30 Apr Fully Electric Mack Refuse Model to Operate in New York City Mack Trucks North America plans to have a fully electric Mack LR refuse model equipped with an integrated Mack electric drivetrain operating in North America in 2019. Read more...
30 Apr M&K Truck Centers Promotes Pilecki to President Truck dealership M&K Truck Centers promoted Ted Pilecki to president, effective immediately. Read more...
30 Apr Boxwheel Trailer Leasing Secures Equipment Financing Recently formed Boxwheel Trailer Leasing announced it has received a significant capital investment from Crosstimbers Capital Group. Read more...
30 Apr HDA Truck Pride Adds Turbo Solutions to Network HDA Truck Pride announced Turbo Solutions has joined its distribution network as a provider of remanufactured turbochargers. Read more...
30 Apr City Furniture Orders Five Tesla Semis City Furniture preordered five Tesla Semis, the electric-powered Class 8 truck that has received orders from such firms as DHL Supply Chain, FedEx Corp., J.B. Hunt Transport Services, UPS Inc. and Walmart Inc. Read more...
30 Apr Great Dane Becomes First Trailer Maker to Join Blockchain Group Great Dane announced that it became the first trailer maker to join the Blockchain in Transport Alliance, which is dedicated to the development of blockchain standards for the freight industry Read more...
29 Apr FedEx Freight Veteran Gragg Wilson Takes Home Nevada Grand Champion Honors LAS VEGAS — Consistency paid off, again, for FedEx Freight’s Gragg Wilson, who earned his fifth state grand champion title on April 28 en route to his 13th trip to the National Truck Driving Championships. Read more...
27 Apr Trimble’s David Wangler Dies at 56 David Wangler, president of TMW Systems and Trimble’s transportation software division, died April 26 at the age of 56, the company said. Read more...
27 Apr Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey Signs Law for Fee to Stabilize Highway Patrol Funding Gov. Doug Ducey signed a law April 25 that would allow the director of the Arizona Department of Transportation to levy another fee on vehicles. Read more...
27 Apr Kansas City-Area Warehouse District Gets OK for Expansion A fast-growing industrial park in southern Johnson County, Kan., will get even bigger, jumping from north of Interstate 35 to south of the freeway. Read more...