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Florida lawmakers are readying a series of reforms aimed at frivolous lawsuits that target trucking companies and other small businesses in the state.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has announced it won’t adopt a complex data collection method recommended in 2017 by a special National Academy of Sciences academic panel to calculate safety scores for motor carriers.

NEW YORK — Tesla workers at a factory in New York are launching a campaign to organize a union.

The Rhode Island Department of Transportation is seeking an appeal of a federal court’s ruling that its trucks-only tolling program is unconstitutional.

Senior senators recently urged the Federal Communications Commission to approve limited access to a frequency band of spectrum for transportation operations.

CarriersEdge expanded its training library by adding two new courses on mental health and personal security for truck drivers, the company announced Feb. 9.

Federal trucking regulators have received exemption requests from motor carriers looking for long-term authority to deploy a brake-lamp technology with a pulsating bulb feature.

BERLIN — A German court on Feb. 14 rejected a lawsuit by environmental group Greenpeace aiming to force automaker Volkswagen to stop selling vehicles with combustion engines by 2030.

Global spending on electric vehicles is surging. According to a new report published by BloombergNEF, annual spending on passenger EVs hit $388 billion in 2022, up 53% from the year before.

WASHINGTON — The pace of consumer price increases eased again in January, the latest sign that the high inflation that has gripped Americans for two years is slowing.