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Feds investigating million dollar truck heist in Tennessee
Federal and state law enforcement officials are turning to the public for help following a million-dollar truck heist in Tennessee. According to the Giles County Sheriff’s Department, a driver who had been hauling $965,000 worth of cancer drugs called law enforcement on Thursday to report that his rig had been stolen while he was inside […]
May 10, 2018
Trucks
Fire chief: Tesla battery caught fire again six days following deadly crash
The Tesla Model X involved in a deadly and fiery car crash in March in Northern California has firefighters there on edge according to a memo from a fire chief this week who reports, among other things, that the car’s battery caught fire again nearly a week after the crash. The news comes just after […]
May 10, 2018
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UPS set to deploy new, longer-range EVs
The familiar brown box trucks that run your neighborhood roads and deliver your Amazon packages are getting a facelift … if you live in Europe, or plan to move there by year’s end. UPS, among the world’s largest carriers, announced today it is working with UK-based technology firm Arrival to develop a state-of-the-art pilot fleet […]
May 10, 2018
Business
Speakers at CCJ Symposium to explore the dawn of electric trucks
Speakers at the CCJ Symposium tackled the topic of the rise in electric trucks within the trucking industry. See what they said on Commercial Carrier Journal.
May 10, 2018
Trucks
Six companies deploying Class 8 trucks with Cummins-Westport Near-Zero engines fueled by RNG
Six trucking firms operating in the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are deploying trucks powered by Cummins-Westport Near-Zero ISX12N engines and fueled with Clean Energy Fuels’ Redeem renewable natural gas to reduce emissions and improve air quality in the ports and surrounding communities. The state and port-funded project, according to Clean Energy Fuels, […]
May 9, 2018
Class 3-6
Ford plug-in hybrid Transit going to work in Spain
Ford announced today that it will begin testing plug-in hybrid electric Transit vans in Valencia, Spain. Ford, which is already investigating how plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) can benefit fleets while addressing emissions concerns in London, teamed up with government entities in Valencia to take on air quality and productivity challenges there. “At Ford, we […]
May 9, 2018
Vocational
Endurant auto trans now available on Cummins-powered International LoneStar and LT tractors
The Endurant 12 speed automated transmission, the product of Eaton and Cummins’ joint powertrain venture, is now available for order on International LoneStar and LT Series trucks spec’d with the Cummins X15 engine. The X15, which Brett Merrit, vice president of Cummins’ on-highway engine business says was the number one selling heavy-duty engine in North […]
May 9, 2018
Business
UPS set to deploy new, longer-range EVs
UPS announces that it is planning to deploy long range electric delivery vehicles. Check out their history with electric vehicles on Commercial Carrier Journal.
May 9, 2018
Business
Volvo debuts second electric truck
Volvo Trucks presents the Volvo FE Electric shortly after the introduction of its Volvo FL Electric. Learn more about the Volvo FE Electric truck here on CCJ.
May 9, 2018
Trucks
Positive drug tests in the driver workforce hit 10-year high
Newly released data show that trucking and other safety-sensitive workforces have the highest drug-positive test rates in a decade. The positivity increases are driven primarily by cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana. The data also show the four common opioids that the U.S. DOT added last year in urine testing — hydrocodone, hydromorphone, oxymorphone, and oxycodone — have […]
May 8, 2018
Trucks
FedEx truck crashes into attenuator & creates nearly 3-hour traffic jam on I-80
A FedEx truck pulling double-trailers overturned on I-80 in Indiana this morning after colliding with a roadwork crash attenuator. Indiana State Police report Chicago resident Michael Bowles appeared to have ignored highway maintenance signs when he crashed his 2018 Peterbilt into an attenuator around 3 a.m. “The semi disregarded the lighted arrow board/attenuator and attempted […]
May 8, 2018
Business
Endurant auto trans now available on Cummins-powered International LoneStar and LT tractors
The Endurant automated transmission is officially available on International LoneStar and LT model trucks spec'd with a Cummins X15 engine. Get details here.
May 8, 2018
Business
Test drive: Peterbilt’s UltraLoft 80 inch sleeper
Peterbilt’s UltraLoft 80-inch sleeper configuration for the Model 579 tractor fills a gap in the company’s truck catalog for fleets in search of a premium sleeper that maximizes space. Pete’s traditional discrete sleepers feature a flat top with an added roof fairing for better long-haul aerodynamics – a riveted assembly that creates aero-inefficient seams and […]
May 8, 2018
Trucks
Diesel prices continue to rise
Another increase in diesel fuel prices during the week ending May 7 marks the seventh consecutive week prices have risen across the country. With the latest increase, the price of a gallon of on-highway diesel is now $3.171, up 1.4 cents over last week’s national average, according to the Department of Energy’s latest report. Fuel […]
May 7, 2018
Trucks
Service over profits: fleets use different metrics in final-mile transport
Final mile is one of the fastest-growing sectors in transportation. UPS and FedEx have the majority of the B2C market, but a number of transportation companies are treading in their wake to handle larger-than-parcel shipments. Some companies with final-mile services have come from the truckload sector. Schneider, J.B. Hunt, Werner and Penske are among those […]
May 7, 2018
Business
CARB revokes compliance alternatives for emissions regs after court decision
Following a court decision, CARB revokes compliance alternatives for emissions regulations. Get more information and other trucking fleet industry news on CCJ.
May 7, 2018
Trucks
Dashcam: Tanker truck filled with gas snaps power pole in half
Police in Massachusetts released footage of a tanker truck snapping a power pole like a twig and sending sparks flying. Video shows the VoltaOil truck filled with 12,000 gallons of gas drifting across a road in Bourne and slamming into a power pole which snaps in half and explodes like a Roman candle. The 63-year-old […]
May 6, 2018
Trucks
New biodiesel fuel debuts
Renewable Energy Group announced the launch of REG Ultra Clean Diesel, a combination of renewable and biodiesel fuels. REG Ultra Clean Diesel, among the lowest emission diesel fuels on the market today, is California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved for year-round use throughout California under the Alternative Diesel Fuel Regulation. Versus CARB diesel, REG reports […]
May 6, 2018
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