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Eligibility Checker: Is your land suitable for development?
Farmers Weekly If you’ve ever thought about farm diversification, you may have wondered whether planning permission presents a viable means of adding value to your assets. The planning Eligibility Checker from Class Q allows…
Tesla Pursues US Battery Plant With China’s CATL
Tesla Inc. is looking to build a battery plant in the U.S., according to people familiar with the matter, in what would likely be a controversial arrangement with China’s dominant electric vehicle battery manufacturer.
Nikola shares plunge to all-time low after $100M stock offering
Nikola Corp. filed a $100 million public offering of company stock. with a private buyer agreeing to buy shares the company cannot sell. Investors drove shares in the electric truck and hydrogen fuel startup to an all-time…
February Used Class 8 Sales Down 20% Year-Over-Year
Used Class 8 truck sales in February decreased 19.6% year-over-year to 17,600 units from 21,900 units, ACT Research reported.
Yellow blames Teamsters leadership for negotiating in ‘bad faith’
In a letter to the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, less-than-truckload carrier Yellow Corp. called on union officials to “dispense with the posturing” and engage in a “serious discussion” about a planned change of…
How a Georgia Plant Helps Solve a Huge EV Supply Chain Kink
COVINGTON, Ga. — Ascend Elements takes spent lithium-ion batteries and scrap from EV battery makers and grinds them to dust, salvaging minerals for reuse in new EV power sources.
California trucking eyes equal protection argument in AB5 litigation
Two key lawsuits regarding trucking, gig workers and California’s independent contractor law, AB5, are starting to converge. The California Trucking Association (CTA) lawsuit that dates back to 2019, which resulted in an…
Loaded and Rolling: ELD mandate, trailer backlog and softening demand
ELD mandate interview with Rachel Premack (Image: FreightWaves) Rachel Premack, editorial director at FreightWaves, was interviewed Tuesday about her article on the impact of the ELD mandate five years later. The mandate,…
Preparing tomorrow’s professional truck drivers — Taking the Hire Road
This week on Taking the Hire Road, Jeremy Reymer, CEO and founder of DriverReach, is joined again by passionate industry leader Lindsey Trent, co-founder and president of the Next Generation in Trucking Association (NGT)…
GLS aims to save parcel shippers big with small-haul pricing
Western regional parcel carrier GLS hopes that it can save its shippers significant money by being very specific about how it costs out its services. The Dutch carrier, with U.S. headquarters in Santa Fe Springs, California,…
