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Fuel Smartsby Deborah LockridgeSeptember 3, 2025

What 4Gen Logistics Has Learned About Electric Trucks

As an early adopter of battery-electric heavy-duty trucks, 4Gen Logistics has some insights to share on some things it's learned the hard way.

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Fleet ManagementCover Storyby Deborah LockridgeSeptember 2, 2025

Meet HDT's 2025 Truck Fleet Innovators

Heavy Duty Trucking’s Fleet Innovators for 2025 are five executives leading the industry in technology adoption, process improvement, safety, sustainability, and more.

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Safety & Complianceby Deborah LockridgeSeptember 2, 2025

How Accountability, Coaching, and Technology Turned a Safety Record Around

With a military mindset and a teacher’s heart, this 2025 HDT Truck Fleet Innovator helps drivers grow into leaders.

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Fleet Managementby Deborah LockridgeSeptember 1, 2025

How This Logistics Leader Is Modernizing the Yard — and His Team

Efficiency, electrification, and team empowerment are driving the next era of yard logistics at Lazer Logistics with the help of HDT Truck Fleet Innovator Jerrin Martin.

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Equipmentby Deborah LockridgeAugust 29, 2025

Driving Fleet Sustainability with Engineering Precision

Testing and data — not hype — guide this fleet innovator’s approach to cutting emissions in a cost-conscious industry.

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Fleet Managementby Deborah LockridgeAugust 28, 2025

How Brent Ellis is Automating Trucking Operations at Decker Truck Line

Learn how Decker Truck Line’s Brent Ellis, an HDT 2025 Truck Fleet Innovator, uses automation, software integration, and driver-focused innovation to transform fleet operations.

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Fuel Smartsby Deborah LockridgeAugust 27, 2025

Charging Ahead in the Face of a Changing Trucking Landscape

A drayage fleet owner goes “all in” on electric trucks — then faces a changing regulatory landscape. Rudy Diaz shares how he’s adapting, growing, and staying grounded.

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DriversCover Storyby James Jaillet, National Transportation InstituteAugust 27, 2025

Driver Pay Trends: Fragile Gains in Face of Freight Market Uncertainty

As trucking staggers into the fourth year of the lingering trough, drivers’ mileage pay has been showing surprising slow-but-steady upward movement since late 2024, but pay gains remained restrained by market malaise.

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Fuel Smartsby Deborah LockridgeAugust 19, 2025

Q&A: Forum Mobility’s Matt Schrap on Helping Drayage Fleets Transition to Electric Trucks

The former Harbor Trucking Association CEO explains why he joined Forum Mobility and how the drayage fleets he's advocated for can navigate California’s zero-emission future.

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Driversby Deborah LockridgeAugust 18, 2025

Walking the Fine Line on Truck Owner-Operator Classification

Owner-operators give trucking fleets flexibility, but could trigger lawsuits and penalties if you treat these independent contractors too much like employee drivers. Learn best practices and potential pitfalls.

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