David Taube

1 week ago | truckingdive.com | David Taube

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Federal fuel efficiency standards for fleets can’t be based on vehicles that only use alternative energy, such as EVs and hydrogen fuel cells, according to new oversight by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. In an interpretive rule last week titled “Resetting the Corporate Average Fuel Economy Program,” the DOT agency weighed in on boundaries for setting average fuel standards for manufacturers’ lineups.

1 week ago | truckingdive.com | David Taube

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Illinois transportation firm Nortia Logistics — which allegedly defaulted on repaying Union Pacific Railroad for freight services — filed for Ch. 11 bankruptcy on June 9. Union Pacific sued Nortia in May and alleged the asset-based business lapsed in repaying a $3.6 million promissory note, representing freight debt from Dec. 6, 2023, through May 6, 2024.

1 week ago | truckingdive.com | David Taube

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. The latest producer price index data suggested year-over-year improvements for LTL carriers in 2025. Preliminary PPI for long-distance LTL freight, not seasonally adjusted, was 435.205 in May, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data. That’s 5.4% higher than a year ago.

2 weeks ago | hrdive.com | David Taube

• A 4th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals decision last week took issue with how Virginia carrier Garten Trucking dealt with employees seeking to form a union. • A September 2022 post by Garten on an internal message board was acceptable under the law — except for a final sentence that read, “As a matter of fact if it wasn’t for them trying to steal money out of your paychecks you would already have your raises,” a three-judge panel wrote.

2 weeks ago | truckingdive.com | David Taube

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Piston Technologies landed its its biggest funding yet for its app-based fuel payment system, available in 25 states, which will help the business to further scale operations. The tech company, headquartered in Silicon Valley, raised $6.1 million in seed funding, following $1.4 million in pre-seed funding, to reach a total funding of $7.5 million, a news release said.