The cost to hire a professional truck driver is increasing amid market pressures that are putting a premium on experience and quality, according to experts.

Clarience Technologies recently rebranded its Road Ready line of trailer tracking and telematics products under the Saegic name.

Humble Robotics secured $51 million in new financing, bringing the autonomous EV developer’s total funding to $75 million less than a year after its founding.

A $6.7 million federal grant has been awarded to Wyoming to upgrade the twin Green River tunnels on I-80 with new safety and emergency systems.

The ride-hailing company plans to maintain SpotHero as a separate app while it adds the parking feature into Uber’s platform.

The Ohio plant is expected to start production in 2029 and expand output by 240,000 vehicles a year. Honda aims to introduce 15 new hybrids globally by March 2030.

Bernie Hall, a steelworker leading negotiations with U.S. Steel, said it’s “highly unlikely” the union will continue negotiations into 2027, putting a rough deadline on talks.

Several bills important to trucking could make it through the lame-duck session, including those relating to cargo theft and freight fraud.

The sale will leave CNH focused entirely on its agricultural equipment business, which sells Case IH and New Holland tractors and is about four times larger than construction. 

Fleetworthy launched an AI tool designed to help fleet managers analyze toll charges, monitor transponder performance and identify potential cost-saving opportunities.

McDonald’s has previously dispatched orders using either Uber or DoorDash. The new agreement gives Uber precedence in the specified locales. 

*/ /*-->*/ Tyson Foods said it will restore a second shift at its Amarillo, Texas, beef plant, with full operations expected by summer 2027.

The FBI, USDOT and three federal agencies issued an alert to owners and operators of cold-chain monitoring systems about possible cyberattacks.

Transportation entrepreneur Brad Jacobs is leading a $1 billion investment into land management company CKX Lands, his team announced Nov. 9.

The extension prolongs a U.S.-China trade truce until Jan. 10 and includes suspended special fees on American ships at Chinese ports.

Brent crude oil, the international standard, dropped 5.5% to $92.96 per barrel. Yet hostilities continue in the Middle East.

Elon Musk announced that Tesla would stop making the Cybertruck at its Texas plant around the middle of 2027 to free up capacity for its Cybercab autonomous vehicle.

Disruptions at the affected terminals could impact roughly 85% of the cargo that moves through the Port of Long Beach and a third of the cargo at the Port of Los Angeles.

Demonstrating autonomous trucking and scaling it commercially are two different challenges, writes Volvo Autonomous Solutions' Shahrukh Kazmi.

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