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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has issued a final rule amending safety regulations to specifically add rear underride impact guards as a required item on the list of annual inspections for motor carriers and roadside inspectors.

The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy is providing funding to five original equipment manufacturers as part of its SuperTruck 3 initiative.

Hydrogen-electric fuel truck manufacturer Nikola Corp. said it took a $125 million charge in the third quarter as it expects to use that money as part of a possible negotiated settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission concerning allegations the company’s founder, Trevor Milton, defrauded investors.

Federal trucking regulators are warning truckers that mobile carriers are shutting down their 3G networks as early as next year to make room for more advanced network services, including 5G.

Navistar Inc. has agreed to a civil settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice under which the manufacturer will pay a $52 million penalty but admit no wrongdoing in connection with the sale of 7,749 heavy-duty diesel engines in 2010 that the government alleged were sold in violation of the Clean Air Act.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Sustainability in the trucking industry can be viewed from different angles, according to a panel at American Trucking Associations’ Management Conference & Exhibition on Oct. 25.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — American Trucking Associations presented its Driver of the Year Award and introduced the newest graduates of its professional leadership program Oct. 24 during its Management Conference & Exhibition.

DETROIT — The head of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board is calling on Tesla to act on recommendations to limit where its Autopilot driver-assist system can operate and to put a system in place to make sure drivers are paying attention.

U.S. trailer orders in September reached the third-highest level this year, clearing 28,000. But that was far short of year-ago volumes, according to ACT Research.

A bipartisan push to make the U.S. more competitive with China and bolster domestic chip production risks falling by the wayside as Congress grapples with a packed year-end agenda in an ever-more-divided Capitol.