of truck drivers who supported ...more
Saudi Arabia Extends Oil Production Cut Through September
An oil drilling rig stands on one of the Causeway islands in Manifa offshore oilfield, ...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
Rivian Will Build 52,000 EVs This Year, More Than Planned
A Rivian electric van delivers packages for Amazon Prime Aug. 4 in Thornton, Colo. (David ...more
Trucking Industry Reports Predictably Weak Q2
One analyst noted that while conditions are still bad, they don’t seem to be getting ...more
Daimler Truck CEO Martin Daum to Be Interim CFO
Martin Daum is CEO and chairman of Daimler’s board of management. (Daimler AG) Daimler Truck ...more
Estes Offers $1.3 Billion for Yellow Terminals
Yellow trucks at a California terminal. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News) Estes Express Lines is set ...more