The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) is using advanced drone technology to aid in spotting commercial vehicle equipment issues during Operation Safe Driver Week. On July 15, NYSDOT announced the agency’s participation in the Operation Safe Driver Week blitz alongside the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance and other law ...more
Auto Parts Supplier Marelli Blames Tariffs for Bankruptcy
The Marelli Corp. headquarters in Saitama, Japan. (Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg) Marelli Holdings Co., the long-struggling auto parts supplier for Nissan Motor ...more
EU Sees US Trade Talks Extending Beyond July Deadline
The Port of Barcelona. (Angel Garcia/Bloomberg) The European Union believes trade negotiations with the U.S. could extend beyond President Donald ...more
Trump Tariffs Can Stay in Effect Longer, Appeals Court Says
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after arriving on Air Force One on June 10 at Joint Base Andrews, Md. ...more
Inflation Up Slightly in May as Grocery Prices Ticked Higher
Food costs rose in May. (Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg) WASHINGTON — U.S. inflation picked up a bit last month as food costs ...more
GM to Invest $4B to Shift Some Production From Mexico to US
Assembly team leader Piego Connally works at the Fairfax Assembly plant in Kansas City, Kan. (General Motors) Shares of General ...more
Autonomous Truck Firm Plus to Go Public Via Churchill SPAC
Merging with an affiliate of the same investment group that took electric automaker Lucid Motors public is Plus’ second attempt ...more
Tariff Truce Has Kept China-US Trade Flowing Across the Pacific
A tugboat assists a containership to its berth at the Port of Long Beach. (Tim ...more
Northern US Mayors Call for End to Trade War With Canada
A tractor-trailer traveling into the United States at the Canada-U.S. border in St-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Quebec. (Graham ...more
DOT Moves to Slash Dozens of Trucking Regulations
DOT said that in total, the deregulatory package will rescind, withdraw or amend burdensome regulations ...more
Partnerships to Fuel JoyRide’s Zero-Emission Ambitions
JoyRide is set to become the first fleet to operate Antwerp, Belgium-based Windrose’s R700 Class ...more
Kenworth Expands Powertrain Options for T680, T880, W990
Kenworth’s flagship T680 on-highway tractor is available with PX-9, MX-11 and MX-13 engines and TX-12, ...more
Virginia Wins $366M Distribution Center in Lego’s US Expansion
More than 2,000 jobs are expected to be created by the Lego toy factory and ...more
Rivian Eyes New Debt Deal
(Hannah Elliott/Bloomberg News) JPMorgan Chase & Co. is leading a potential high-yield bond sale for ...more
DOT Pauses Planned Workforce Cuts Due to Litigation
(Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg News) The U.S. Department of Transportation said it’s pausing planned cuts to its ...more
ATA’s Spear: Emission Mandates to Be Decade’s Defining Issue
ATA President Chris Spear speaks at the American Truck Dealers event. Spear urged government agencies ...more
Canada Rescinds Technology Tax on US
Mark Carney shakes hands with Donald Trump during an arrival ceremony during the Group of ...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. ...more
A three vehicle pile up involving a semi truck in a construction zone merge left ...more
Guangzhou Automobile Group Unveils Ammonia-Powered Engine
Guangzhou Automobile Group Co. Aion Y compact electric multi-purpose vehicles at the Auto Shanghai 2021 ...more
Employers Added a Surprising 147,000 Jobs in June
(Matt Rourke/AP/File) U.S. employers added 147,000 jobs in June as the American labor market continues ...more
GDP Growth in Q1 2023 Revised to 2%
Freight rail cars sit in Norfolk Southern's Conway Terminal in Conway Pa. (Gene J. Puskar/Associated ...more
A woman was awarded just over seven million dollars in a lawsuit against a towing ...more