Tariff Pendulum Drives Market Volatility for Trucking
DAT found that while long-term freight contracts should see a modest increase of between 2% and 4% this year, the spot market is expected to see increased volatility as it absorbs the tariff impacts. (O2O Creative/Getty Images) The trucking industry is facing a tepid financial outlook amid volatile market conditions ...more
Diesel Price Resumes Decline
Diesel prices dropped 2.4 cents a gallon on average in the Central Atlantic region. (THEPALMER/Getty Images) Diesel prices slipped 1.4 ...more
New York City Congestion Pricing Gets Final Approval
Traffic in the Midtown neighborhood of New York. (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg News) A plan to charge motorists driving into New York ...more
Maine Motor Vehicle Taxes Are New Highway Fund Source
Maine Gov. Janet Mills signs the highway budget law. (maine.gov) Maine Gov. Janet Mills has signed a two-year, $829 million ...more
Amazon Pays Small Businesses for Last-Mile Deliveries
Amazon has been piloting the program since 2020. (Stephanie Keith/Bloomberg) Many small businesses have long relied on Amazon’s platform and ...more
FMCSA Plans Driver Behavior Study on Self-Driving Trucks
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will accept comments on the notice through July 24. (U.S. Department of Transportation) The ...more
GM Announces EV Supply Chain Deal
General Motors GMC Hummer electric vehicle. (General Motors) General Motors Co. and Australia-based Element 25 Limited have signed an agreement ...more
Nikola to Shift Battery Manufacturing to Arizona
Nikola Corp. announced it is moving its battery manufacturing to its Coolidge, Ariz., manufacturing facility ...more
Carmakers Are Failing the Privacy Test
Drivers are given little or no control over the personal data their vehicles collect. (dusanpetkovic/Getty ...more
Peterbilt Celebrates Model 389 Milestone
Massey Motor Freight owner Troy Massey accepts a plaque acknowleding the 100,000th Peterbilt Model 389. ...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 ...more
Pennsylvania’s Red Light Camera Fines to Fund 31 Projects
A red light camera in Philadelphia. (Philadelphia Parking Authority via YouTube) The Pennsylvania Department of ...more
A semi truck crash was caught on surveillance video early Tuesday morning in Houston, Texas. ...more
The Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) shared a video that gives you a closer look at ...more
Kenan Advantage Group Expands Dry Bulk Unit in Alabama
(Kenan Advantage Group) Kenan Advantage Group will buy Mobile, Ala.-based Evergreen Transport for an undisclosed ...more
Duffy Rejects ‘Social Justice’ Factors on Infrastructure
The Fifth Ward Elementary School and residential neighborhoods sit near the Denka Performance Elastomer Plant ...more