Volvo VNR Electric tractors recharge at a depot. (Performance Team, a Maersk Co.) Many of the major players in the trucking industry say they generally are supporters of the goals of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s aggressive Phase 3 proposed rule, but they have concerns that the phase-in is moving too fast. EPA’s “multipollutant” heavy ...more
Tesla's EV charging connector at a charging station in Anaheim, Calif. (Jae C. Hong/Associated Press) DETROIT — A key U.S. automotive industry organization says it will set performance standards for Tesla’s electric vehicle charging cords in another move toward using the Tesla plug on all EVs. The move June 27 by SAE International, formerly the ...more
(vitpho/Getty Images) Federal trucking regulators have confirmed they plan to consider a controversial request by the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association seeking a rulemaking to require broker-shipper pricing documents be shared with truckers carrying the load. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said in a June 16 Federal Register post on broker and bona fide agent ...more
Kodiak Robotics signed similar deals with other carriers over the past year, including Forward Air, Ikea Supply Chain Operations, and Werner Enterprises. (Kodiak Robotics) Kodiak Robotics Inc. is set to equip 800 trucks with self-driving technology for Loadsmith, a third-party Capacity-as-a-Service logistics provider, the companies said. Mountain View, Calif.-based Kodiak expects to begin delivering the ...more
A Lordstown Motors Baja truck at the Lordstown Motors complex in Lordstown, Ohio. (David Dermer/Associated Press) Commercial electric vehicle startup Lordstown Motors Corp. has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection nearly two months after it warned that it was in danger of failing. In early May, electronics company Foxconn wavered on a $170 million investment ...more
Jan Murphy/Tribune News Service Fighting Pennsylvania’s automatic adoption of California heavy-truck emission standards, the Pennsylvania Motor Truck Association and four trucking company members are suing two commonwealth agencies while contending only their legislators can create state laws. “This case is primarily about restoring the democratic process,” Caleb Kruckenberg, of the Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF), told ...more
The Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) is on the lookout for a suspected former truck driver who is slashing semi truck tires. FHP says that there have been recent six instances of semi truck tire slashing in Columbia County. The acts of vandalism have taken place near Lake City off of I-10, I-75, and S.R. 47.WCJB ...more
Police responded to a multi-vehicle collision involving daycare buses transporting children in Marietta, Georgia, on Tuesday morning. The crash occurred on southbound I-75 at at S Marietta Parkway around 8:40 a.m. on June 27.🚨ALERT COBB CO.🚨There is a crash on I-75 S at S Marietta Pkwy (mm 263.3) leaving only two left lanes open. Avoid ...more
Buc-ee’s broke its own world record for largest gas station in the world last week with the opening of its new Tennessee location, reported WYFF News. The location opened in Sevierville, Tennessee and spans 74,000 square feet, features 120 gas pumps, employs 350 people, and still doesn’t allow truck drivers. The business is located at Interstate ...more
A truck driver was fatally struck by a car on Monday morning while chasing after his furry co-pilot. The incident happened on Monday, June 26th in Kountze, Texas at around 6 a.m. According to 6 KFDM, 61-year-old trucker Edward Joseph Farkas Sr. was pulled over on the shoulder of Highway 69 in front of Reed Ice ...more
