Police arrested eight people in connection with a Florida Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) bribery scheme. On June 12, the Bay County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) announced the arrest of the following eight individuals in connection with a scheme to provide driver’s licenses to unqualified applicants.Bancelie Velazco, 37, on nine counts ...more
EV Startups Confronting Setbacks
Two Nikola Tre battery-electric trucks at the 2021 unveiling of the Iveco-Nikola electric truck plant in Ulm, Germany. (Andreas Gebert/Bloomberg ...more
Rivian Ships First Amazon Electric Delivery Vans to Europe
Amazon's electric delivery vans, built by Rivian Automotive, parked outside the Amazon Logistics warehouse in Chicago. (Jamie Kelter Davis/Bloomberg News) ...more
Q2 Deliveries Reflect Surge in Momentum, Nikola Says
Nikola says it has delivered 76 Tre BEV trucks wholesale so far this year (Nikola Corp.) Nikola Corp. delivered 45 ...more
Goodyear Adds Regional Haul Trailer Tire
The Work Series Regional Haul Trailer 2 is built for regional haul spread axle and tandem trailers. (The Goodyear Tire ...more
Knight-Swift Closes Acquisition of U.S. Xpress
U.S. Xpress is expected to continue as an independent brand to minimize workforce and customer disruptions. (U.S. Xpress Enterprises) Knight-Swift ...more
UPS-Teamsters Talks Break Down
The company's contract with the Teamsters expires July 31. (UPS Inc.) Face-to-face negotiations on a new labor deal between UPS ...more
May Trailer Orders Increase 12% From Last Year
McNealy cautioned that expectations for subdued build and order intake levels this year remain intact. ...more
Nikola Needs New Leadership, Says Trevor Milton
With about 50 million shares, Trevor Milton remains Nikola's largest individual shareholder. (Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg ...more
NYC Sets Smaller Driver Pay Raise After Uber, Lyft Resistance
The Lyft logo visible on a rideshare car in New York City. (John Taggart/Bloomberg News) ...more
I-95 Section in Philadelphia Could Reopen by End of June
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (right) listens as President Joe Biden speaks about the Interstate 95 ...more
Former ATA President Bennett Whitlock Dies at Age 97
Whitlock worked for American Trucking Associations for 36 years, culminating in his appointment as president ...more
Truck Tonnage Slips 1.3% in May
John Sommers II for Transport Topics Truck tonnage in May continued its downward year-over-year trend, ...more
Economy Shrank 0.5% in Q1, Worse Than Estimated
Gas pump at a Costco in Thornton, Colo. (David Zalubowski/AP/File) WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy ...more
WATCH: Australian trucker yanks climate change activists out of the way
A truck driver was caught on camera taking matters to his own hands during a ...more