BYD can now add "charging as fast as refueling" to its marketing slogans, potentially helping it capture more market share from legacy automakers and direct rivals like Tesla.
March 18, 2025Fleet Equipment News
Commercial freight transportation is a machine-based business. Highly technical equipment and advanced engineering are at the center of supply chain and require constant innovation. Transport Topics equipment coverage focuses on the machines and other physical assets that make delivery possible. It looks closely at available truck, trailer, and chassis models, developments in the engineering space, and maintenance innovations and best practices.
How BYD鈥檚 Five-Minute EV Charging Stacks Up Against Rivals
Congressional Republicans Seek to Halt States' EPA Waivers
Legislation that would restrict the federal government from permitting states to limit sales of vehicles with internal combustion engines was recently introduced in the U.S. Senate.
March 18, 2025Port Neighbors Fear Pullback on Shift to EVs
People who live near ports fear that $3 billion earmarked from President Joe Biden's infrastructure law to boost electrification in order to reduce pollution will be canceled.
March 18, 2025Luminar Stock Jumps as Viral Video Backs Its Tech Over Tesla
In the video, which has drawn more than 11 million views since it was published to YouTube on March 15, Mark Rober runs six tests assessing Luminar's lidar technology against Tesla鈥檚 system.
March 17, 2025Yellow Creditors Push Plan to End Bankruptcy Case
Creditors of defunct trucking firm Yellow Corp. will submit their own plan in coming days on how to split up the company鈥檚 remaining $550 million of cash and end its bankruptcy case.
March 17, 2025Volkswagen鈥檚 Audi Will Cut 7,500 Jobs in Germany by 2029
The reductions, which correspond to 14% of the brand鈥檚 German workforce, won鈥檛 affect factory workers.聽鈥淎udi must become faster, more agile and more efficient,鈥 said CEO Gernot D枚llner.
March 17, 2025Low-Rolling-Resistance Tires Gain Traction in Trucking
Significant technological advances in recent years have helped to increase demand for LRR tires.聽鈥淭hey鈥檙e just making the tires better and better all around,鈥 one trucking executive said.
March 17, 2025Wabash to Quadruple Size of TaaS Fleet
Trailer manufacturer Wabash intends to expand the size of its trailers-as-a-service fleet by as much as a factor of four by the end of 2025, an executive told Transport Topics.
March 14, 2025Daimler Truck Eyes Reset as Steady DTNA Awaits OTR Rebound
Daimler Truck North America had a steady fourth quarter of 2024 and full year, but the rest of Daimler Truck is set for a substantial reorganization and strategy revamp.
March 14, 2025Nikola鈥檚 Bankruptcy Sale Nears Critical March 17 Deadline
If no suitable bids arrive by the stalking horse deadline, court documents indicate that an auction will take place April 7. The court said it would make public the results on April 10.
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