The California Highway Patrol (CHP) recently called out a commercial vehicle driver for “less-than-stellar decision-making” related to speeding and drug infractions. On July 14, troopers with CHP’s Mountain Pass Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Facility, located in Nipton, California, made a teaching moment out of a CMV driver’s bad day.“Transporting alcohol or ...more
Del Monte Foods Files for Bankruptcy
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Rivian electric vehicles at a dealership in San Francisco in June. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg) Rivian Automotive Inc. produced about half ...more
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Musk and Trump sit in a Tesla Model S at the White House in March. (Pool via AP/File) NEW YORK ...more
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“The trucking industry is facing the most challenging freight market in years, with loads down and costs increasing,” Groendyke's Hodgen ...more
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President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office on Jan. 20. (Evan Vucci/AP) WASHINGTON — An analysis finds ...more
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Gas pump at a Costco in Thornton, Colo. (David Zalubowski/AP/File) WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy ...more
Uber May Fund Kalanick’s Bid to Buy Pony AI’s US Arm
Uber has already partnered with Pony to launch commercial robotaxi services outside the U.S., starting ...more
Canada Faces Steel Job Cuts as US Tariff Pressure Mounts
Carney introduced a new tariff-rate quota last week to limit imports of steel and said ...more
Mack, International Buy Environmental Credits From Nikola
Nikola's Tre hydrogen fuel cell electric truck and the Mack Class 8 Anthem. Mack won ...more
Truck Tonnage Ticks Down 0.1% Sequentially in May
ATA Chief Economist Bob Costello said construction is soft, manufacturing has been volatile, and consumers ...more
Treasury Delays Final Rules on Manchin EV Tax Credit to March
The U.S. Treasury Department sketched out its interpretation of content requirements for electric vehicle tax ...more
US, Japan to Conduct Second Round of Trade Talks
Trucks parked at a shipping terminal in Yokohama, Japan. Photographer: Toru Hanai/Bloomberg President Donald Trump ...more
Speaker Holdup Stalls GOP Agenda
Multiple failed attempts in the House of Representatives to solidify Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) as ...more
A truck driver was reunited with his lost dog thanks to the help of a ...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