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Knight-Swift Expands Trucking Reach With AAA Cooper Acquisition
Trucker Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. is pushing into a critical transport sector that moves smaller shipments for retail and...
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Jul 7, 20213 min read


Shortage of truck drivers is behind fuel delivery delays, says GasBuddy analyst
Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, told CNBC on Wednesday that a shortage of truck drivers is causing fuel delivery...
icarussmith20
Jul 1, 20212 min read


Teamsters vote to create dedicated Amazon division to unionize workers
The Teamsters, one of America’s largest labor unions, voted in favor of launching a national effort to unionize Amazon workers at a...
icarussmith20
Jun 27, 20212 min read


Tesla attorney Lynn Miller leaves for autonomous trucking start-up Plus
A top Tesla attorney, Lynn Miller, has exited Elon Musk’s electric car company and is joining Plus as general counsel, the autonomous...
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Jun 23, 20212 min read


U.S. push for self-driving cars faces union, lawyers opposition
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday again rejected attempts to lift regulations to allow for the...
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Jun 17, 20212 min read


Chinese Trucking Startup Seeks to Raise Up to $1.6 Billion in U.S. IPO
Full Truck Alliance Co., a Chinese startup that provides an Uber-like service for the road-haulage industry, aims to raise as much as...
icarussmith20
Jun 16, 20212 min read


UPS exploring same day delivery
United Parcel Service Inc. is exploring a same-day option, a delivery model that has been employed by gig-economy players, as the...
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Jun 10, 20212 min read


Trucking industry eyes young truckers to help with driver shortage
Every day, truckers across the country are transporting different goods where they need to go. For Wyatt Kinard, it is sod. “I love it,”...
icarussmith20
Jun 10, 20212 min read


UPS Shares Fall as Firm Gets More Selective on Deliveries
(Reuters) -United Parcel Service Inc shares fell 6% on Wednesday as the company known for delivering everything from Amazon.com packages...
icarussmith20
Jun 9, 20211 min read


Tesla veteran and trucking chief leaves company
Tesla is losing one of its most important executives; Jerome Guillen. Guillen held high-ranking positions at Tesla for more than ten...
icarussmith20
Jun 8, 20212 min read


The Briefing: Why Does Trucking Face A Driver Shortage?
Two ongoing problems are adding up to create one major issue around the number of drivers in the trucking industry. High Mile-Age First,...
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Jun 8, 20212 min read


Is ‘a day of reckoning’ coming for FedEx, UPS?
FedEx remains inundated with elevated parcel volume stemming from continued online shopping resulting in longer delivery times, service...
icarussmith20
Jun 6, 20213 min read


Yellow Faces House Probe Over $700 Million Covid-Aid Loan
A House panel is scrutinizing a $700 million national security loan given to trucking company Yellow Corp. from pandemic relief funds...
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Jun 5, 20213 min read


Trucker Pay Is Increasing, but a Driver Shortage Remains
The massive shortage of truck drivers in the US is boosting drivers' pay — but it isn't enough to fill job vacancies in the industry. The...
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Jun 2, 20212 min read


Freight startup Sennder raises another $80 mln, decides against SPAC deal
Digital freight startup Sennder on Tuesday said it had raised a further $80 million from investors to expand its business, having decided...
icarussmith20
Jun 1, 20212 min read


Truckers are getting big pay hikes, but there's still a shortage of drivers
America's truck driver shortage is driving pay higher. But it's not solving the scarcity of truckers. Massive increases in online...
icarussmith20
May 30, 20214 min read


Ford ups EV investments, targets 40% electric car sales by 2030 under latest turnaround plan
Ford Motor said Wednesday it expects electric vehicles to make up almost half of its global sales by 2030 under the company’s latest...
icarussmith20
May 27, 20214 min read


In It For The Long Haul: Autonomous Trucking Startup Plus Goes Public Via SPAC
Autonomous trucking startup Plus (formerly known as Plus.ai) is a company I've begun to follow closely. While much of the hype around...
icarussmith20
May 25, 20214 min read


Trucker, 79, Has Covered 4 Million Miles Accident-Free
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The last time we saw trucker Don Cook, his career odometer had just rolled over to 3 million miles. He hadn’t had...
icarussmith20
May 24, 20213 min read


Senator’s suggested 25 cent per mile truck-only tax called ‘an assault on the trucking industry’
Members of the trucking industry are have spoken out against a Texas Senator’s suggestion to impose a hefty vehicle miles traveled (VMT)...
icarussmith20
May 23, 20213 min read
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