Kenworth to Work with Meritor on Electric T680
Meritor and Kenworth will partner on developing an electric Kenworth T680E, reported to be a short-hood day cab in tractor with an operating range between 100 to 150 miles, depending on application.
With the public leery about sharing the road with robots, ‘Advocates’ may be truckers’ ally, for once
A press release from an oten-enough-perceived anti-truck group early this week pressed lawmakers on safety standards for increasingly deployed assistive driving technologies. For safety-conscious truckers urging resistance to any hastened deployment of…
Re-engineered Transcraft Eagle Trailer Returns with More Standard Features
Wabash National said it plans to reintroduce the Transcraft Eagle combination trailer with a host of premium features that will now be included as standard equipment.
Truck drivers have rights after fleet bankruptcies
TORONTO, Ont. — Adam Lowry, a company driver with Celedon Canada (Hyndman) first learned about the company’s pending collapse on a news website. There had been lots of chatter about the problems with the American parent company, but little …
Bendix excels in safety performance
ELYRIA, Ohio – Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems has logged one of its safest years, the company said Thursday. It achieved an excellent safety performance in 2019, even while fulfilling record sales and production levels for the third year running. Wi…
Tractor-trailers collide, burn on I-40 in Tennessee
Multiple fatalities; victims not identified
ECONOMIC WATCH: FTR voices concern over coronavirus
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The still-evolving coronavirus epidemic is casting a shadow over an already-struggling trucking industry, according to transportation intelligence provider FTR. The epidemic could have a big potential impact on freight because China…
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New Marketplace Will Monetize Data for U.S. Logistics Players
A web-based omnichannel data marketplace for U.S. transportation and logistics firms is being rolled out via a partnership between dexFreight and Ocean Protocol of Singapore.
US ports push multimodal national freight plan
[caption caption="The US should take shipping costs into consideration when prioritizing freight projects, the Northwest Seaport Alliance said. Photo credit: Shutterstock.com."][/caption]The United States needs to take a broad and more inclusiv…