Love’s plans 40 new locations, 3,000 parking spots in 2020
Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores, has big plans for 2020. The Oklahoma City-based travel center company said Thursday, Jan. 16, it expects to open 40 new locations this year and add about 3,000 new truck parking spaces. The announcement follows…
Meritor Acquires TransPower, Advancing Electrification Plans
Meritor, Inc. has announced it recently acquired all the outstanding common shares of Transportation Power, Inc., better known as TransPower.
News roundup, Jan. 17: Werner to deploy electric Peterbilt 579 in testing; Love’s looks to continue expanding in 2020
Werner took possession of a 2019 Peterbilt 579 EV Class 8 electric and plans to run the truck for a year on a dedicated route in Southern California. Love’s plans to open 40 new travel center locations in 2020.
Indiana cops impound truck that’s 96,300 lbs. overweight
How much is too much?
Daimler Announces Electric Medium-Duty eEconic
Ideal for urban waste collection, Daimler’s eEconic electric truck will be based on the all-electric eActros, with testing to begin in 2021.
Bob Adair’s 2016 Kenworth W900
The rig is equipped with a Cat 3406E and an 18-speed. He has added seven-inch straight stacks, an RLK visor, custom knobs, 12-Gauge Customs cab and cowl panels and more.
Trailer Orders Drop in December from November, Previous Year
Preliminary reports indicate trailer orders for December were down from the previous month and significantly down from the same time last year, according to ACT Research and FTR estimates.
Tripping through TRB [Photos]
HDT takes you inside the exhibit hall of the Transportation Research Board’s 99th Annual Meeting. TRB works to advance all modes of transportation, including improving highways to make freight movements by truck safer and more efficient.
Judge: California Can’t Enforce AB5 Against Trucking
A U.S. Southern District Court on Jan. 16 granted a preliminary injunction prohibiting California state officials from enforcing a controversial new law against motor carriers that makes it virtually impossible to contract with owner-operators in the s…
Court grants CTA preliminary injunction in California AB5 case
[caption caption=”Trucking companies for decades have classified the owner-operators who drove for them as independent contractors, but that model has been under attack in states such as California and New Jersey over claims the drivers are direct…