GreenPower Launches EV Star CC for Cargo and Delivery Market
The EV Star CC is a purpose-built, battery-electric, multi-utility cab and chassis that can be used by cargo and delivery companies that wish to use their body design while transitioning to a zero-emissions fleet.
ITI Brings Safety Courses for Delivery Fleets
Instructional Technologies Inc. (ITI), providers of training solutions for the transportation industry, announced ClearDrive online training programs for delivery van, commercial sedan, and work truck drivers.
Waste hauler takes delivery of first Autocar DC-64R
HOUSTON, Texas – Autocar has delivered its first DC-64R conventional roll-off waste truck to WCA Waste Corporation. The company says WCA helped develop specific features and benefits during the product development process. “The three Cs of a healthy bu…
CEO explains how Hurricane Express takes on COVID-19
Editor’s Note: Welcome to View From the Top, a new series for Truckers News. In each feature, we’ll talk with one of trucking’s leaders about how their company and the industry are dealing with the unprecedented challenges and changes wrought by …
Speeding focus of July 12-18 Safe Driver Week
While the COVID-19 coronavirus slammed the brakes on Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s International Roadcheck inspection blitz that was to have been held last week, the organization says it won’t stop its next enforcement effort. The CVSA say…
Hours of service changes effective in September
Much-anticipated changes to federal regulations governing truckers’ hours of service were announced today and are expected to take effect in late September. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Acting Administrator James Mullen announced t…
Good news: Less traffic. Bad news: More cargo thefts.
While the upcoming Memorial Day weekend is expected to have a record low amount of traffic on the nation’s highways, it conversely could mean a busier than normal time for cargo theft in the trucking industry. For the first time in 20 years, AAA …
Woman trucker helping feed other drivers
It can, at times, feel that life on the road is difficult, demanding, and lonely. And, that no one cares, especially during these difficult days of the COVID-19 coronavirus. However, there are bright spots, and reassuring surprises when truckers get un…
Bret Weiler’s 2019 Kenworth W900L
The truck is powered by a 550 Cat with an 18-speed Eaton and 3:55 rears. He has added a 20-inch Valley Chrome bumper, 12-Gauge Customs front end air ride, Lincoln Chrome 7-inch stacks, a RoadWorks visor, fiberglass rear fenders and more.
Memorial Day forecasts: Less traffic, more cargo thefts
COVID-19 cuts into travel plans