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Transport Topics business coverage focuses on the financial, economic, and commercial aspects of the modern freight business. Looking at both the microeconomic and macroeconomic forces shaping bottom lines, the news in this category includes labor news, jobs reports, tonnage and sales indicators, operations analysis, money and banking, mergers, acquisitions, e-commerce, bankruptcy, insurance issues, and more.

GovernmentBusinessEquipmentSafety

BMW Recalls Over 330,000 Cars After Finding Engine Fire Risk

BMW AG is recalling at least 331,000 vehicles globally due to a defect in its starter motor, another setback for the German carmaker that’s been hit by costly product flaws.

September 26, 2025
BusinessSafetyLogistics

Trucking Insurance Faces Crossroads With AI and Litigation

Nuclear verdicts against carriers and efforts by regulators to make sense of AI are currently creating a shift in the way that insurance policies are developed and nurtured.

September 26, 2025
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentFuelLogistics

EV Realty Wins $75M Private Equity-Led Capital Infusion

EV Realty’s first public charging facility in San Bernardino, Calif., will be among the projects receiving an influx of cash from the additional funding round.

September 26, 2025
GovernmentBusinessSafety

DOT Tightens Rules for Noncitizen Truck Drivers

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said fatal crashes caused by truck drivers who shouldn’t have had licenses were found in Florida, Texas and Alabama.

September 26, 2025
BusinessTechnology

EVgo Is Open to Buying Rival EV Charging Firms

The charging industry has faced several challenges: the imminent expiration of federal tax credits for electric vehicles, slowing EV sales and competition among station operators.

September 26, 2025
BusinessLogisticsPrivateGlobal Freight

Uber Reports Leaps in Grocery, Retail Deliveries

The company expects non-restaurant deliveries to hit an annual run rate of $12.5 billion in gross bookings by the end of 2025,  25% more than the $10 billion run rate it shared in May.

September 26, 2025
BusinessSafety

Trucking Industry Still Facing Soaring Insurance Costs

The reversal of a $100 million verdict against Werner Enterprises gave trucking a big win in a legal environment in which “nuclear” verdicts and smaller settlements are raising insurance rates.

September 26, 2025
GovernmentBusiness

Fed’s Favored Inflation Gauge Accelerates Slightly in August

The Commerce Department reported Sept. 26 that its personal consumption expenditures price index was up 2.7% in August from a year earlier.

September 26, 2025
GovernmentBusinessLogistics

Canada Post Union Strikes Over Moves to End Household Mail

Four million Canadians will see their service switch from door-to-door delivery to a community mailbox model, and some post offices will be closed for good.

September 26, 2025
GovernmentBusinessEquipment

Daimler Truck, Traton Slide Over Trump’s Truck Tariffs

Both Daimler and Traton operate assembly sites in Mexico that may be affected by the levies.

September 26, 2025