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Seven More Sentenced in Staged New Orleans Crashes

Seven more individuals have been sentenced over the past month for their roles in staged crashes with tractor-trailers in the New Orleans area.

March 28, 2023
GovernmentBusiness

Kentucky Law Aims to Attract Nonresident Truck Drivers

Kentucky’s Gov. Andy Beshear has signed a package of five workforce development bills, including legislation to entice out-of-state truckers to move there.

March 28, 2023
GovernmentBusiness

Consumer Confidence Ticks Up in March

WASHINGTON — Consumer confidence inched up in March after two straight monthly declines, even as persistent inflation and anxiety over a possible recession weighed on American households.

March 28, 2023
GovernmentBusinessEquipmentSafetyLogistics

North Dakota Expands Overweight, Oversize Permit Options

Trucking companies in North Dakota are going to be able to have greater flexibility and efficiency serving the agriculture industry with overweight and oversize permits due to a new law passed at the request of the state highway patrol.

March 28, 2023
GovernmentBusinessTechnology

US Challenges China’s EV Supply Chain

The magnitude of the challenge it will be for the U.S. to loosen China’s grip on the electric vehicle supply chain is coming into sharper relief.

March 28, 2023
GovernmentBusinessTechnology

US, Japan Reach Deal on Vital Minerals for EV Batteries

TOKYO — Japan and the United States have reached an agreement on trade in critical minerals for electric vehicle batteries, part of an effort to ensure secure supplies of strategically important resources.

March 28, 2023
GovernmentBusinessTechnologySafety

NHTSA Opens Investigation Into Tesla Seat Belts Coming Loose

DETROIT — U.S. highway safety regulators have opened yet another investigation into problems with Teslas, this time tied to complaints that the seat belts may not hold people in a crash.

March 28, 2023
BusinessTechnology

Lyft Names David Risher New CEO as Co-Founder Steps Down

Lyft Inc. tapped David Risher to be its new CEO, replacing co-founder Logan Green as the ride-hailing company struggles to compete with bigger rival Uber Technologies Inc.

March 27, 2023
GovernmentBusinessFuel

Eighth-Straight Weekly Drop Brings Diesel to $4.128 a Gallon

The national average price for diesel marked its eighth consecutive weekly drop, shedding another 5.7 cents to dip to $4.128 a gallon, the Energy Information Administration reported.

March 27, 2023
BusinessTechnologyEquipment

Technology Helps Minimize Tractor-Trailer Pairing Errors

Some carriers are using technology designed to help prevent drivers from picking up the wrong trailer, and some telematics vendors are developing tractor-trailer pairing capability.

March 27, 2023

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