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Nikola, BYD Complete First Emissions-Free Beer Delivery for Anheuser-Busch
Using a Nikola hydogen-electric truck and a BYD electric truck, Anheuser-Busch completed a delivery from its brewery to a local wholesale partner that the company is touting as its first “zero-emission beer delivery”.
Ditching Mirrors for Monitors is Easy – If You Want To
Convincing drivers that camera/monitor systems are at least as good as, if not better than, traditional mirrors will probably take no more than a few hours of driving with them. That was Equipment Editor Jim Park’s experience with MirrorEye. But he’s s…
News roundup, Nov. 21: Be wary of increased cargo theft activity during Thanksgiving; Heavy haulers to conference in Feb.
SensiGuard reports that it has recorded cargo thefts at a 51% higher rate during Thanksgiving holiday periods than throughout the rest of the year. Heavy and oversize haulers of the Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association look ahead to February …
Young trucker is hero of new series of kids books
The Tripp Wheeler Adventures series
Though holding strong, owner-operator income reflects a cooling market
Even as freight demand returned to pre-2018 levels this year, owner-operator income showed a respectable performance during the third quarter.
Occupied vehicle booting: ‘No, it does not happen to cars’; More 10-4 voices
In this Overdrive Radio edition, readers offer some obvious-seeming advice: If you’re at an open location with any no-parking sign within eyesight –- do the reasonable thing and get out and ask a question in-store before you make a $300 or more costly …
Video: J&L Contracting returns to show truck competition with custom 2019 Pete 389
The company gave the truck its name, “Here We Go Again,” as a nod to J&L’s return to truck show competition. A previous Peterbilt 389, “Contender,” competed for the Pride & Polish National Championship in 2015.
Davy Truck Sales relocates
COURTICE, Ont. – Davy Truck Sales has relocated into a new building in Courtice, Ont. Previously based on Shawson Drive in Mississauga, Ont., the company purchased a two-acre parcel of land in May 2017 for the new location. “Our intention…
Andrew Yang Wants a ‘Trucking Czar’ in the White House
Presidential candidate Andrew Yang said in the Democratic primary debate in Atlanta on Nov. 20 that if elected, he would appoint a “trucking czar” to oversee the transition from human drivers to autonomous vehicles.