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Kodiak Lines Up Fleets for Driverless Trucking
An agreement for 75 trucks, a new Texas freight lane, and progress on safety validation move Kodiak closer to its planned driverless highway launch.
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What can trucking fleets do now to transform their operations and be ready to take advantage of the next freight upturn? HDT's Deborah Lockridge recently talked to Tom McLeod about why this is the right time for a tune-up on this episode of HDT Talks Trucking.
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The UPS distribution center in Compton, California, has highlighted the unforeseen infrastructure issues that can occur when transitioning a facility to battery-electric trucks.
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The Women In Trucking Association has named more than 100 companies to its 2023 Top Companies for Women to Work For in Transportation.
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American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index decreased 1.1% in September after rising 0.2% in August. In September, the index equaled 113.9 (2015 = 100) compared with 115.2 in August.
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HDT's Jim Park reports on how Mack Trucks said it's making it easier for fleets to add Mack MD medium-duty electric trucks with its new ElectriFi Subscription, which will allow customers to pay as they go based on miles driven.
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Disruptions to the supply chain in recent years have forced shippers to adapt, try new things, build new partnerships, and moving forward many will be more resilient by having new options on the table. The e-commerce boom is anticipated to flatten, and both shippers and carriers now plan to better prepare for any unforeseen disruptions.
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The latest Cost of Congestion study, published by the American Transportation Research Institute, reports traffic congestion cost the trucking industry $94.6 billion in 2021.
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Open Telematics Framework is a significant development in the trucking technology space as it eliminates the complex customization and reprogramming efforts that have historically burdened developers and incorporates the latest cybersecurity capabilities.
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While 2022 was a challenging year for trucking, there was still growth in revenue, tonnage, employment, and other areas. In mid-2023, a number of data points appear to indicate that the current freight cycle is bottoming out. How fast it will head back up is another question.
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The latest release of ACT’s For-Hire Trucking Index shows continued improvement in freight volumes, pricing, and driver availability. This month’s reading still shows a gradually improving volume trend.
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