Technology
The first of 200 wind turbine blades has made it to its final destination after a long, oversize journey across Australia. The wind turbine is part of a renewable energy project in New South Wales, Australia as...
The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) is facing a legal challenge from the Teamsters over the way the agency rolled out approval for self-driving commercial trucks. On August 5, 2026, Teamsters California filed suit against...
FMCSA revokes 5 ELDs, giving truckers a 60-day deadline to replace with compliant devices
Truckers will have sixty days to act after the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) removed five electronic logging devices (ELDs) from the agency's...
IndyCar Team announces partnership with driverless semi truck company
A major IndyCar Team entered into a multi-year partnership with a leading autonomous trucking technology company. On August 4, the Indianapolis-based Arrow McLaren IndyCar...
FedEx expands use of ‘intelligent robots’ to load trailers at Maryland facility
FedEx Corp. announced an expanded partnership with a "physical AI company" to deploy robots to load trailers at a company facility in Maryland. On...
Truckers sue AI dash cam company over ‘mass surveillance’ on a ‘massive scale’
A lawsuit filed by truck drivers accuses a popular fleet and driver management technology company of improperly collecting license plate data and "surreptitiously tracking...
Bill seeks to restrict federal access to AI-powered license plate readers, including Flock cameras
A Texas Congressman recently introduced a bill to provide drivers with more privacy protection from automated license plate readers (ALPRs) and other surveillance technologies. On...
Senate advances bill to ban connected vehicle tech from foreign adversaries including China and Russia
Lawmakers pushed forward legislation to prohibit connected vehicle technology from certain countries from entering the U.S. market. On July 22, 2026, the Senate Commerce...
DEF Act to provide 10-year legal shield for truckers and farmers following new EPA guidelines
New legislation would protect agricultural and trucking companies that take advantage of recently-issued diesel emissions guidance from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). On...
Relief from DEF inducements coming for Kenworth and Peterbilt trucks
Heavy-duty truck maker PACCAR Inc announced software updates are available for Kenworth and Peterbilt trucks in alignment with recent U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA)...
Statewide $2.5 million weigh-in-motion scale upgrade project underway in Colorado
The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) is at work on a project to upgrade aging Weigh-In-Motion (WIM) equipment at weigh stations across the state....
New Trucker Path feature helps drivers steer clear of high-risk cargo theft locations
Trucker Path app users have access to new information to help them identify locations where they are at high risk for cargo theft. On...
FMCSA takes another ELD out-of-service, making it the 80th device revoked since January 2025
Truckers have sixty days to act after the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) revoked another electronic logging device (ELD). On June 23, 2026,...
Daimler updates software on 330,000 trucks to end 5 MPH DEF ‘limp mode’
Daimler Truck North America LLC (DTNA) issued a software update for hundreds of thousands of in-service commercial trucks in order to comply with new...