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Top 10 stories of 2013: 10. White House proposes new round of truck emissions reductions

CCJ is counting down the top stories of the year based on popularity. The No. 10 most read story of the year was about President Obama’s Climate Action Plan and how it relates to trucking emissions.

December 18, 2013

On June 25, President Obama announced his second-term Climate Action Plan, which included language for post-2018 fuel economy standards for heavy trucks.

75 ways to cut your fleet’s fuel costs

With the “new norm” cost of diesel at $4 per gallon, fleets should be looking at every possible opportunity to lower fuel consumption. Here are 75 pointers to get you started.

November 27, 2013

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Recent history of diesel: 1,000 prices paint a picture

Looking back at the history of diesel prices in the 1990s and the 2000s, volatility of diesel prices is a fairly new phenomenon.

October 4, 2013

The truth behind LNG refueling speeds

Debunking the myth that it takes too long to refuel LNG tractors.

August 14, 2013

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White House proposes new round of truck emissions reductions

The trucking industry can expect another round of emissions regulations, courtesy a second-term climate change initiative from President Barack Obama.

June 27, 2013

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OEM panel discusses challenges, future for natural gas

Executives from Cummins Westport, Daimler, Volvo, Kenworth, Navistar and Peterbilt spoke before a packed conference room June 25 in a roundtable discussion on the future of natural gas in heavy-duty trucking.

June 26, 2013

Freightliner partnered with Cummins Westport to offer the ISX12 G heavy-duty natural gas engine in the Cascadia 113 Day Cab.

TA’s O’Brien talks ‘roadblocks’ for natural gas implementation

A natural gas revolution will come from visionaries who are willing to overcome three “roadblocks” between themselves and the adaptation of natural gas, says TA’s Tom O’Brien.

June 25, 2013

Report: More than 1/4 of trucks equipped with modern emissions tech

According to a report released this week from the Diesel Technology Forum, about 28 percent of trucks registered in the U.S. employ 2007 or later emissions mitigation technology and output almost no particulate matter.

June 25, 2013

Natural gas conversion: Is LNG or CNG a winner for you?

What’s the right natural gas option for your fleet: Compressed or liquefied? A webinar held this week delved into that very question.

June 19, 2013

Natural gas 101: The two types of LNG, preparing your shop for LNG trucks

Further complicating the choice of LNG (the more appropriate natural gas option for long-haul applications) is the choice of warm LNG and cold LNG. Also, tips on preparing your shop to work on LNG trucks.

June 7, 2013

Freightliner partnered with Cummins Westport to offer the ISX12 G heavy-duty natural gas engine in the Cascadia 113 Day Cab.

Natural gas 101: What you need to know (Part 1)

The verdict is in: Natural gas is a viable fuel for trucking. Here’s what you need to know.

June 4, 2013

California regs throw kinks into traditional equipment cycles

The increasing challenge of meeting new emissions-related regulations in California is driving owner-operators out of business and skewing market values for used trucks, said panelists at an industry conference Thursday.

May 30, 2013

Chris Shimoda, manager of environmental policy for the California Trucking Association moderated a panel with Mark Sturdevant , fleet sales & emissions specialist for the Velocity Vehicle Group and Robert Tennies, truck sales consultant for Western Parts & Equipment, at the 2013 Fleet Executive Conference in Las Vegas.

Infographic: How America’s fleet is turning green

How have tightening emissions standards impacted the amount NOx, particulate matter and other pollutants put in the environment by heavy trucks since tiered implementation began in 1996? That’s the very question CCJ sister site Equipment World sets out to answer with its latest infographic, “The Greening of the Fleet”, published this week. The infographic takes a […]

May 14, 2013

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Big Data: Getting drivers to use less fuel, increase performance

This is the second part of the second installment of CCJ’s Big Data series. Click here to see Part 1. 2.Self-service for drivers Fleets historically have digested information in the back office before they shared the results with drivers. Today, the same type of scorecard report used by managers is displayed in the cab. Drivers […]

May 9, 2013

Vital Signs from McLeod Software offers real-time KPI monitoring with drill-down capability to identify positive trends and root causes.

DISH taps Ford with plans to add 200 propane vans

Satellite television provider DISH unveiled Wednesday the first of 200 ROUSH CleanTech propane autogas-fueled Ford E-250 cargo vans that will enter the company’s fleet this year. The company estimates these new propane autogas-powered vehicles will lower carbon dioxide emissions by 12.5 million pounds over the lifetime of the fleet’s operation compared to gas-powered counterparts. The […]

March 6, 2013

New service helps fleets determine viability of switching to natural gas

Energy management company U.S. Energy announced a new product that will enable fleets to determine what it would cost — and, in turn, how much it would save or not save — to convert their fleet from diesel power to compressed natural gas powered-trucks.

February 6, 2013

Diesel jumps 9.5 cents to $4.022

The national average retail diesel price is above $4 a gallon for the first time in two months, rising 9.5 cents a gallon during the week ended Feb. 4 to $4.022 a gallon, according to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration. The increase is the largest since August. The latest weekly price is […]

February 4, 2013

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DPF maker goes out of business after causing two forest fires

After reportedly being the source of two fires — one a major forest fire in September in Washington state and the other a three-acre brush fire — diesel particulate filter manufacturer Cleaire Advanced Emissions Controls has closed its operation and is no longer open for business, according to an announcement form the California Air Resources […]

January 31, 2013

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With serial production of its electric eCascadia and eM2 set for next year, DTNA earlier this month unveiled Detroit electric ePowertrain.

Daimler, Cummins partnership puts writing on the wall for DD5, DD8 engines

DTNA will wind down production of its DD5, DD8 engines through medium-duty partnership with Cummins.

With COVID vaccine ‘peak season’ nigh, can trucking keep up with looming load demand?

Locomation is planning to initially roll out autonomous vehicle technology using a convoy.

Floodgates wide open for investment in trucking and logistics

Lack of load availability last spring -- and the cheap rates on the loads that were available -- were the prime contributing factor in the spike in carrier failures last year, said Donald Broughton, principal and managing partner of Broughton Capital.

Carrier failures mounted in '20, but so did new entrant carriers

Goodyear Introduces Tire Management, Improving Efficiency for Fleets

Goodyear Introduces Tire Management, Improving Efficiency for Fleets

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Nuclear verdicts, billboard attorneys, truck accident fraudsters. Trucking companies highest priority - Managing preventable risk. This Mitigation Playbook explains why, before it's too late.