Factory Output Rises Slightly, Limited by Auto Production
A worker prepares a tire to be mounted onto a truck chassis at the Volvo AG New River Valley Plant in Dublin, Va. (Justin Ide/Bloomberg News) Production at U.S. factories barely rose in August as a drop in motor vehicle assemblies masked a rebound in output of other consumer goods ...more
Walmart Now Offers Late-Evening Delivery, Pickup
The late-evening service will be available at more than 4,000 stores nationwide. (Walmart) Walmart is making a late-night change to ...more
Cashless Tolling Is Coming to Kansas Turnpike in 2024
A truck passes under a tolling gantry on the Kansas Turnpike. (Kansas Turnpike Authority) Making driving safer between the Oklahoma ...more
Illinois Welcomes Expansion of Soybean Plant for Biodiesel
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (second from right) joins other dignitaries at the groundbreaking ceremony Sept. 6. (Illinois Dept. of Commerce ...more
Peterbilt Celebrates Model 389 Milestone
Massey Motor Freight owner Troy Massey accepts a plaque acknowleding the 100,000th Peterbilt Model 389. (Peterbilt Motors Co. via X) ...more
Federal Railroad Inspectors Find Defects at Union Pacific
Locomotives are stacked up with freight cars in the Union Pacific Railroad's Bailey Yard in North Platte, Neb. (David Zalubowski/AP/File) ...more
Nikola Truck Catches Fire During Testing
The pre-production truck was undergoing “battery fire investigation and testing” at a facility near its Phoenix headquarters when it caught ...more
Trucking Trade Groups Generally Support AEB Proposal
A rendering of a truck stopping behind a vehicle on a highway by the automatic ...more
July Used Class 8 Sales Decline 9.3% Year-Over-Year
The used truck market is changing every day, says James Rys of House of Trucks. ...more
Tesla to Supply Hilton Hotels With 20,000 EV Chargers
The installations are expected to be completed by 2025. (Hilton) Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. is ...more
New York’s Port of Oswego Wins $4 Million Federal Grant
The port project is expected to create 19 jobs and generate $50,000 in private investment. ...more
Former Ford, VW Executives Start Stack AV
An autonomous truck in Stack AV’s test fleet. (Stack via Bloomberg) The founders of the ...more
Biden Will Nominate Michael Whitaker as Next FAA Chief
Former FAA Deputy Administrator Michael Whitaker on Capitol Hill in 2015. (Andrew Harnik/Associated Press) President ...more
California Charging Infrastructure Lags Behind Targets
A heavy-duty electric vehicle charging station in California. (Penske Truck Leasing) The California Air Resources ...more
Cruise Could Bring Robotaxis to Raleigh
A Cruise vehicle in San Francisco. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News) Cruise, the taxi company that ...more
Transfix Fights Freight Fraud With Shipment Verification Tool
The new Transfix feature adds a unique QR code to its rate confirmations, making it ...more
Driverless Trucks Face Regulatory Opposition in California
A Peterbilt-manufactured truck equipped with Kodiak Robotics' self-driving technology. (Raymond Rudolph/Kodiak Robotics) Driverless 18-wheel trucks ...more
Kroger, Albertsons In Talks to Sell Stores to C&S, SoftBank
The SoftBank Corp. logo displayed near a store in Tokyo. (Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg News) Kroger Co. ...more
ATA Touts USDOT Truck Parking Investments
ATA President Chris Spear (left), Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg (middle) and ATA Chairman Dan Van ...more
Intense winter weather expected in Wyoming & Nebraska through Thursday
Officials are predicting some intense winter weather in Wyoming and Nebraska until about midweek. A ...more
Fed Hikes Rate by Half-Point, Signals More to Come
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve reinforced its inflation fight Dec. 14 by raising its key ...more
Nikola Founder Milton Seeks New Trial, Lodges Jury Complaints
Nikola Corp. founder Trevor Milton asked for a new trial on charges he misled investors ...more