Colorado Announces Energy-Transfer Highway Project
Hard on the heels of last week’s high-profile Nikola’s hydrogen-electric powered truck launch comes news that the Colorado State Department of Transportation is working with private partners to explore the development of an energy-transfer highway segment. The project will allow real-world testing of a stretch of an electric grid embedded in a stretch of highway that transfers electricity to electric-powered trucks through a coil transmission and reception system.
Maxim raises $21K and spreads some Christmas cheer
WINNIPEG, Man. – Maxim Truck and Trailer raised $21,000 from its 16th annual pancake breakfast Dec. 8 – talk about flippin’ a lot of flapjacks! The money will go to the Christmas Cheer Board of Winnipeg, as will a full…
East Manufacturing Names Dump Trailer Product Manager
East Manufacturing appointed Chris Cooler as its product manager for dump trailers in addition to his role as Mid-South regional manager. In his new role, Cooler will oversee all dump trailers and truck dump bodies for the brand.
All about lending a helping hand
PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE, Man. – Jake Neufeld started Paraclete Transport in 1993, and ‘praise the Lord’ for that. As current company president Norm Thiessen told Truck West, Neufeld, Thiessen’s uncle, launched the transportation business to do more than move dry…
Happy IFTA returns
In what seems like another life ago, I worked as a salesperson at a jewelry store. Of course, December is a big month for jewelry sales because people are buying Christmas presents. Inevitably there would be last-minute shoppers who arrived…
East Manufacturing names Cooler to lead dump trailers and bodies
RANDOLPH, Ohio – Chris Cooler has been named product manager for dump trailers for East Manufacturing, which constructs a full line of aluminum platform, dump and refuse trailers, steel dump trailers and dump bodies. Cooler’s new role, which is in…
Large truckload turnover at lowest point since 2011
ARLINGTON, Va. – American Trucking Associations (ATA) says turnover at large truckload fleets fell 81% in the third quarter, dropping to a new five-year low. “Ongoing softness in the freight economy has contributed to an easing of the market for…
Navistar opens new reconditioning center in Melrose Park, Ill.
LISLE, Ill. – Marking a new chapter for its Diamond Renewal certified brand of used International trucks, Navistar held the grand opening of the company’s Used Truck Reconditioning Center in Melrose Park, Ill. The facility replaces the now closed Indianapolis…
Sleep Or Drive?
The trucking industry scored a victory this week when Republican lawmakers effectively blocked Obama administration safety rules aimed at keeping tired truckers off the highway. But there’s more coming down the road.
Grand Island Express Maintained Good CSA Scores with DriveCam
Grand Island Express, a 140-vehicle for-hire trucking company, deployed Lytx’s video-based telematics system DriveCam throughout its fleet; a move that it says has improved the fleet’s safety record. Grand Island said it originally tried self-service dash cams in every truck, but found the technology unreliable and slow.