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Tesla鈥檚 Price Cuts Make It Competitive With Gas-Powered Cars

Tesla Inc.鈥檚 top-selling electric vehicles now compete directly with gasoline cars on price after the latest round of price reductions, but that could cost the company $1.2 billion a year.

October 9, 2023
GovernmentBusinessLogistics

Inspections Halt 19,000 Trucks at Texas-Mexico Border

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott鈥檚 border security crackdown is clogging up commercial crossings, leaving at least 19,000 trucks loaded with $1.9 billion of goods stuck waiting in Mexico.

October 9, 2023
GovernmentBusiness

2023 MCE Photo Gallery

In 2023, American Trucking Associations' Management Conference & Exhibition returns to the Convention Center in Austin, Texas, on Oct. 14-17, the same venue where the event was held in 2018.

October 9, 2023
BusinessEquipment

Workers at Mack Trucks Go on Strike After Rejecting Deal

Union workers at Mack Trucks went on strike Oct. 9 after voting down a tentative five-year contract agreement that negotiators had reached with the company.

October 9, 2023
BusinessTechnologyLogistics

GXO Launches End-to-End Supply Chain Software Solutions

GXO Logistics is deploying a new end-to-end supply chain software solution to support its shared warehousing service GXO Direct, the company announced Oct. 3.

October 6, 2023
BusinessTechnologySafetyFor-Hire

Estes: Many Core IT Systems Operational Again After Attack

Estes Express Lines on Oct. 6 said a large share of its core IT infrastructure systems were 鈥渙nce again operational鈥 following a cyberattack earlier in the week.

October 6, 2023
GovernmentBusinessEquipmentSafety

West Virginia Community College Gets CDL Training Simulators

A West Virginia community and technical college can now enhance its commercial driver license training with a pair of sophisticated driving simulators courtesy of the state.

October 6, 2023
BusinessPrivate

Love鈥檚 Buys Legal Aid Specialist TVC Pro-Driver

Love鈥檚 Travel Stops bought driver legal aid specialist TVC Pro-Driver for an undisclosed sum on Oct. 4, the truck stop owner said.

October 6, 2023
BusinessTechnology

Carrier Global Launches Supply Chain Disruption Risk Tool

Carrier Global Corp. on Oct. 4 began offering a software-as-a-service solution known as Lynx Logix that helps predict and address supply chain disruptions, it said.

October 6, 2023
BusinessLogistics

Lineage Buys Eight Cold Storage Warehouses from Burris

Lineage Logistics bought eight cold storage warehouses from Burris Logistics for an undisclosed sum, the buyer said. 聽

October 6, 2023