Protesters using their trucks and cars to block the main U.S. border crossing in Coutts, Alberta have made some room to allow traffic through. One lane in each direction has been cleared as protesters moved their vehicles over to the right side of Highway 4 after an agreement for a partial pullback was reached on…

LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO—Amazon.com Inc.’s push to recruit big-rig contractors to haul goods across its web of warehouses is colliding with a trucker shortage as the e-commerce company moves what are expected to be record numbers of packages this holiday season. Its project, called Amazon Freight Partners (AFP), enlists independent trucking companies to move goods between Amazon…

DETROIT—Stellantis is recalling more than 240,000 diesel heavy-duty trucks, mainly in North America, to fix fuel pumps that can fail and cause engine stalls. The recall covers certain 2019 and 2020 heavy-duty pickups and chassis cab trucks equipped with 6.7-liter Cummins diesel engines. The recall comes about a month after the National Highway Traffic Safety…

Truckers heading into the Port of Long Beach will be hit with more fees next year. Harbor commissioners voted Nov. 8 to charge trucks $10 per 20-foot equivalent unit, a standard measure for one 20-foot-long cargo container, if they do not meet a zero-emissions standard. The new Clean Truck Fund Rate will start April 1,…

BERLIN—Daimler Trucks CEO Martin Daum said the truckmaker, set to spin-off from Daimler in December, will continue to sell fewer vehicles than it could have in the coming year as chip shortages hamper production. “We will certainly be delivering less than we could have sold, and that also applies to next year,” he said at…

The New York City mayor announced on Wednesday a new $75 million investment in state electric vehicles and charging infrastructure as a part of a bigger initiative to transition the entire city fleet to electric vehicles. The plans will replace 300 gas-powered city fleet vehicles and retrofit 125 diesel-powered trucks to run on electricity, Mayor…

RIO DE JANEIRO—Brazilian miner Vale SA said on Thursday it had begun using self-driving trucks for the first time at its Carajas complex, its largest iron ore mining operation, as it continues to expand its use of the driverless technology. Vale expects to boost productivity and safety by using the trucks to haul iron ore,…

Americans have redirected more than a trillion dollars into purchases of trucks, computers, guns, and ammunition in the past year or so, consumer spending data indicates. This money is on top of what people were spending before the onset of the CCP (Chinese Communist party) virus pandemic. To some degree, the sum reflects increased prices…

DETROIT—A global semiconductor shortage and a February winter storm have combined to force Ford to build F-150 pickup trucks without some computers. The company says the pickups will be held at factories for “a number of weeks,” then shipped to dealers once computers are available and quality checks are done. The move is the latest…

It will take a few days to unblock the Port of Dover, a UK minister said on Wednesday. Drivers are growing impatient as thousands of lorries have been stranded in Kent since the French government on Sunday suspended all travel from the UK for two days, after Prime Minister Boris Johnson said a new variant of…