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Reaction to President Obama’s call for tighter carbon dioxide emissions rules for trucks poured in quickly with the first wave of comment generally offering approval, although there were also calls for caution, including from American Trucking Associations.

Sens. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) have introduced a bill that would reinstate the $1-per-gallon tax credit for biodiesel producers that expired last year.

Volkswagen’s supervisory board will focus on the company’s truck brands and its efforts to overtake Daimler AG as the world’s largest truck maker at its next meeting, according to Reuters.

The plaintiffs in a set of 2006 cases against fuel retailers for selling “hot fuel” have dismissed the cases, the Kansas City Business Journal reported.

Mexico’s main trucking association has filed a $30 billion arbitration action against the United States over the country’s refusal to fully allow Mexican carriers to operate within U.S. boundaries.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A Government Accountability Office study that was critical of the way federal regulators identify crash-prone carriers is the result of a “philosophical disagreement” between regulators and GAO investigators, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration officials said.

Delaware Motor Transport Association announced that M. Lee Derrickson, a former trucker and driver-training instructor, has taken over as executive director.

Recent moves by President Obama and congressional leaders to expand job-training programs are raising hopes the government will do more to help individuals learn to be truck drivers, industry officials said.

The United States and Canada said they are set to launch the second phase of a pilot program to speed the flow of freight at the border by having U.S.-bound trucks inspected on Canadian soil.