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Self-driving vehicles are moving off the roads and onto the fields. Deere & Co., the largest farm equipment manufacturer in the world, unveiled a fully autonomous tractor on Jan. 4, propelling it past rivals in the tech space.

M&K Truck Centers announced it acquired nine truck dealerships, an eCommerce parts sales operation and a fire-and-rescue products company — all previously owned by Legacy Truck Centers.

Trinity Logistics announced Jan. 3 that it has acquired Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Team Eagle Logistics.

Schneider National is growing its dedicated operations with the acquisition of truckload carrier Midwest Logistics Systems.

Bison Transport has acquired Hartt Transportation Systems Inc., a truckload carrier based in Bangor, Maine.

Electric trucks promise many potential rewards for the freight transportation industry. But the experiences of fleets that have begun to deploy these vehicles illustrate an elaborate set of challenges and considerations associated with electrification.

A record 4.5 million American workers quit their jobs in November, a sign of confidence and more evidence that the U.S. job market is bouncing back strongly from last year’s coronavirus recession.

As traditional brick-and-mortar and online retailers reported record holiday shopping numbers, experts say the nation’s transportation sector handled the crush of moving hundreds of millions of packages with relatively little difficulty.

For the first time since 1931, General Motors Co. isn’t the top-selling automaker in the U.S. The Detroit-based company lost its crown to Japanese rival Toyota Motor Corp., which boosted sales 10% last year despite a 28% decline in the fourth quarter.

A measure of U.S. manufacturing fell short of expectations at the end of 2021, reflecting declines in gauges of delivery times and prices that belie an otherwise solid demand picture.