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Fuso putting all-electric medium-duty truck on North American tour

The truck is on display at the show this week as a soak test meant “to ascertain the level of interest in an electric work truck” in the U.S. market, the company said in its announcement. Extensive testing by fleets of the e-powered truck has been conducted in Portugal, Fuso says, and the company plans further testing in Japan in 2016 and deployment at a Japanese fleet in 2017.

March 2, 2016

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Cummins introduces 2017 medium-duty B6.7 engine, L9 vocational offering

Cummins unveiled late Tuesday, March 1 the 2017 iterations of its medium-duty workhorses, the 2017 B6.7 diesel engine and its new L9. The introduction of the new engines came at the NTEA Work Truck Show in Indianapolis.

March 2, 2016

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FAA bill renews fight over states’ ability to require breaks for truckers, reform driver pay

A measure in a House bill would block states from enforcing mandatory paid meal and rest breaks for truckers and their carrier employers and prevent states from undertaking driver pay reform measures. ATA announced its support for the measure Thursday, while a prominent Senator vowed to fight the provision.

February 26, 2016

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ATA’s political contributions for 2016 elections skip presidential candidates so far, focus on trucking-minded legislators

Data pulled for the 13-month period between Jan. 1, 2015, and Jan. 31, 2016, shows ATA’s Trucking Political Action Committee has given nothing to presidential candidates yet, with nearly all of the total $388,000 going to candidates running for spots in the U.S. House and Senate.

February 25, 2016

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Marten ordered to pay another driver $100k in refusal-to-haul case

Marten Transport, one of the country’s largest truckload carriers, has been ordered by a federal judge to pay a former driver more than $100,000 in back wages and damages following the company’s 2013 alleged forced resignation of the driver.

February 24, 2016

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FMCSA expanding truck freight zones at Mexican border in Texas and New Mexico

Cross-border freight haulers will soon have new access points to carry loads to and from Mexico, according to a pre-published rule issued Feb. 23 by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

February 23, 2016

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Indicators: Trucking conditions improve, expected to remain stable; freight dipped again in Jan.

A look at January spot market freight activity and the latest on trucking market conditions.

February 18, 2016

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Legislative ‘glitch’ clouds future of the 34-hour restart

While trucking industry groups press Congress to act to fix an error in a December-passed government funding bill that may accidentally strip the 34-hour restart from hours-of-service regulations entirely, the actual effect of the legislative language isn’t entirely clear, according to multiple industry voices responding to the issue.

February 18, 2016

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Charts: Major truckload carriers’ 2015 revenue and income

The numbers in these charts show net income, gross revenue and revenue per tractor for 2015 as reported by some of the major publicly traded truckload carriers.

February 17, 2016

Congress may have accidentally killed the 34-hour restart, carriers advised to continue normal operation

The 2016 fiscal year appropriations bill passed by Congress in December and signed into law by President Obama the same month may have included a major unintentional consequence: Removing the 34-hour restart rules from the federal code entirely, rather than simply suspending enforcement of certain 34-hour restart provisions.

February 13, 2016

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Trucking groups: No thanks to suspending fuel tax

Estimates from experts at the University of Pennsylvania note that, "consumers would see roughly 60%-72% of the tax savings at the pump."

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Nuclear verdicts and surging premiums: Trucking leaders sound the alarm

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The hidden cost of lawsuit abuse in the trucking industry

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Diesel's future bright amid stringent 2027 regulations

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