Two trucking companies and their truck manufacturer partners are getting a big funding boost to speed up the transition to zero-emission drayage trucks serving the Port of Los Angeles.
EPA said its new emission standards for oxides of nitrogen (NOX) from medium- and heavy-duty on-highway engines are more than 80% stronger than current standards.
Sharp increases in fuel and financing costs coupled with an unfavorable trend in freight rates resulted in a major deterioration of financial conditions for trucking companies during October, FTR reports.
The Knight-Swift project is the first public initiative where a carrier will directly own and operate a truck with select features of Embark’s automated driving software.
Effective Jan. 1, 2023, Dean Engelage will become CEO and Rick Mullininx will become president and COO of Great Dane.
Mobile carriers are shutting down their 3G networks, which may impact motor carriers if their ELDs rely on a 3G network.
Meijer will track performance of two all-electric Class 8 Freightliner eCascadia trucks in a cold weather environment as part of a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy.
The Logimax 864 hydrogen-powered Class 8 tractor by Cenntro Electric Group is the manufacturer's first entry into hydrogen fuel cells and its first heavy-duty truck.