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Top Lordstown Motors executives out as SPAC-backed startup teeters
Lordstown Motors Corp.’s top two executives are out following an internal investigation into allegations of phony preorders for electric pickup trucks.
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Truck brokers want Congress to call out illegal dispatching
Independent truck dispatchers are pushing back on potential regulatory changes that could restrict their services.
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Oshkosh takes victory lap over Postal Service delivery truck contract
Oshkosh can make 100% battery-electric delivery trucks for the U.S. Postal Service, likely dashing Workhorse’s hopes of reigniting the competition.
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Trucking groups condemn Capitol violence
Trucking groups OOIDA, WSTA and ATA condemn the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol, call for truckers to focus on policy, not politics.
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American Shipper
Trump pardons former congressman and maritime advocate
Now-pardoned California Republican Duncan Hunter pleaded guilty to misusing campaign funds.
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Feds execute former Louisiana trucker Friday
Former Louisiana trucker Alfred Bourgeois was put to death Friday, after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a last-minute bid by his attorneys for clemency.
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Workhorse scrutinized as Postal Service again delays contract
Workhorse Group shares plummet as Postal Service delays delivery truck contract to early 2021. Separately, a potential short seller claims the electric delivery truck maker…
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Trucking Regulation
FMCSA seeks comment on proposal to eliminate ‘bad-actor’ brokers
Dispatch services are operating illegally as unlicensed brokers, TIA claims.
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Trucker group plans to ‘shut ’em down’ Wednesday in nationwide protest
A StopTheTires2020 group plans to shut down because they oppose Biden's "ban on fracking.”
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Finance
Lordstown Motors SPAC vote set amid unique business risks
The vote to complete a reverse merger for commercial electric pickup startup Lordstown Motors is set for Oct. 22 amid greater than run-of-the-mill business risks.
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