Nikola Administrators Plan Final Asset Sale — the IP
Nikola's Phoenix headquarters were bought by EV maker Lucid in April. (Nikola Corp.) Bankrupt Class 8 hydrogen fuel cell tractor manufacturer Nikola’s administrators are finalizing plans for the sale of what are expected to be the last assets to go under the hammer: the intellectual property. Judge Thomas Horan on ...more
UPS, Teamsters Agree to Resume Talks
“We are prepared to increase our industry-leading pay and benefits," UPS said in a statement. (Paul Frangipane/Bloomberg News) UPS Inc. ...more
Nevada to Build Truck Parking Areas Along Northern I-80
Interstate 80 is a critical east-west trade route connecting Nevada with California that often experiences closures due to bad weather. ...more
Canada Dockworkers Reject Deal, Plan to Go Back on Strike
Workers walk the picket line at the Neptune Terminal at the Port of Vancouver on July 5. (Jimmy Jeong/Bloomberg) A ...more
June Medium-Duty Truck Sales Increase 22.7%
International eMV Series battery-electric medium-duty truck. (Navistar) U.S. medium-duty truck retail sales increased 22.7% in June compared with the year-ago ...more
Volvo Group Q2 Profit Nudges Higher, Margin Improves
A Volvo truck on the production line at the New River Valley plant in Virginia. Volvo reported global revenue in ...more
Michigan Plans Fast-Charging EV Hub for Trucks on I-96
A Freightliner EV being charged. (Daimler Truck North America) Michigan is joining California and other states in reimagining tomorrow’s truck ...more
Troopers hid in PennDOT trucks as part of ‘Operation Yellow Jacket’ crackdown
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) recently partnered for ...more
File Form 2290 today with help from the ExpressTruckTax team
Content Sponsored by ExpressTruckTaxROCK HILL, SC (May 8, 2023)— ExpressTruckTax has been and continues to ...more
Witnesses blame overgrown trees for double-semi wreck with train
A wreck involving a train and two semi trucks is being blamed on vegetation and ...more
Sixteen year old in custody for rock throwing incident that knocked out FedEx truck driver
The Decatur County Sheriff’s Office (DCSO) in Indiana has taken a teenager into custody in ...more
Trucker awarded more than $300K after he was Tased by police while sleeping in cab
A Canadian court ruled in favor of a semi truck driver who sued after police ...more
New product uses AI to help safety managers identify drivers who need ‘coaching’
A major provider of safety software for commercial trucking fleets recently announced a new product ...more
Peterbilt Unveils Model 589
Model 589 by Joe Howard/Transport Topics FORT WORTH, Texas — Peterbilt Motors Co. introduced its ...more
New EV Models Drive Up North American Factory Production
A VW ID.4 electric vehicle maneuvered into a storage bay inside an Autostadt delivery tower ...more
Saddle Creek to Expand 3PL Operations in Four States
Saddle Creek Logistics Services Saddle Creek Logistics Services plans to expand its warehousing and fulfillment ...more
Export Controls Now on the Table in China Trade Talks
A containership leaves the Port of Newark in Elizabeth, N.J. (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg) Trade talks between ...more
Concrete truck overturn strikes tractor trailer, car
A concrete truck overturned and struck two other vehicles in South Carolina on Thursday. The ...more
Senate Makes Commercial Transportation Policies a Priority
(Matt Rourke/AP) WASHINGTON — Committees in the Republican-led Senate recently took aim at commercial transportation ...more
Cummins, Government Lab Develop Enhanced Steel Alloy
High-temperature steel alloy in production. A 10% reduction in vehicle weight can result in a ...more
UK’s Starmer, Trump Agree to Implement Tariff-Cutting Deal
For U.K. leader Keir Starmer, completion of a deal sheltering key industries from more aggressive ...more
I-95 collapse will “add significant cost” to the trucking industry, says ATA
The collapse of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia is expected to have far reaching consequences on ...more