News roundup, March 4: Husband-wife team named Highway Angels of the Year
Ed and Tracy Zimmerman, a husband-wife team for Hirschbach Motor Lines, have been named the 2019 Highway Angels of the Year by the Truckload Carriers Association. A truck driver was pulled from his burning cab seconds before it exploded by two New Jers…
XL Fleet Launches Hybrid-Electric Upfit at Work Truck Show
XL Fleet, a provider of vehicle electrification solutions for commercial and municipal fleets, debuted two new hybrid-electric Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck options at NTEA’s The Work Truck Show.
Capacity glut challenging truck market: ACT
COLUMBUS, Ind. – Key truck transportation metrics continue to give mixed signals in early 2020, according to ACT Research’s recently released Transportation Digest. The report said that the total medium-duty market closed 2019 on a positive note, with…
2021 Ram ProMaster Unveiled at Work Truck Show
The 2021 Ram ProMaster is available in 18 different wheelbase and roof height configurations.
Hyndman trucks go under the hammer in Bolton
BOLTON, Ont. – Rows after rows of heavy-duty trucks owned by the now-defunct Hyndman Transport are on display in Bolton, Ont., where Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers is holding its first sale of the year. More than 100 Hyndman trucks are up…
Ford betting big on electric vehicles
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Ford Motor Co. is investing invest more than US$11.5 billion into vehicle electrification by 2022 to capitalize on the growing North American electric vehicle market. The sector is expected to grow to about 8% of the total…
Motiv Power Systems Displays New F-59 All-Electric Chassis
Motiv Power Systems, delivering a software platform for the electrification of medium-duty trucks and buses, featured its new F-59 chassis at The Work Truck Show 2020.
Diamond’s Kevin Kocmich named top owner-operator, wins $25k
Kevin Kocmich, who learned to truck on a farm and now hauls mostly oversized and overweight freight, was named the the 2019 Owner-Operator of the Year at the annual meeting of the Truckload Carriers Association March 3. Kocmich, who lives in Litchfield…
5 trucks in 2 separate accidents on I-65 in Indiana
Wind blows trailer into truck
Nashville-based Western Express damaged by tornado
Operations continue to fiunction