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Former NTDC 5-Axle Tanker Champ Has Heart Transplant

Earlier this year, former NTDC standout Brian Singelais had a failing heart and needed a transplant. A few weeks ago, the family acknowledged its prayers were answered.

April 9, 2024
Business

Transport Topics Radio

Transport Topics is no longer airing on SiriusXM Radio.

April 9, 2024
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyFuelTCA

Obscure Energy Calculation Could Speed Up EV Future

WASHINGTON — Overshadowed by the tailpipe emissions rule, the Department of Energy finalized changes to a calculation that could impact automakers’ ability to sell gas-powered vehicles.

April 9, 2024
BusinessTechnologyAutonomous

Cruise to Resume Testing Its Robotaxi Service in Phoenix

Cruise is preparing to resume testing its robotaxis with safety drivers in Phoenix, marking an important step in its attempts to resume service after grounding its fleet last year.

April 9, 2024
GovernmentBusinessTechnologySafety

Tesla Settles Suit Over Death in Crash Involving Autopilot

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Tesla has settled a lawsuit brought by the family of a Silicon Valley engineer who died in a crash while relying on the company’s semi-autonomous driving software.

April 9, 2024
BusinessTechnologyEquipment

Volvo's Alm: Stakeholders Play a Role in Net-Zero Ambitions

GOTHENBURG, Sweden — Volvo Trucks CEO Roger Alm said the company’s goal of achieving 100% net-zero carbon emissions across its value chain by 2040 must benefit all parties involved.

April 9, 2024
GovernmentBusinessSafety

Norfolk Southern to Pay $600M in Settlement Over Derailment

Norfolk Southern has agreed to pay $600 million in a class-action lawsuit settlement related to a fiery train derailment in February 2023 in eastern Ohio.

April 9, 2024
BusinessLogistics

Quantix Acquires TMS Provider CLX Logistics

Brown Gibbons Lang & Co. announced April 8 that it has sold transportation management systems company CLX Logistics to chemical supply chain services firm Quantix.

April 8, 2024
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentFuel

Nikola Class 8 FCEV Truck Production Nudges Up to 43 in Q1

Nikola Corp. produced 43 and wholesaled 40 Class 8 hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles in the first quarter of 2024, the truck maker said.

April 8, 2024
BusinessFuel

Diesel Leaps Back Over $4 Mark After 6.5¢ Increase

A 6.5-cent increase in the national average diesel price has brought trucking’s main fuel back over the $4 mark and left it just 3.7 cents shy of where it was a year ago.

April 8, 2024