Hyzon Motors is betting on liquid hydrogen to power its trucks, rather than the gaseous hydrogen being used by most fuel-cell-electric truck developers, saying it will enable an up to 1,000-mile range.
July 29, 2021
Companies such as UPS and FritoLay will have to wait a little longer for their all-electric Tesla Semi Class 8 trucks, as a second-quarter earnings report pushed production out to 2022.
July 28, 2021
What’s more important to safety: the driver, management, or emerging technologies? That’s the question National Transportation Safety Board Member Michael Graham will address during an opening keynote presentation at Heavy Duty Trucking Exchange Aug. 25.
July 16, 2021
California and other states are scrambling to find electricity this summer amid record heat, with a growing risk of blackouts. If our power grids already can’t handle the extremes being caused by climate change, how are they going to handle the addition of battery-electric vehicles?
July 8, 2021
The House passed a five-year highway bill, but there's still a long way to go before there's a real agreement on infrastructure funding on Capitol Hill.
July 1, 2021
What happens if an autonomous truck gets a flat tire? Kodiak and Bridgestone are working together to use technology to help keep that from being a problem.
June 16, 2021
The U.S. Department of Transportation included automatic emergency braking for both light- and heavy-duty vehicles on its regulatory agenda, which identifies actions the DOT plans to take during the next year and beyond.
June 14, 2021
ACT Research predicts that electrification of the Class 4-8 commercial vehicle market in the U.S. and Canada will top 40% by 2040. HDT sits down with ACT's Jim Meil to dig into the report.
June 4, 2021
Booming e-commerce and other trends spell opportunities for last-mile fleets to work with shippers and 3PLs to successfully expand their businesses.
June 3, 2021
As it prepares to separate from Mercedes-Benz passenger car operations, Daimler Truck identifies some global weaknesses and outlines how it plans to target them – but North American operations stand out.
May 24, 2021
Daimler Trucks is rapidly ramping down its internal-combustion-engine development as it puts more research and development investments into its dual-focus zero-emissions strategy of both battery-electric and fuel-cell-electric commercial vehicles.
May 20, 2021
In the future, you may have your choice of two different versions of a Level-4 autonomous Freightliner Cascadia.
May 20, 2021
How will an autonomous truck know what's happening in the trailer behind it? “Autonomous trucks don’t work without a smart trailer," says Phillips Connect Technologies.
May 18, 2021
A new company plans to use data analysis to help fleets disarm nuclear verdicts before an accident even happens.
May 11, 2021
Many trucking companies involved in intermodal and drayage operations are concerned that new duties on intermodal chassis and sub-assemblies coming from China are only making supply chain problems worse.
May 7, 2021
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