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Rheinmetall AG is set to buy a U.S. military vehicle specialist for $950 million as the German company seeks to expand its position in the world’s largest defense market.

DETROIT — Ford and Mazda are warning the owners of more than 475,000 older vehicles not to drive them because they have dangerous Takata air bag inflators that have not been replaced.

In the two years since President Biden signed the measure into law, the Commerce Department indicated it has announced more than $30 billion in private sector investments across 15 states.

Renewable diesel as a drop-in fuel for diesel combustion engines is starting to gain traction in the U.S. trucking industry, said suppliers, distributors and federal energy researchers.

Drivers whose trucks are sidelined along a busy highway with service issues have for decades been required to place warning triangles behind the trailer to alert oncoming traffic.

Senior members of the U.S. House Transportation Committee recently introduced legislation to enhance safety requirements for trains carrying hazardous materials.

Cracking down on predatory towing, Ontario now requires tow truck drivers and vehicle storage operators to have a certificate to operate in the first such move by a Canadian province.

Twenty-six states led by Kentucky and West Virginia have filed a lawsuit to block a new fuel economy rule by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. 

Regulators are delaying until 2025 a supplemental heavy-duty truck speed limiter proposed rule, an automatic emergency braking final rule and a proposed new truck driver seizure standard.