Honda Debuts Four-Wheeled E-Bike for Last-Mile Delivery
The Fastport eQuad prototype has undergone pilot testing in New York City. (Honda) Move over bicycle couriers, Honda Motor Co. wants to use bike lanes for a new fleet of four-wheeled electric delivery vehicles. The Japanese automaker said June 17 it plans to start small-scale production this year of an ...more
25 States Send EPA a Letter Opposing Emissions Proposal
A plug-in electric vehicle charging point. (Carina Johansen/Bloomberg News) Kentucky and West Virginia are leading a 25-state coalition in challenging ...more
Rivian to Open Chicago Showroom in September
Rivian bills its Spaces locations as more of a playground than a showroom. This is an image from its Venice, ...more
Republicans Highlight Role of Internal Combustion Engines
Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) is the lead sponsor of the Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act. One aim of the ...more
Trucking Takes Steps Toward Hydrogen Technology
Cummins revealed a medium-duty concept truck powered by the B6.7H hydrogen internal combustion engine (H2-ICE) at the IAA Transportation exhibition ...more
Tesla Income Jumps 20% to $2.7 Billion
Tesla reported vehicle delivery rose 83% compared to the year-earlier quarter. (Eric Gay/Associated Press) SAN FRANCISCO — Elon Musk’s big ...more
Container Volumes Down Year-Over-Year in June
Workers moved 833,030 containers at the Port of Los Angeles in June, making it the facility’s strongest performance since last ...more
Saddle up for Shell Rotella SuperRigs® 2023
Content Sponsored by Shell Rotella®Think you got what it takes? The 41st Annual annual Shell ...more
Commerce Department to Award Grants to Fund Tech Hubs
President Joe Biden signs into law H.R. 4346, the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, ...more
Consumer Long-Term Inflation Expectations Hit 12-Year High
Clearance sale signs are displayed at a retail store in Downers Grove, Ill. (Nam Y. ...more
Study Urges Excise Tax Repeal for Electric Trucking Takeoff
Volvo Trucks North America Repeal of the federal excise tax (FET) on heavy-duty commercial vehicles ...more
U.S. Xpress Cuts Corporate Staff Ahead of Knight-Swift Deal
Three U.S. Xpress trucks with designs celebrating Military Appreciation Month. (U.S. Xpress) After losses widened ...more
Chicago Suburbs Appeal Federal Approval of CPKC Rail Merger
Inbound and outbound Metra trains pass on the Metra Milwaukee District West Line at the ...more
Truck driver ordered to federal prison for smuggling 20 in locked FedEx trailer
A Texas-based truck driver has been sentenced for attempting to smuggle humans in a locked ...more
GA to address “dangerous” potholes on I-75
Georgia Department of Transportation will soon tackle a serious pothole problem on Interstate 75. The ...more
A bill that could raise trailer registration fees for Louisiana truckers has advanced in the ...more
Distracted bus driver fatally ejected in rear-end with semi
A bus driver is dead after rear-ending a semi truck in Wyoming last week. The ...more
Farmers Press for Biofuels Boost to Counter Tariff Losses
A combine harvester cuts, threshes and cleans soybeans during a harvest in Waynesfield, Ohio. (Matthew ...more
Hair Drug-Testing Rule Could Be Finalized by Midsummer
Hair testing at a lab. (Psychemedics) It has been more than six years since Congress ...more
A small North Carolina trucking company says the price of their tow doubled after their ...more
UPDATE: Motorist in fatal, deer-related crash with semi denies stopping darkened car in roadway
A motorist who survived a crash with a semi that killed three of his family ...more
Manufacturing Activity Shrank in May for Third Straight Month
A worker arc welds a metal door during production at the Metal Manufacturing Co. facility ...more
Consumer Confidence Declines Again in May
Daniel Acker/Bloomberg News Consumer confidence fell in May as Americans became more pessimistic about the ...more