2020 Fact Book: Drivers [Photos]
This year’s Fact Book stats on drivers gives readers a snapshot of the wages, characteristics and turnover rates.
Former NASA safety executive joins Torc
BLACKSBURG, Va. – Self-driving truck company Torc Robotics has hired former NASA safety engineering executive John Marinaro as director of operational safety and testing. As a member of the executive team, Marinaro will have oversight and risk manageme…
Former NASA safety executive joins Torc
BLACKSBURG, Va. – Self-driving truck company Torc Robotics has hired former NASA safety engineering executive John Marinaro as director of operational safety and testing. As a member of the executive team, Marinaro will have oversight and risk manageme…
2020 Fact Book: Sustainability [Photos]
Since fuel savings cover more than just costs and consumption, we decided to rename the Fuel section in this year’s Fact Book to give it a broader range of topics to cover.
As with fire ants attacking a DOT officer inspecting logs, beware the ANTs in your own mind
Once upon a time, an inspector was so engrossed by a logbook (just knowing he’d find something) that he neglected to notice he was standing atop a fire-ant mound. Likewise, so-called ‘automatic negative thoughts’ can be agents of self-defeating pattern…
GM enters electric Class 8 market with Nikola tie-up, ATRI asks for truckers’ top industry concerns
Nikola and GM announced a partnership that gives GM an ownership stake in the hydrogen-electric startup in exchange for use of GM’s battery system and fuel cell tech. In other news: ATRI wants to know your top trucking industry concerns.
GM Acquires Stake in Nikola, Will Produce Badger Pickup
Nikola gets the manufacturing partner it needs to deliver on mass producing the electric and fuel cell variants of the Nikola Badger pickup truck.
Video: Close look at Wyoming-based owner-op’s working classic 1970 KW
Perhaps most notable, the prior engine in owner-op Martin Herman’s W925 was a Cummins Big Cam he’d modified with components from a later-vintage Cummins N14, re-engineered to fit. Plenty views of — and information about — the rig in this video.
ATRI Surveys Industry for Top Concerns
The American Transportation Research Institute recently launched its annual Top Industry Issues Survey, which asks the industry shareholders to rank the top issues of concern, as well as potential strategies for addressing each issue.
Dale Ricks’ 2021 Peterbilt 389
The rig is powered by a 565-hp Cummins X15 with an 18-speed and 3:25 rears. It sits on a 295-inch wheelbase. Ricks ordered the truck new and had it fully customized at Sioux Falls Peterbilt.