Chicago-based Fueloyal has developed a “smart fuel cap” designed to prevent thieves from siphoning fuel from the tanks and prevent drivers from stealing it at the pump. Fuel theft in trucking is a $10 billion problem for the trucking industry and the company’s iCap 1000 is designed to protect the valuable fuel in the big…
Navistar and Volkswagen Truck & Bus are defining their wide-ranging strategic alliance. Leaders from the two companies attended the September IAA truck show in Hannover, Germany and addressed the new deal. “Our teams can work on next level technologies,” said Navistar CEO Troy Clarke. “It’s not so much about ‘2020’ but where we will be…
With its recent acquisition of self-driving truck startup Otto, Uber Technologies is plotting its entry into the long-haul trucking business, aiming to establish itself as a freight hauler and a technology partner for the industry, according to a Reuters article published in Fortune. Otto plans to expand its fleet of trucks from six to about…
Autonomous trucks, those marvels of technology that can drive our nation’s highways without a driver in control, are rapidly approaching full blown implementation. Daimler Trucks is testing the autonomous truck on Nevada highways and across the sea the trucks and their technology are being tested. Tesla CEO Elon Musk told a conference audience in May…
As the trucking industry hurtles faster toward a day of autonomous trucks guided by satellites and onboard computers, the dangers of cybersecurity breaches loom as real threats. The Travelers Insurance Companies recently released its annual risk survey, in which they asked the business community and consumers what risk issues they were most concerned with. Though…
The California Community College’s Chancellor’s Office made the move to grant Long Beach City College a $511,098 grant to continue its lauded Harbor Driver Training Program. The new grant was a welcome move, according to an LBCC release, as the program has been grant-funded since its 2013 inception and funding for the current round of…
The head of the American Trucking Association (ATA) has lobbed a new grenade at Gov. Gina Raimondo’s truck-toll law, describing it as an unacceptable effort to force his industry to underwrite the cost of repairing Rhode Island bridges, according to a WPRI television report. “We don’t know if this program is legal, but it is…
The Obama administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently released new emissions standards for medium and heavy duty vehicles designed to cut carbon pollution and improve fuel efficiency. Officials said the new standards would require up to a 25 percent reduction in carbon emissions for big tractor-trailers over the…
As the political season moved away from the conventions in July to the final dash to November, each party released its official platform, spelling out their foundational positions. Trucking, for all of its lobbying efforts and donations, did not make an appearance in either party’s platforms. Both parties talk about infrastructure investment – which is…
The release of the final version of California’s Sustainable Freight Action Plan has been met with harsh criticism by two groups representing Golden State’s truck-fleet operators, according to a report in HDT Truckinginfo.com. According to the California Air Resources Board, the revised document is similar to the draft issued back in May. However, CARB claims…
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