Latest News Updates From Connor D. Wolf

Connor D. Wolf

Connor D. Wolf

Staff Reporter

Connor Wolf is a business reporter at Transport Topics.


BusinessEquipment

July Class 8 Truck Sales Return to Year-Over-Year Losses

U.S. Class 8 retail sales declined again in July after experiencing a short-lived year-over-year rise, according to Wards Intelligence data.

August 21, 2025
BusinessLogistics

Truck Freight Tonnage Inches Up 0.6% in July

Freight tonnage in July showed an increase sequentially but a decrease from the prior year, American Trucking Associations reported Aug. 19.

August 21, 2025
BusinessEquipment

Medium-Duty Truck Sales Drop 17% in July

U.S. medium-duty truck sales fell 17.3% year over year in July, according to data from Wards Intelligence, continuing a trend of not meeting previous-year levels.

August 20, 2025
BusinessEquipmentLogistics

Truck Driver Recruitment and Retention Face Q2 Headwinds

The Q2 2025 Driver Recruiting and Retention Data Download report found that the pool of truck drivers declined in the second quarter even as the number of job postings grew.

August 14, 2025
BusinessTechnologySafetyLogistics

Outpost Unveils New Gate Automation Platform

The platform uses computer vision and artificial intelligence to cut costs, improve yard security and automatically capture more gate events with auditable data.

August 14, 2025
BusinessLogistics

Forward Air Earnings Improve Despite Revenue Decline in Q2

Forward Air grew earnings, despite a decrease in revenue, amid ongoing efforts to improve second-quarter operations and finances, the company reported Aug. 11.

August 12, 2025
BusinessTechnologyLogisticsAutonomousTop 100

Autonomous Truck Firm Waabi Hires Uber Freight's Lior Ron

Trucking industry veteran Lior Ron is joining autonomous technology company Waabi to help scale the commercial deployment of driverless trucks, the company announced Aug. 12.

August 12, 2025
BusinessTechnologyLogisticsTop 100

RXO Reports 53% Revenue Jump in Q2

RXO's revenue increased 52.6% in the second quarter despite the prolonged soft freight environment, but the company also reported a net loss of $9 million.

August 8, 2025
BusinessEquipment

Class 8 Truck Orders Slip Nearly 2% Year Over Year in July

North American Class 8 truck orders continued to trend below prior-year results by slipping nearly 2% in July, according to ACT Research.

August 7, 2025
BusinessLogistics

GXO Revenue Jumps 16% as Profit Slides in Q2

CEO Malcolm Wilson touted $307 million of new business wins in the second quarter, bringing the six-month total this year to more than a half a billion dollars.

August 6, 2025