Ford Promises Parade of Affordable Electric Vehicles
A fully electric Ford Explorer sports utility vehicle on an assembly line in Cologne, Germany. (Alex Kraus/Bloomberg) Ford Motor Co.’s cheapest electric vehicle can be had for just shy of $38,000. That’s 22% less than Americans pay for a car on average. Days after the Trump administration scrapped purchase incentives ...more
Air Taxi Firm Archer Sees More Defense Demand in Short Term
Adam Goldstein at the Paris Air Show in Paris on June 16. (Nathan Laine/Bloomberg) Electric aircraft maker Archer Aviation Inc. ...more
Keep Your Fleet Rolling with Greater Uptime
Keep Your Fleet Rolling No Matter the Season In today’s high-demand logistics landscape, trucking fleets are under more pressure than ...more
G7 Summit Opens in Canada With a Focus on Trade
President Donald Trump arrives at Calgary International Airport on June 15 ahead of the G7 Summit. (Mark Schiefelbein/AP) KANANASKIS, Alberta ...more
Truck Parts Distributor Transaxle to Shut Down
(Transaxle) A truck parts distributor with facilities in 11 states is closing. Transaxle filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification ...more
Eaton Agrees to Buy Defense Group Ultra PCS for $1.6 Billion
(Eaton via YouTube) Eaton Corp. agreed to buy defense and aerospace systems company Ultra Precision Control Systems from private equity ...more
Oil Shippers Pause Offers of Vessels to Middle East
Vehicles jam a highway as a fire blazes nearby in the Shahran in Tehran on June 15. (Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images) ...more
Cargo Theft Gets More Sophisticated, Experts Warn
CargoNet noted 23 incidents of metal theft in Q1. (vitpho/Getty Images) The trucking industry continues ...more
United Road CEO Kraft’s Adventure Continues at Home
“As opportunities arose … I was there to help and solve problems, and that led ...more
PHMSA Asks Stakeholders to Streamline Existing Regulations
“Regulations should be fit-for-purpose and produce safety benefits that justify the cost of compliance,” acting ...more
Police in Florida say that multiple commercial vehicles were targeted by thrown objects while they ...more
A coroner is still working to determine the cause of death for a truck driver ...more
Fourteen people were hurt in a crash involving a car hauler and three other vehicles, ...more
A California Highway Patrol (CHP) trooper ticketed a truck driver for a drug-related violation during ...more
The Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP) shared body cam and dash cam video from a ...more
Costello Warns That Port Fee Plan Could Upend Supply Chain
Bob Costello outlines international issues that could affect the supply chain. (Truckload Carriers Association) PHOENIX ...more
Shell CEO Says Pursuing Major Deal Brings Risks of Distraction
Liquefied natural gas processing equipment at Shell's Queensland Curtis LNG plant on Curtis Island in ...more
Baltimore Marks One Year After Tragic Bridge Collapse
A family member of one of the workers who died during the collapse of the ...more
VTNA to Lay Off Up to 350 Employees at Virginia Plant
Production at Volvo Trucks North America's New River Valley assembly plant in Dublin, Va. It ...more
A semi truck flipped off of an overpass and crushed a Camaro in South Texas ...more
Transportation Secretary Duffy Promotes Permitting Reform
Duffy speaks at the April 2 hearing. (epw.senate.gov) WASHINGTON — The nation’s top transportation officer ...more
Protesters are shutting down I-490 in Rochester, NY this Sunday
A group of protesters said they’re going to shut down Interstate 490 this Sunday. The ...more
The truck driver found speaking with a pregnant teen and her 40-year-old baby daddy at ...more