This EV maker will let you buy an electric truck with $TRUMP crypto

U.S. President Donald Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill may hasten the end of tax credits for electric vehicles, but one electric truck maker has moved to accept $TRUMP meme coin as…

Carriers get reprieve on fuel prices but other costs climb, squeezing margins: ATRI

Trucking costs declined 0.4% in 2024, according to the latest An Analysis of the Operational Costs of Trucking report from the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI), thanks mostly to a…

Traton Group combines its various brands’ R&D efforts

Traton Group, including its North American International brand, are combining global research and development efforts. The initiative brings together about 9,000 R&D employees from Scania, MAN, International and Volkswagen Truck…

Fleets reshape AI adoption with focus on care over control, see retention gains

Driver-facing cameras and AI coaching are helping fleets tackle workforce retention. And while cameras once drew skepticism, executives from DHL, XPO, and Helix Traffic Solutions said that attitudes are shifting,…

Brace for ramped-up cargo theft in the U.S. this week: CargoNet

Carriers operating in the U.S. should be prepared as cargo thieves gear up to pull some heists over the July 4 holiday week, warns Verisk CargoNet. Cargo thieves normally take…

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick thanks Canada for dropping digital services tax

U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has thanked Canada for dropping its digital services tax in a move to resume trade negotiations with the United States. “Thank you Canada for removing…

‘Leave’em laughing’: How to plan better driver meetings

If you think driver meetings are a drag, you should have been around 25 years ago. On a typical dreary Saturday morning on any fall weekend, clusters of drivers could…

Trucking Announcements: Musket’s Pride parade; Samsara recognizes Martin Brower’s Khorev

Each week, TruckNews.com lists notable events, promotions and awards in the trucking industry. This week, Vipar’s vice-president of business development announced his retirement after nearly two decades with the company. Musket Transport…

U.S. invests in truck parking, kills speed limiter proposal and slashes other regs

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy has introduced a package of new initiatives and regulatory updates for the trucking industry aimed at “removing one-size-fits-all mandates, modernizing driver resources and slashing…

DHL Express Canada workers ratify new agreement, move to end strike and lockout

Canada’s largest private sector union says a three-week lockout and strike at DHL Express Canada is ending after workers ratified a new agreement. Unifor says the four-year agreement reached with…

Waterloo blitz parks nearly 100 commercial vehicles

The Waterloo Regional Police Traffic Services Unit conducted a two-day commercial vehicle blitz June 25-26, along with other enforcement agencies in the province. They inspected more than 280 commercial vehicles,…

PM says negotiations continue as Trump says he’s ending trade talks over digital tax

Prime Minister Mark Carney says he did not speak Friday with Donald Trump before the U.S. president announced a sudden end to trade negotiations in response to Ottawa’s plans to…

Truck hits highway overpass in Ontario ripping roof off commercial vehicle it was hauling

Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are warning truck drivers to always double-check the dimensions of their load after a commercial vehicle struck an overpass on Highway 401, “peeling the roof right…

ECONOMIC TRUCKING TRENDS: Freight market weakness continues

Freight market weakness continues to be reflected in the data that crossed our inboxes this week. For-hire truck tonnage and spot market rates slipped, while overall trucking conditions were flat.

Volvo Group announces changes to executive board

Lars Stenqvist, member of the Volvo Group executive board and group chief technology officer has decided to step down from his current role after nine years of service and continue…