CSA
Authorized · PropertyUSDOT 3423885· MC1107522· CARRIER· EIN 85-0901704
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TESLA FREIGHT GROUP INC

5818 S ARCHER RD UNIT 117, SUMMIT, IL, 60501(219) 205-3608safety@teslafreightinc.comUROS PENIC
Vetting snapshot
Authority
Active
operating authority
Insurance
$750K BIPD
GEiCO Marine Insurance Company
Vehicle OOS
14.3%
below 22% national avg
Driver OOS
0%
below 6.7% national avg
Crashes 24mo
0
clean
Red flags
None
nothing flagged
100
/ 100

Risk factors

Low riskVioCodes score
No red flags in the public FMCSA record

A weighted read of the public FMCSA signals below — authority, insurance, out-of-service, crashes, roadside OOS rates, and carrier connections. A starting point for vetting, not a guarantee.

Authority & insurance

MC1107522

Operating authority and insurance on file — from FMCSA Licensing & Insurance (L&I).

Common
Active
Contract
None
Broker
None
Authorized for: Property
Liability (BIPD)
$750K on file
$750K required
Cargo
Not on file
not required
Bond / surety
Not on file
not required
Insurance filings
ON FILELiability (BIPD) — BMC-91X$750K coverageeff 10/16/2025
GEiCO Marine Insurance Company· policy 9300209867
Authority history (6) ▾
10/05/2023COMMONINVOLUNTARY REVOCATION→ DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (10/17/2023)
04/07/2023COMMONINVOLUNTARY REVOCATION→ DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (04/10/2023)
10/05/2022COMMONINVOLUNTARY REVOCATION→ DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (11/02/2022)
05/06/2022COMMONINVOLUNTARY REVOCATION→ DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (06/03/2022)
12/20/2021COMMONINVOLUNTARY REVOCATION→ DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (01/06/2022)
07/08/2020MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIERGRANTED
Insurance history6 insurers on record
Filing timeline (8) ▾
  1. CONCERT SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY$750KReplaced
    BIPD/Primary · eff 11/01/2024 → 10/16/2025
  2. CONCERT SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY$750KReplaced
    BIPD/Primary · eff 11/01/2023 → 11/01/2024
  3. PRIME PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE INC$750KCancelled
    BIPD/Primary · eff 05/04/2023 → 11/01/2023
  4. PRIME PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE INC$750KCancelled
    BIPD/Primary · eff 02/28/2023 → 05/04/2023
  5. PRIME PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE INC$750KCancelled
    BIPD/Primary · eff 11/01/2022 → 02/28/2023
  6. KNIGHTBROOK INSURANCE COMPANY$750KCancelled
    BIPD/Primary · eff 06/02/2022 → 11/01/2022
  7. HIGHLANDER SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY$750KCancelled
    BIPD/Primary · eff 01/16/2022 → 06/02/2022
  8. PROGRESSIVE SOUTHEASTERN INSURANCE COMPANY$750KCancelled
    BIPD/Primary · eff 06/30/2020 → 01/16/2022

Source: FMCSA Licensing & Insurance (L&I), public data. This shows the carrier’s federal insurance filings (BMC-91X liability, BMC-34 cargo) — the federally-required minimums on file for operating authority — not the carrier’s full commercial policy (its actual auto combined-single-limit, general liability, cargo, or workers’ comp, which appear on the carrier’s ACORD certificate of insurance). Always confirm current coverage with a COI from the carrier’s agent before making a vetting decision.

Roadside inspection performance

Out-of-service rate vs national average. Lower is better.

Vehicle7 inspections · 14.3% OOS · National 22%
Driver11 inspections · 0% OOS · National 6.7%

CSA performance breakdown

FMCSA · Sep 2026

11 inspections · 16 violations (2 OOS) · 9% of inspections had an OOS finding.

11
Inspections
16
Violations
2
OOS violations
10
Distinct codes

Violations by BASIC

click to filter codes

12
total

Most inspected in · top 8 states

  • IN2
  • MN1
  • AR1
  • PA1
  • CA1
  • SC1
  • MD1
  • MS1

Latest FMCSA SMS snapshot. Codes link to the lookup — severity weighting, contest angles, and the DataQs Drafter for each. Click a BASIC to filter the codes.

Recommendations

What’s driving each score, what to do about it, and where it could go.

Lighting / lamps violations are the leading contributor to Vehicle Maintenance

High impact

Estimated Vehicle Maintenance percentile of 90% is at/over the 80% intervention line. Carriers with a BASIC in alert are prioritized for enforcement (warning letters, audits) and inspected more often — which tends to generate still more violations.

What’s contributing9 violations · 2 OOS (24 mo)
Lighting / lamps5 viol55%
  • 393.9A-LSLILighting - Stop lamps - Any inoperative.2× · 28%
  • 393.9A-LHWSLighting - Hazard warning signal(s) inoperative1× · 14%
  • 393.9A-LHLILighting - Headlamp(s) - Any inoperative1× · 9%
Tires2 OOS3 viol43%
  • 393.75A3-TAOLTires - All others, leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS1× · 15%
  • 393.75A3-TAOLTISTires - All others, leaking in tread area and inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire equipped with ATIS1× · 15%
  • 393.75C-TAOTD-LT1/32Tires - Less than 1/32 inch tread depth at 3 locations/2 adjacent tread grooves1× · 12%
Wheels / rims1 viol2%
  • 392.2-SLLMFState/Local Laws - Wheel (mud) flaps missing or defective1× · 2%
What to do
  • Walk the lights every pre-trip and carry spare bulbs/fuses; clean lenses and check the trailer plug
  • Prioritize the out-of-service items — they carry the heaviest weight
Projected estimatecould improve up to 44 pts in ~12 mo
nowin 12 months
Current trend 50% followed 100% followed 80% line

Speeding violations are the leading contributor to Unsafe Driving

Low impact

Estimated Unsafe Driving percentile of 27% is under the 65% line. In decent shape, but here's what's driving it.

What’s contributing4 violations (24 mo)
Speeding1 viol50%
  • 392.2-SLLS4State/Local Laws - Speeding 15 or more miles per hour over the speed limit1× · 50%
Following / lane / reckless2 viol33%
  • 392.2-SLLTCDState/Local Laws - Failed to obey a traffic control device - Permanent or Temporary - e.g., safety official, signal, sign, light, lane marking, other1× · 25%
  • 392.2-SLLLRState/Local Laws - Lane restriction violation1× · 8%
Seat belt1 viol18%
  • 392.16ADDriver - Failed to use seat belt while operating a CMV.1× · 18%
What to do
  • Coach the drivers with speeding violations directly — Unsafe Driving points are weighted heavily
  • Set and enforce a governed road speed; review telematics/dashcam speed events weekly
Projected estimatecould improve up to 19 pts in ~12 mo
nowin 12 months
Current trend 50% followed 100% followed 65% line

Hours-of-Service Compliance needs attention

Low impact

Estimated Hours-of-Service Compliance percentile of 0% is under the 65% line. In decent shape, but here's what's driving it.

What to do
  • Review recent inspections with violations in this BASIC and take remedial action with drivers/equipment

Driver Fitness needs attention

Low impact

Estimated Driver Fitness percentile of 0% is under the 80% line. In decent shape, but here's what's driving it.

What to do
  • Review recent inspections with violations in this BASIC and take remedial action with drivers/equipment

Controlled Substances/Alcohol needs attention

Low impact

Estimated Controlled Substances/Alcohol percentile of 0% is under the 80% line. In decent shape, but here's what's driving it.

What to do
  • Review recent inspections with violations in this BASIC and take remedial action with drivers/equipment

Recommendations are generated from the carrier’s public FMCSA roadside-inspection record. Percentiles and projections are VioCodes estimates, not official FMCSA figures. Informational, not legal advice.

90-day safety improvement plan

What this carrier has struggled with most in the last 90 days — where to focus now.

▲ Trending worse
1
Inspections
3
Violations
0
Out-of-service
0
Clean
Where the violations are
Vehicle Maintenance 67%Other 33%
Focus here first
1Vehicle Maintenance
2 violations · 67% of recent
Do this
  • Walk the lights every pre-trip and carry spare bulbs/fuses
  • Clean lenses and check the trailer plug for corrosion
2Other
1 violation · 33% of recent
  • 393.9A-LTSIRLighting - Turn signal -Any inoperative on a unit that is not the rearmost unit
Do this
  • Walk the lights every pre-trip and carry spare bulbs/fuses
  • Clean lenses and check the trailer plug for corrosion
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Turn these into driver coaching — and prove it
FleetTrained (my companion project) makes branded, multilingual training videos for these exact violations — your driver watches and gets a completion certificate for the file.

Based on roadside inspections in the last 90 days, ranked by what recurs most. Informational, not legal advice.

Inspection & crash map

live · FMCSA MCMIS

Every inspection and crash on record — hover a point for the summary, click for full detail (codes, severity, CSA points).

11
Inspections
16
Violations
2
Out-of-service
170
CSA points
1
Crashes
11
States
cleanviolOOS

CSA points = violation severity weight × FMCSA time weight (3× in the last 6 months, 2× at 6–12, 1× at 12–24). Points are spread within each state — FMCSA records the inspection state, not an exact location. Source: FMCSA MCMIS.

Equipment

VINs via NHTSA

17 distinct vehicles seen in this carrier’s roadside inspections.

8 truck 8 trailer 1 incomplete vehicle
2026 PETERBILT 579seen 2×
1XPBD49X8TD802909· P1072090 IL
2026 WABASH VANS Dry Van Duraplateseen 2×
1JJV532D8TL659558· 1021164ST IL
2024 INTERNATIONAL LT62Fseen 2×
3HSDZAPR5RN378067· P1192658 IL
2025 WABASH VANS Dry Van Duraplateseen 2×
1JJV532D2SL534490· 1001565ST IL
2024 INTERNATIONAL LT62F
3HSDZAPR4RN280678· P1192659 IL
2012 INTERNATIONAL LF687
3HSDJSJR7CN637302· TEMP IL
2024 WABASH VANS Dry Van Duraplate
1JJV532D8RL512472· 964833ST IL
2026 FREIGHTLINER Cascadia
3AKJHHDR7TSWP9897· P1299435 IL
2021 WABASH VANS Dry Van Duraplate
1JJV532D4ML253813· 777423ST IL
2015 FREIGHTLINER Columbia
3ALXA7000FDGH5970· P1280381 IL
2022 STRICK COMMERCIAL TRAILER Strick Commercial Trailer
1S12E9530NE546870· 3153699 ME
2024 FREIGHTLINER Cascadia
3AKJHHDR2RSVF1068· P1192655 IL
2024 WABASH VANS Dry Van Duraplate
1JJV532D4RL512467· 912763ST IL
2022 FREIGHTLINER Cascadia
3AKJHHDR1NSNB8203· P1180162 IL
2025 WABASH VANS Dry Van Duraplate
1JJV532D9SL534650· 1003853ST IL
2016 KENWORTH T680
1XKYDP9X4GJ122210· TEMP IL
2027 WABASH VANS Dry Van Duraplate
1JJV532D5VL770328· 1063496ST IL

Equipment is inferred from VINs recorded on roadside inspections (FMCSA MCMIS), decoded via the NHTSA vPIC API — it reflects vehicles inspected, not a current fleet roster.

Company profile

FMCSA census

AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Power units
15
on file (MCS-150)
Drivers
15
15 hold a CDL
Annual mileage
1.4M mi
reported 2025
Recordable crash rate
0.00
per million miles
How far they run · drivers by operating lane
  • Interstate · 100+ mi15 drivers
Company officer
UROS PENIC
Operation
Interstate
Registered since
2020-05-02
Last MCS-150 update
2026-03-18
Census status
Active

Fleet: 15 trucks · 15 owned tractors.

Source: FMCSA Company Census File (data.transportation.gov). Fleet and driver counts are self-reported on the carrier’s most recent MCS-150 filing.

Data change history

Every FMCSA record change we’ve detected — address, fleet size, contacts, MCS-150 — newest first.

Connections

carrier graph

This carrier shares VINs with 4 other carriers — review the connections below as part of your vetting.

4
Connected carriers
4
Fleet-transfer links
13
Most shared VINs
1
Strong links
Strong· 1
1
APOLLO FREIGHT SYSTEMS INC
USDOT 3170105Active· SUMMIT, IL
Strong
Shared VIN · 13
1S12E9530NE5468701JJV532D4RL5124673ALXA7000FDGH59703AKJHHDR1NSNB82033HSDZAPR5RN3780673HSDZAPR4RN280678
Medium· 1
TMARK LOGISTICS INC
USDOT 4025882Active· SUMMIT, IL
Medium
Shared VIN · 2
3AKJHHDR1NSNB82033HSDZAPR4RN280678

Shared VINs come from FMCSA roadside-inspection records — a vehicle inspected under more than one carrier, often a fleet transfer or trailer interchange. Other links come from the FMCSA census. Shared identifiers are common and often legitimate — treat these as leads to investigate, not proof of wrongdoing.

Activity history

17 events
  1. 03/18/2026MCS-150 update filed

    1.4M mi reported (2025)

  2. 10/16/2025Insurance filed — GEiCO Marine Insurance Company

    Liability (BIPD) — BMC-91X · policy 9300209867

  3. 10/16/2025Insurance replaced — CONCERT SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY

    BIPD/Primary · policy CS SPS 0684889-01

  4. 11/01/2024Insurance replaced — CONCERT SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY

    BIPD/Primary · policy CS SPS 0684889-00

  5. 11/01/2023Insurance cancelled — PRIME PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE INC

    BIPD/Primary · policy PC22110010

  6. 10/05/2023COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION

    DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (10/17/2023)

  7. 05/04/2023Insurance cancelled — PRIME PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE INC

    BIPD/Primary · policy PC22110010

  8. 04/07/2023COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION

    DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (04/10/2023)

  9. 02/28/2023Insurance cancelled — PRIME PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE INC

    BIPD/Primary · policy PC22110010

  10. 11/01/2022Insurance cancelled — KNIGHTBROOK INSURANCE COMPANY

    BIPD/Primary · policy KBC000147-00

  11. 10/05/2022COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION

    DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (11/02/2022)

  12. 06/02/2022Insurance cancelled — HIGHLANDER SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY

    BIPD/Primary · policy CC9100633

  13. 05/06/2022COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION

    DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (06/03/2022)

  14. 01/16/2022Insurance cancelled — PROGRESSIVE SOUTHEASTERN INSURANCE COMPANY

    BIPD/Primary · policy CA2307584

  15. 12/20/2021COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION

    DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (01/06/2022)

  16. 07/08/2020MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER — GRANTED
  17. 05/02/2020Registered with FMCSA

    AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Merged from FMCSA authority, insurance, out-of-service, and census records.

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Operations

Classification

  • AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Area served

  • Interstate
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FMCSA safety rating

Rating
Not rated
Type
—
Rated
—
Last review
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MCS-150 registration

Form date
2026-03-18
Reported mileage
1,435,397 mi (2025)
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Data sourced from public FMCSA records via safer.fmcsa.dot.gov · Latest FMCSA update: Sep 2026 · Page refreshed: Sep 26, 2026, 1:00 PM. VioCodes is not affiliated with FMCSA. To dispute incorrect data, file a DataQs Request for Data Review.