Jason Cannon (HWT)Jason Cannon is the Editor of Commercial Carrier Journal. He has a Class A CDL and is a graduate of the Porsche Sport Driving School. Reach him at [email protected].TrucksTesla boss Musk touts Semi range could top 600 miles, says ‘about 2,000’ are on orderWhen Palo Alto, Calif.-based carmarker Tesla officially entered the world of trucking last November, CEO Elon Musk promised to deliver an all-electric tractor with a 500 mile range. Wednesday, during the company’s earnings call with Wall Street analysts, he forecasted actual production units – slated to kick off next year – will exceed that figure. […]May 3, 2018TrucksVolkswagen pumps the brakes on Navistar takeover bid talkTwo days after Volkswagen Truck and Bus (VW T&B) executive Matthias Gruendler sent Wall Street ablaze saying a takeover of Lisle, Ill.-based truck maker Navistar “would make sense at some point,” the German parent company filed paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to make more clear the company’s intentions. According to a filing sent to the SEC Wednesday, and signed by […]April 18, 2018TrucksVolkswagen exec hints at possible takeover of NavistarBarely more than 13 months ago, Volkswagen Truck and Bus acquired approximately 16.2 million newly issued shares of Navistar stock for $256 million, and one high-level executive hinted this morning the German automaker could one day be after a large slice. VW Truck and Bus Chief Finance Officer Matthias Gruendler said Monday at a press briefing a […]April 16, 2018TrucksNikola set to return deposits for hydrogen tractor, waives deposit requirement on future ordersReservation holders for Nikola Motor Company‘s hydrogen-electric Nikola One tractor are about to receive the equivalent of an income tax refund. Company founder and CEO Trevor Milton said Wednesday the company will be returning the $1,500 deposit the company initially required to hold a reservation slot and that future reservations for the Nikola One or […]April 8, 2018TrucksRyder debuts truck and asset sharing platformTrucks sitting idle in the yard can’t make money … unless you can rent them to someone who needs extra capacity. Ryder on Tuesday announced a new asset sharing platform, COOP by Ryder, offering businesses the opportunity to list and rent underutilized commercial vehicles within a network of peers. COOP launched in January an initial market release in […]March 27, 2018TrucksFedEx reserves 20 Tesla SemisFedEx on Monday confirmed the company has placed a reservation for 20 Tesla Semi trucks. Those trucks are slated for operation in FedEx Freight’s less-than-truckload unit. FedEx is now part of a group of fleets that includes rival UPS, PepsiCo, Anheuser Busch, J.B. Hunt, Walmart, Ruan Transportation Management and others that have reserved the all-electric rigs. […]March 26, 2018VocationalExtending oil drain intervals without disrupting PM schedulesIf analysis determines a fleet is a candidate for an extended interval, Shawn Whitacre, senior staff engineer at Chevron, says it’s important to build some margin into the target mileage to allow for instances where the truck can’t make it back in for service. “You can’t just make a recommendation for 50,000 miles if the actual […]March 13, 2018PerspectivesA journey of 1,000 autonomous trucks begins with 7 milesTwo months ago, in the middle-of-nowhere, Fla., a person placed a tractor in drive, brought it up to speed and centered the truck in its lane. Big deal, right? That happens millions of times every day. But the driver of this truck in particular was about 100 miles away from his tractor. The truck only […]March 13, 2018Class 3-6Ford debuts new powertrains, tech upgrades for Transit Connect cargo vanFord is adding two new powertrain options to its 2019 Transit Connect cargo van, including the only available diesel in the segment. At the Work Truck Show in Indianapolis on Tuesday night, the Detroit automaker pulled the curtain back on a host of upgrades to its compact commercial van, including new and exclusive driver-assist technologies like […]March 9, 2018VocationalHino headed into heavy truck segment with new XL SeriesHino jumped feet-first into the heavy truck market at the Work Truck Show in Indianapolis Wednesday with the debut of its XL Series Class 7 and 8 trucks. “Entering Class 8 [is] arguably something no OEM has done successfully in the last 50 years,” says Hino Director of Marketing Dominik Beckman. Assembled in Mineral Wells, W.Va., […]March 8, 2018Previous PagePage 12 of 102Next PageTop StoriesTechnologyHow fleets can protect themselves from cyber criminalsThe National Motor Freight Traffic Association is at the forefront of the fight against cybercrime in trucking and helping fleets increase their cybersecurity to ensure they don’t become victims of cyber criminals.BusinessKnight-Swift backs rail mega mergerCybersecurityNMFTA warns of Chinese components in trucking technologyBusinessKandel Transport acquired by Nagle CompaniesFeatured SponsorCargo theft is on the rise. Learn strategies to protect your trucks, trailers and freight.
