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Update: 2024 Top 100 Truck Bottlenecks List Sees Congestion Increasing

Fuel聽card skimming is on the rise. Read Dan Calabrese's report on what聽trucking聽fleets聽can do to thwart聽cyber criminals聽who engage in this聽high tech聽theft.

February 15, 2024
BusinessEquipment

Allison Q4 Profit Rises 21% on Vocational Strength

Allison Transmission Holdings Inc. profits increased 21% year-over-year in the fourth quarter of 2023 behind North American Class 8 vocational truck market strength.

February 15, 2024
GovernmentBusiness

Retail Sales Fall 0.8% in January After Busy Holiday Season

NEW YORK 鈥 Americans pulled back their spending more than expected in January after the traditional holiday season splurge, Commerce Department data showed Feb. 15.

February 15, 2024
BusinessTechnologySafetyAutonomous

GM Nearly Doubling Area Where Automated System Is Usable

DETROIT 鈥 General Motors is adding about 350,000 miles of roadways in the U.S. and Canada to the area where drivers can use the company鈥檚 鈥淪uper Cruise鈥 partially automated driving system.

February 15, 2024
GovernmentBusinessEquipmentSafety

Underride Committee May Ask for New Rear Guard Rule

A specially appointed committee reviewing truck underride guard safety is weighing whether to recommend that federal regulators toughen a 2022 rule on rear underride guards.

February 14, 2024
GovernmentBusinessFor-Hire

Knight-Swift Adds 10 More Leased Yellow Terminals to Haul

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. extended its winning streak in auctions of former Yellow Corp. terminals, strengthening its less-than-truckload operations.

February 14, 2024
BusinessTechnologyFuel

California Expanding Fleet of Hydrogen Passenger Trains

The California Department of Transportation announced on Feb. 14 a $127 million agreement with Stadler Rail AG to expand its fleet of zero-emission, hydrogen-powered passenger trains.

February 14, 2024
BusinessTechnology

Ford Sees 鈥楥olossal鈥 Competitive Threat in Chinese EVs

Ford Motor Co. sees low-cost Chinese electric vehicles as a 鈥渃olossal strategic threat鈥 that will arrive on U.S. shores, as automakers already confront shaky consumer demand for EVs.

February 14, 2024
GovernmentTechnologySafety

NHTSA Offers $350M in Crash Data System Grants to States

States have until May 1 to apply for up to $350 million in grants from NHTSA to upgrade and standardize their crash data systems to enable full electronic information sharing with the agency.

February 14, 2024
BusinessTechnologyLogisticsAutonomous

GXO Reports Profit, Revenue Increased in Fourth Quarter

GXO Logistics reported an increase in revenue and earnings year-over-year during the fourth quarter, despite the softer freight market, the company detailed Feb. 14.

February 14, 2024

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