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Business
Truck orders predictably slide as demand remains at record levels
Despite Class 8 truck orders dipping significantly in the month of April, demand remains historically high. Get more details on Commercial Carrier Journal.
May 3, 2018
Business
Tesla boss Musk touts Semi range could top 600 miles, says ‘about 2,000’ are on order
Tesla's Elon Musk originally promised that his company would create an all-electric truck that would cover a 500 mile range. Learn more on the story on CCJ.
May 3, 2018
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Meritor announces new EV tech brand Blue Horizon
Meritor announced Blue Horizon this week, a new technology brand representing the company’s emerging platform of advanced technologies centered on electric drivetrain, efficiency and connectivity systems. Products offered under the new brand will include integrated electrified solutions for Class 4 – 8 commercial vehicles across multiple vocations, including pickup and delivery, drayage/terminal tractors, transit and school buses, […]
May 2, 2018
Trucks
Drivers on demand: new workforce platform helps final-mile carriers fill seats
Millions of people are using their smartphones and apps to find freelance work. Just as truckers use online marketplaces and broker apps to find loads, motorists have Uber and Lyft to locate ridesharing gigs and Rover to find pet-walking jobs, among other examples. In this tech-enabled “Gig Economy,” people have freedom to create their own […]
May 2, 2018
Class 3-6
Ford recalling an additional 26,000 Transit vans
Ford announced today that it’s adding an additional 26,000 vehicles to an existing safety recall for 2015-2017 Ford Transit vans. Vehicles equipped with a trailer tow module may be susceptible to water intrusion into the module and connector resulting in potential wiring corrosion and damage to the module. Ford reports that these vehicles were not […]
May 2, 2018
Business
Nikola suing Tesla over tractor design patent infringement claims
Nikola says it has filed a lawsuit against Tesla alleging Tesla infringed on several of its electric semi-truck design patents. Get more details on CCJ.
May 2, 2018
Business
New NACFE report makes 10 arguments for, against electric trucks
A North American Council for Freight Efficiency report highlights the positives and negatives on the electrification of semi-trucks. Get more details on CCJ.
May 2, 2018
Business
Dana, Workhorse partner on city delivery truck with new electric axle
Dana and Workhorse Group discuss the details of their joint project of a delivery vehicle featuring Dana’s e-Drive axle. More on Commercial Carrier Journal.
May 2, 2018
Trucks
Dana’s new e-Drive axle sheds weight & improves efficiency
Dana is calling its new Spicer Electrified integrated e-Drive axle one of the greatest innovations in the company’s 114-year history. The e-Drive axle, which is on display this week at ACT Expo in Long Beach, Calif., houses an electric motor which when compared to a conventional EV powertrain design, sheds hundreds of pounds and delivers […]
May 1, 2018
Trucks
NACFE releases guide on commercial electric vehicles
Battery weight, range, vehicle weight, fluid weight, charging speeds, infrastructure, electricity pricing…commercial electric vehicles are attracting more fleets but also generating a lot of questions. To help fleets decide if EVs will prove to be a good fit, the North American Council for Freight Efficiency released today a detailed guide considering the viability of Class […]
May 1, 2018
Trucks
Workhorse gets U.S. patent for HorseFly drone delivery system
Workhorse Group announced recently that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a patent for its HorseFly Truck Launched Drone Package Delivery System. The HorseFly UAV Delivery System is a custom-built UAV that is fully integrated with the Workhorse line of electric/hybrid delivery trucks. The HorseFly system conforms to FAA guidelines for UAV […]
April 30, 2018
Trucks
Used EV batteries creating opportunities in recycling and repurposing
BYD, the largest electric vehicle manufacturer in the world, announced today at ACT Expo in Long Beach, Calif. that it will be opening a battery recycling facility in Shanghai in June. BYD joins Tesla, which plans on recycling its EV batteries at its Gigabit factory in Sparks, Nevada. The announcement came during this morning’s Battery […]
April 30, 2018
Trucks
Insurance fraud lands trucking company owner in prison
Action in three trucking-related crimes has recently been reported by the Department of Transportation’s Office of Inspector General and New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal, including another fraudulent CDL testing scheme, illegal hazmat transport and insurance fraud. N.J. trucking co. owner sentenced over insurance fraud A New Jersey trucking company owner was sentenced this week […]
April 30, 2018
Trucks
Freightliner debuts new CNG trucks at 2018 ACT Expo
Two new Freightliner Cascadia compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles will be showcased for the first time at the 2018 ACT Expo Conference this week in Long Beach, Calif. The trucks, which will be on display in the Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) booth (#947), further expands DTNA’s line-up of alternative fuel options. One of the […]
April 29, 2018
Trucks
Missing trucker walks 36 miles out of snow-filled woods following GPS debacle
A trucker and his GPS are being blamed for his four-day disappearance in the snow-covered hills of Oregon. After going missing last Tuesday, Jacob Cartwright, 22, walked 36 miles from his stuck truck in the woods near Pendleton back to his home in La Grande on Saturday where his wife found him following a search […]
April 29, 2018
Trucks
Truck stuck under Massachusetts bridge
Nobody wants to be ‘the guy’ who gets stuck under a bridge…but it happens and when it does, you can bet that a camera or two will be there to capture the action. In Needham, Mass. on Saturday, a truck hauling construction equipment couldn’t quite squeeze under a train trestle. The result? First responders had […]
April 27, 2018
Trucks
Despite Tesla woes, City Furniture signs up for five electric Semis
City Furniture, one of the nation’s top-selling furniture brands, became the first furniture retailer in the U.S. to announce the pre-order of five all-electric Tesla Semi trucks. The news comes as Tesla faces another government investigation following another fatality involving its controversial Autopilot system. On Tuesday, Tesla’s Autopilot chief Jim Keller resigned following the March […]
April 26, 2018
Trucks
Over $800K in meth found in tractor-trailer heading from Mexico into the U.S.
A 33-year-old Mexican truck driver was arrested Wednesday in Arizona for attempting to smuggle 270 pounds of methamphetamine into the U.S. U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers at Arizona’s Port of Nogales report that after a tractor-trailer carrying a load of mangoes was referred for a second inspection a drug dog alerted to meth inside […]
April 26, 2018
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