Technology
California TA to be home to ‘one of the nation’s first’ public commercial truck charging stations
TravelCenters of America (TA) broke ground on a heavy- and medium-duty truck charging station in California this week.
Chinese company to build electric semi trucks at Georgia plant
A Chinese electric truck manufacturer is reportedly planning to build a plant in Georgia to assemble zero-emissions semi trucks. Reuters reports that Windrose Technology...
Trucks are now hauling frac sand in Texas with ‘no one inside the cab’
Autonomous truck technology company Kodiak Robotics Inc. announced the completion of their "first driverless delivery of frac sand in West Texas’s Permian Basin."
Was your ELD hit by the Microsoft outage? Here’s what FMCSA says you should do.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) provided guidance for truckers with an Electronic Logging Device (ELD) affected by the Microsoft outage.
Volvo rolls out new engine to meet strict California emissions standards
This week, Volvo Trucks North America debuted a California Air Resources Board (CARB) compliant heavy-duty engine.
Miss. government joins opposition to CMV EV mandate
Several Mississippi Senators and Congressional Delegates have signed onto a letter opposing the EV mandate for commercial vehicles this week. Mississippi’s U.S. Senators, Roger Wicker...
Renewable natural gas fueling station for CMVs opens in New Jersey
A renewable natural gas fueling station has opened up in New Jersey for heavy-duty trucks and other fleet vehicles. Clean Energy Fuels Corp. opened the...
Cummins conducting layoffs to focus on “operational efficiencies”
Cummins Inc. is going through a round of layoffs in an attempt to improve business and operational efficiency, company representatives say. Cummins has not specified...
Firefighters suing over natural-gas powered commercial vehicle explosion
Firefighters injured in an explosion caused by compressed natural gas fueling a burning semi truck are filing a lawsuit against multiple parties for the...
Bad GPS directions leave trucker teetering in “worst one to date”
Notoriously bad GPS directions led a trucker to near disaster in an incident the local sheriff’s office is calling the “worst one to date.” The...
‘Nobody really knows’ when company will see return on electric semi investment
A company in Utah has made the state’s first electric semi truck investment in an attempt to “be a part of the solution to...
Honda rolls out hydrogen-powered Class 8 concept truck
This week, Japanese automaker Honda gave the public a glimpse at a Class 8 concept truck powered by hydrogen fuel cells.