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Fuel Smartsby David CullenFebruary 12, 2020

Volvo: It Takes More than the Truck to Switch to Electric Power

Volvo Trucks North America is working to complete product development to bring its VNR Electric Class 8 truck and tractor to market here by the end of this year. Full production is slated to get under way next year.

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Fuel Smartsby StaffFebruary 11, 2020

Southern California Gas to Deploy 30 Ultra-Low Emissions Trucks

Southern California Gas and Western Milling unveiled the first of a planned 30 new ultra-low emissions trucks the company will deploy at its operations in Goshen, California.

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Equipmentby StaffFebruary 11, 2020

Thermo King Expands Transport Refrigeration Maintenance Program

Performance Advantage, a new range of service agreement plans, has been designed to help refrigerated fleets cut costs, improve service, and reduce downtime.

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Safety & Complianceby StaffFebruary 11, 2020

Fleet Customers Receive Insurance Discount for Installing Dash Cameras

Insurance provider RLI has partnered with video safety system supplier Samsara to offer a 5% insurance discount for its fleet customers that install dash camera systems in their commercial vehicles.

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Safety & Complianceby StaffFebruary 11, 2020

J.J. Keller Offers Corrective Action Training Courses

J.J. Keller & Associates, Inc. has developed 28 new online training courses that can help fleets reduce fines and CSA scores and become more prepared for roadside inspections.

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Fleet Managementby StaffFebruary 10, 2020

AMX Expands into Refrigerated With Powell Acquisition

Trucking and third-party logistics provider Alabama Motor Express is expanding its operations with the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Powell Transport Solutions, which specializes in refrigerated freight.

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Driversby StaffFebruary 10, 2020

WIT, Schneider Name First Driver Ambassador

Schneider, in collaboration with Women In Trucking and driver/trainer Kellylynn McLaughlin, is working to raise the number of women in the nation’s driver pool while supporting professional truck drivers.

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Fleet Managementby StaffFebruary 10, 2020

Daseke Names Chris Easter Permanent CEO

Daseke has appointed Chris Easter, former Interim CEO, as permanent CEO. Easter has also become a member of the board of directors for the open-deck-focused trucking company.

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Equipmentby StaffFebruary 7, 2020

January Class 8, Medium-Duty Truck Orders Dip

North American Class 8 orders for January are down month over month but up year over year, according to both FTR and ACT Research. Following a consistent trend over the last four months of averages of 19,000 trucks, January totals dropped to 17,700 units. ACT reports show a similar drop in medium-duty.

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Driversby Deborah LockridgeFebruary 7, 2020

Sweeping Labor Bill Would Limit Independent Contractor Use Nationwide

Business and trucking interests are criticizing a union-backed labor bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives. Among other things, the bill would rewrite how independent contractors are defined along the same lines as the controversial new AB5 law in California, which would upend trucking’s longstanding use of owner-operators.

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