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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
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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
Trucks
Nikola scores large truck order from Anheuser-Busch
Anheuser-Busch, the largest beer manufacturer in the U.S., has placed an order for up to 800 hydrogen-electric tractors, Nikola Motor Company announced Thursday. The beer-maker, having ordered 40 Tesla electric Semi trucks last December, says it plans to convert its entire company-owned long-haul fleet to zero tailpipe emissions vehicles by 2025. “Both solutions (hydrogen and […]
May 4, 2018
Trucks
Kenworth: New CNG hybrid T680 will perform as well or better than diesel
A prototype Kenworth T680 tractor equipped with a parallel hybrid electric propulsion system made its public debut today at the Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo in Long Beach, Calif. The T680 is on display (booth No. 939) in the Exhibit Hall during the annual show, which runs through May 3 at the Long Beach Convention […]
May 4, 2018
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Roush CleanTech unveils electric F-650
Roush CleanTech has joined the growing commercial battery electric vehicle segment by unveiling an all-electric Ford F-650 today at ACT Expo in Long Beach, Calif. The company, which includes propane autogas and compressed natural gas in its technology portfolio, expands its alternative fuel market with zero-emission electric vehicles. “An electric battery option for medium-duty trucks […]
May 4, 2018
Trucks
Nikola suing Tesla over tractor design patent infringement claims
Nikola Motor Company filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Tesla Inc., alleging the electric-car company infringed on several of its Class 8 truck design patents. The hydrogen-electric truck startup claims Tesla’s Semi – set for production next year – violates Nikola patents for the truck’s fuselage design, mid-entry door and wrap-around windshield. “The Tesla Semi design is substantially […]
May 4, 2018
Trucks
Tesla boss Musk touts Semi range could top 600 miles, says ‘about 2,000’ are on order
When 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, 2018
Business
Nikola scores large truck order from Anheuser-Busch
Nikola Motor Company recently announced that Anheuser-Busch has placed an order for hundreds of hydrogen-electric semi-trucks. Get more details on CCJ.
May 3, 2018
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