No silver bullet solution
Green Truck Summit keynote addresses how carriers benefit from green technologies
Lightning Systems to Offer Hydrogen-Powered Transit Van
Lightning Systems will begin delivering its battery-electric Ford Transit cargo van later this month and will eventually offer a hydrogen fuel-cell model, the vehicle modifier announced.
Shell Debuts Fuel-Efficient Starship Concept Truck
Shell and Airflow Truck Company have debuted the full-size version of the company’s Starship Project truck – a concept Class 8 truck that maximizes fuel efficiency using a combination of currently available technologies.
Photos: 2018 TMC Annual Meeting
The Technology & Maintenance Council of the American Trucking Associations held its 2018 Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia. HDT’s editors were there and have these photo highlights.
Idaho adds new signs to weigh-in-motion bypass systems at Lewiston Port of Entry
The Idaho Transportation Department says the updated system is expected to allow up to 70 percent of trucks heading out of the city, and 50 percent of trucks entering the city, to bypass the weigh station.
Steve Bennett’s 2003 Peterbilt 379
Bennett has painted the truck Phantom Gray with black “gangster-style” front fenders and 7-inch stacks.
Navistar Expands Fleetrite with Radiator and Surge Tank Program
Navistar announced that Fleetrite has launched a comprehensive all-makes radiator and surge tank program, expanding the portfolio of its private label parts business.
Alabama college offering CDL program just for women
For ‘an untapped market’
Waste Management wins Women’s Choice award
Houston-based Waste Management was recently recognized as a 2018 Best Companies for Millennials by the Women’s Choice Award. “We are very honored to be recognized by the Women’s Choice Award,” said Jim Fish, president and chief executive officer of Was…
OOIDA’s latest anti-ELD effort: Ask Congress for hearing
Saying the roll out of mandatory electronic logging devices on most trucks was flawed, a major trucking organization asked a House of Representatives committee to hold a hearing to consider possible problems. The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Asso…