Its Box Stayed on I-5. Its Cab Hung Off the Side and Caught Fire. Neither Man Inside Went to the Hospital
A crash left a San Diego moving truck folded over I-5's center divide, its cab burning above the lanes below.…
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California’s DMV Hounded a Widower for Fees on the SUV a Big Rig Destroyed. The Trucker Kept His License
The DMV threatened Loren Chow with wage garnishment over fees on the SUV a semi wrecked. The trucker kept driving…
6,400 Texas Drivers Just Lost Their CDLs. The Paper Trail Points to a Default Setting in the State’s Own Computer
More than 6,400 Texas commercial drivers now hold plain Class C licenses. Most people credit...
Honda Is Burying 150-kW Wireless Chargers Under Japanese Highways, and Big Rigs Are the Target
A 20-ton electric delivery truck has to haul its own fuel tank, and that tank...
Record Diesel Is Sending Small Trucking Fleets Straight to Bankruptcy Court
For the week of Sept. 21, the federal government’s weekly pump survey put the national...
Trump’s Red Diesel Order Turns a 24.4-Cent Fuel Tax Into an IOU
The Oct. 5 order defers the federal tax on red diesel used on highways through Dec. 31. The seller usually…
Banning Diesel Exports Could Raise Gas Prices. Trump Says So Himself.
A refinery makes up to 1.8 gallons of gasoline for every gallon of diesel. That is why an export ban…
EPA Built Its Smog Rule Around EVs That Aren’t Coming. Now It Wants Two More Years for Gas Cars
The EPA's 2024 tailpipe rule counted on electric cars to carry its smog and soot limits. With EV forecasts cut…
Delaware Police Say Fake FedEx Drivers Took $680,000 in Electronics. One Walked Back to the Truck While Troopers Were There.
Delaware State Police say two men posing as FedEx drivers used fake paperwork to haul off $680,000 in electronics. The…
Watch: A Semi’s Brakes Went Up in Smoke on I-70. Colorado Built a Pile of Gravel for Exactly This Moment.
A semi with smoking brakes bailed into a runaway truck ramp on Colorado's I-70. Here's how the ramps work, why…
California Opened the Door to Robot Semis. Most of the Homework Gets Done in Texas.
California's new heavy-duty AV rules demand a million autonomous miles before a driverless semi can deploy, but up to 800,000…
Nobody Can Build A Refinery In 90 Days, So The Feds Just Let Fuel Truckers Drive 16-Hour Shifts
FMCSA just handed gasoline and diesel haulers a 90-day pass to run 16-hour days. The ceiling isn't new, the justification…
America Is Making More Diesel Than It Has Since 2019. It Still Costs a Record $6.29.
The most useful number inside this week’s record diesel prices is not $6.29. It is...
Ford’s 17-Truck Recall, Diesel Past $6, and What Else Moved
Our automotive news roundup for the last 24 hours: three more Ford recalls, a Daimler repair being done a third…
Six California Pumps Hit $9.999. The Pump Isn’t the Thing That Broke.
California diesel prices hit $7.764 a gallon while six pumps maxed out at $9.999. Federal data shows demand is actually…