Hyundai aims to challenge Toyota in the hot U.S. hybrid market and defend against low-cost Chinese rivals in the rest of the world.
August 26, 2026BusinessTechnologyLogistics
Trimble introduces AI agent for transportation workflows
Arc Agent connects with its existing transportation management systems as well as third-party applications to extract, validate and process information.
August 25, 2026BusinessTechnologyEquipmentFuel
Honda considers building new plant in U.S.
Honda earlier this year canceled a trio of battery-electric models earmarked for the U.S. Honda plans to introduce 15 new hybrids by March 2030.
August 25, 2026BusinessTechnologyLogistics
Descartes buys Tai for $100 million in third deal of 2026
Descartes Systems Group will buy Tai — an artificial intelligence-powered transportation management software provider for freight brokers — for $100 million.
August 25, 2026BusinessTechnologyEquipmentFuelLogisticsAutonomous
Gatik AI raises $200 million in its largest funding series
For Gatik, the investment is a clear sign that the autonomous trucking industry is moving past the trial-and-error stage and into an era of highway deployment with major shippers in the U.S. and Canada.
August 25, 2026BusinessTechnologyEquipmentFuelLogistics
Orange EV scales up at East Coast ports
Orange EV is expanding its presence at East Coast ports through a major fleet order in New Jersey and a newly announced deployment in Philadelphia.
August 25, 2026GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafety
ATRI opens annual survey on trucking’s top industry issues
The American Transportation Research Institute kicked off trucking’s annual effort to identify and rank the challenges viewed by stakeholders as most critical.
August 24, 2026BusinessTechnologyLogisticsFor-Hire
McLeod, Augment partner to integrate AI into broker workflows
The companies have introduced a software integration connecting Augment’s AI assistant, named Augie, with McLeod’s PowerBroker transportation management system to help freight brokers cover loads faster.
August 24, 2026BusinessTechnologyPrivate
QXO hires Honeywell's Ken West as COO
Brad Jacobs is looking to build the largest building products distribution business in North America. Since relaunching QXO in 2024, the company has spent about $30 billion buying companies.
August 24, 2026BusinessTechnologyEquipment
Hankook ramps up U.S. truck tire production in Tennessee
Truck tire manufacturing at Hankook’s Clarksville, Tenn., plant is running at 30% of capacity after the start of operations in May, the chief executive says.
August 21, 2026