Truck News

JANUARY 10, 2024

This year, though, I’m making a resolution for the Canadian trucking […] Making New Year’s resolutions is not my bag. Never had much interest in dealing with my most undesirable traits.

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Truck News

JANUARY 18, 2024

Simply put, the trucking industry is a demand-derived service sector. The members of all three national North American trucking associations – the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA), American Trucking Associations (ATA) […]

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NGT News

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Hexagon Agility, a leading provider of renewable natural gas (RNG) fuel systems, confirms new orders for compressed natural gas (CNG)/RNG fuel system installations on pilot trucks powered by Cummins‘ new X15N natural gas engine developed for the North American commercial truck market.

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NGT News

MARCH 27, 2024

The first RIZON Class 4-5 battery electric cabover trucks, engineered by Daimler Truck Group, are now being delivered to customers throughout California. RIZON trucks, exclusively distributed in the U.S. by Velocity EV, are set to enhance urban delivery applications by driving both economic and environmental sustainability.

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NGT News

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

With the unveiling of the all-new Volvo VNL truck, Volvo Trucks North America has further extended its fuel efficiency by enhancing the Volvo D13 engine and I-Shift transmission.

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Commercial Carrier Journal

MAY 27, 2023

Two trucking groups say any benefits that might come from allowing trucks to run at higher weights is offset by safety and infrastructure concerns.

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 9, 2024

Yale Lift Truck Technologies has added an order picker pallet truck to its line-up of flexible warehouse equipment. Warehouses are having to find ways to pick more orders, more efficiently, not least because the retail and eCommerce industries continue to boom,” says Monica Radavelli, Product Manager for Yale Lift Truck Technologies.

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Conger

MARCH 14, 2024

Are you familiar with forklifts but interested in learning about clamp trucks and what they can do? If you are involved in transporting materials such as hay, paper rolls, or other irregularly shaped items, a clamp truck could be the ideal solution. Table of Contents Toggle What is a Clamp Truck? Let’s dive in!

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Logistics Management

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The ATA’s advanced Seasonally Adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index, for January, at 117.1 2015=100), saw a 0.7% gain, from December to January, following a 1% December gain, to 116.2, over November.

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NGT News

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

DHL Freight has deployed a hydrogen truck produced by special-purpose commercial vehicle manufacturer Paul Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH. The Paul Hydrogen Power-Truck, a vehicle based on the Mercedes-Benz Atego, will be used during the one-year pilot for distribution and linehauls at DHL’s Cologne, Germany, location.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 21, 2024

VisionNav Robotics launched its latest automatic trailer truck loading and unloading solution – featuring the newly unveiled VNST20 PRO AGV robotics – to a European audience at LogiMAT 2024, the international trade show for intralogistics solutions and process management in Stuttgart, Germany.

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NGT News

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

NFI, a project partner of the Joint Electric Truck Scaling Initiative (JETSI), has officially received all 50 Class 8 battery electric trucks funded through the project — including 30 Freightliner eCascadia trucks and 20 Volvo VNR Electric trucks.

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NGT News

JANUARY 31, 2024

Revoy, a simple solution to decarbonize trucking, has launched the Revoy EV, an add-on for fleets that enables an easy transition to full electric vehicle without alterations to trucks or trailers.

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NGT News

MARCH 14, 2024

The two companies signed a letter of intent (LOI), reinforcing their partnership with a facing view toward electric heavy-duty truck solutions, including both battery electric trucks and fuel cell electric trucks, for European markets.

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Women in Trucking

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The Women In Trucking Foundation scholarship program changes lives. By offering financial support through its scholarship program, the WIT Foundation allows women to overcome financial barriers to access education and training programs, empowering them to pursue successful careers in the trucking industry.

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NGT News

APRIL 27, 2023

Gateway Truck & Refrigeration has completed the training and facility upgrades to become the first Volvo Trucks Certified Electric Vehicle Dealership in Illinois. Gateway has been in business for more than 30 years and operates two Volvo Trucks dealership locations in Collinsville, Ill., and Wright City, Mo.

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NGT News

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

a manufacturer and distributor of purpose-built, all-electric, zero-emission medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, has appointed Monarch Truck Center, a medium-duty truck dealer in the California Bay Area, as its commercial dealer serving the St. GreenPower Motor Company Inc., Clara, San Jose and Union City, California markets.

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Overdrive Online

MARCH 18, 2024

AB 5 should get back to "the soap box and the ballot box," a California judge said March 15, ruling against trucking's last legal challenge. The judge denied an injunction to block the state's worker classification law from applying in trucking.

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Food Logistics

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

67% of truck driver surveyed agree that they feel their job is appreciated, yet 83% experience daily challenges with recent increases in fuel prices.

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Overdrive Online

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Year 2019 yielded spectacular income for then-one-truck owner-operator Dannel Weaver. A high tax bill, too, which in part led to a decision to grow the fleet, now at six trucks, including one Weaver still pilots.

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Commercial Carrier Journal

MARCH 26, 2023

A late model truck is important, but mostly due to its perceived reliability versus an older unit. What drivers say is most important are the features spec'd on the truck.

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Overdrive Online

MARCH 29, 2024

Sleeper truck manufacturers already have their work cut out for them meeting 2022-introduced NOx and particulates emissions limits. With EPA's Phase 3 greenhouse-gas regs issued today, CO2 reductions up the ante starting in 2030, sooner for other trucks.

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NGT News

APRIL 17, 2024

The RIZON brand will be presented in Canada for the first time at Truck World in Toronto from April 18-20 and will be available to Canadian customers for the first time with preorders set to begin in […] The post RIZON Class 4-5 Electric Vehicles Travel North, Enter Canadian Truck Market appeared first on NGT News.

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NGT News

JANUARY 27, 2023

Mack Trucks dealer Bergey’s Truck Center has achieved Certified Electric Vehicle (EV) Dealer status at its Trenton, N.J., Bergey’s will now be able to service and support the Mack LR Electric refuse vehicle and is the first Mack dealer in New Jersey to achieve EV certification status. “We

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NGT News

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Surgenor Truck Group locations in Kingston and Ottawa, Ontario, Canada are now both Mack Trucks Certified Electric Vehicle (EV) Dealers and ready to service and support the Mack LR Electric refuse model. The post Surgenor Truck Group Becomes Certified Mack Truck EV Dealer appeared first on NGT News.

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Overdrive Online

MARCH 27, 2024

Catch the full awards ceremony from the Mid-America Trucking Show, as well as the full list of winners and plenty views of standouts from the contest, spanning 39 categories.

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NGT News

JANUARY 17, 2024

ClearFlame Engine Technologies has completed the first sale of its FuelAdaptive truck to Vander Haag’s Inc. The truck is the world’s first product to deliver diesel-like performance to the heavy-duty trucking industry with a reduction in fuel costs and carbon emissions using a nationally distributed fuel.

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NGT News

JANUARY 3, 2024

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has extended the reporting deadline for Clean Truck Check, giving heavy-duty truck owners and operators extra time to enter their information into a new database that will track compliance.

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NGT News

MARCH 26, 2024

Scania continues to expand its battery electric vehicle (BEV) truck line by introducing more electric trucks, axle configurations and cab alternatives, plus a number of power take-off (PTO) solutions.

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NGT News

APRIL 12, 2024

A Class 8 heavy-duty electric freight truck has completed a historic crossing from the U.S. The semi-truck made its maiden voyage into Mexico, marking a milestone as the binational region moves toward a net-zero future. into Mexico, according to San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) and Bali Express.

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Truck News

AUGUST 1, 2023

So what’s the deal with autonomous trucks these days? Will your trucks drive themselves any time soon? Will you be out of a driving job before you want to be? […]

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Commercial Carrier Journal

OCTOBER 8, 2023

The United Auto Workers union informed Mack Trucks Sunday night that its members rejected a new five-year collective bargaining agreement and will strike Oct.

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Commercial Carrier Journal

JANUARY 7, 2024

Despite some union wins in trucking last year, the remote nature of the driver force is problematic and Yellow's demise serves as a cautionary tale.

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NGT News

MARCH 1, 2023

Hexagon Purus, a manufacturer of zero-emission mobility and infrastructure solutions, says it is in advanced discussions with Hino Trucks for a long-term distribution agreement under which Hexagon Purus expects to produce complete battery-electric heavy-duty trucks for the U.S.

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NGT News

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Daimler Truck North America LLC (DTNA) has delivered 20 battery-electric Freightliner eCascadia Class 8 tractors to Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling (RCCB), a West Coast and Midwest bottler and distributor of Coca-Cola brands. These electric vehicles will join RCCB’s fleet of delivery trucks in Downey, Calif.,

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