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Traton, Navistar Challenge Other Truck Makers’ Emission Systems

The recent introduction of the Navistar S13 engine with no EGR cooler and much less reliance on any form of EGR is remarkable.

October 7, 2022
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafety

IIJA, Workforce and Parking Top FMCSA’s Fall Agenda

The implementation of the $1 trillion infrastructure law and proceeding with workforce and parking programs for the trucking industry will headline the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s fall agenda.

October 6, 2022
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentLogistics

September Class 8 Orders Erupt in All-Time Record

No need any longer to wonder about pent-up demand for Class 8 trucks, North American Class 8 orders in September surged past 53,000 to set an all-time high and nearly doubled those of a year earlier, ACT Research reported.

October 6, 2022
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafetyAutonomous

Uber Revives Self-Driving Taxi Dreams, Plans to Start This Year

Uber Technologies Inc. inked a deal with Motional Inc. to offer driverless deliveries and rides, rekindling its vision of a self-driving taxi fleet nearly two years after it sold its autonomous vehicle division.

October 6, 2022
BusinessEquipmentLogisticsPrivate

Amazon Plans to Hire 150,000 Workers for Holiday Season

Amazon.com Inc. plans to hire 150,000 seasonal workers, about the same as last year despite slowing sales and predictions of a lackluster holiday shopping season.

October 6, 2022
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EV Tax Credit Rules Put on Fast Track at Treasury

The Treasury Department is expediting the formulation of scores of regulations that will carry out the $270 billion worth of energy tax incentives included in President Joe Biden’s signature climate and tax bill.

October 5, 2022
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentFuel

Volvo Invites Media to Test Drive the VNR Electric Truck

DUBLIN, Va. — Volvo Trucks North America provided members of the media a chance to drive its VNR Electric truck during a press event Sept. 29.

October 5, 2022
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentFuelLogisticsGlobal Freight

Maersk Expands Green Fleet With $1 Billion Order for Vessels

A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S, one of the world’s largest oil consumers, ordered six large containerships that can sail on green methanol as part of the transport giant’s plan to become carbon neutral.

October 5, 2022
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafetyAutonomous

Autonomous Trucking Startup Gatik Is Ditching the Driver in Canada

San Francisco tourists, Phoenix suburbanites and now Canadian bacon — the list of driverless cargo keeps growing.

October 5, 2022
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentFuel

US House Lawmakers Introduce EV Tech Bill

Legislation designed to promote research and development programs for vehicle technologies at the U.S. Department of Energy was recently introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives.

October 4, 2022