28 Jun Kansas’ Don Logan Earns 12th Trip to NTDC This is a warning to the drivers who qualified for the National Truck Driving Championships in the tanker truck division: Don Logan of FedEx Freight will be joining you. Read more...
28 Jun Mack Trucks: Trump’s Tariffs Could Put Us at a Competitive Disadvantage Back on March 23, 2017, President Donald Trump welcomed trucking industry representatives to the White House for a discussion on health care. During their visit, Trump, wearing an “I [heart] truckers” pin, climbed into the cab of a Mack truck parked on the lawn, pumped his fists and pretended to drive the stationary big rig. Read more...
28 Jun Used Truck Sales Top 31,000 Sales of used Class 8 trucks in May climbed 19% as first-time buyers continued to enter the market amid a drop in inventory for sale and an upward trend in the average price, while freight rates remained strong, analysts said. Read more...
28 Jun Kroger Counters Amazon With Self-Driving Grocery Delivery Plans If your least favorite part of food shopping is the parking lot, take comfort: Driverless cars are coming to the grocery industry. Read more...
28 Jun OSHA Opens Probe Into Fatal XPO Accident The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has opened an investigation into a fatal accident at XPO Logistics in Lockport, N.Y., early June 25. Read more...
28 Jun DTNA Selects Penske, NFI to Test Vehicle Electrification Daimler Trucks North America announced Penske Truck Leasing and NFI Industries will operate the first trucks in its Freightliner Electric Innovation Fleet of battery-electric eCascadia heavy-duty trucks and eM2 106 medium-duty trucks beginning late this year. Read more...
28 Jun Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy Announces $8.5 Million for Transit Projects Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy recently announced that $8.5 million would be divided among five transit-related projects across the state. Read more...
28 Jun California Republicans See New Gas Tax as Rallying Point Out-of-state money is pouring into a campaign to overturn California’s newly enacted gas taxes and vehicle registration fees as Republican donors see a rallying point to drive conservative voters to the polls in November. Read more...
28 Jun NACFE Issues Confidence Report on Solar Panels for Trucks, Trailers Interest in solar panels has grown because truck batteries often are unable to meet the power needs of today’s trucks due to increased driver comfort demands, new idle reduction legislation and increased freight-tracking requirements, according to the North American Council for Freight Efficiency. Read more...
28 Jun Autonomous Vehicles Have Ability to Transform Society, Panelists Say It’s not just hands-free driving that self-guided cars may bring into reality. Autonomous vehicles could unleash new technological and economic development on a level not seen since the dawn of the space age. Read more...