LONG BEACH, Calif. — Zero and near-zero emissions trucks and other freight vehicles are at the center of California’s plan to slash emissions of nitrogen oxides, regulators said. The plan begins with a series of state pilot projects over the next three years, they added.

LONG BEACH, Calif. — Vertical integration among truck makers will extend into emissions- and fuel-saving technologies in the future and ultimately could limit the number of available innovations, industry executives said.

Green fleets today are in a market that is a far cry from a few years ago, when diesel prices were soaring and much cheaper alternative fuels, especially compressed natural gas, seemed on the verge of going mainstream.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Trucking executives offered sweeping views of the future of the industry to shippers, including the need for more capacity, more advocacy and the coming of autonomous operations throughout the supply chain.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Leaders of four of the largest U.S. transportation companies, speaking in a ballroom largely filled with shippers, identified issues they each were most passionate about, among them: regulations and infrastructure, electronic logging devices, productivity and the true cost of service.

U.S. net orders of trailers hit 13,800 in March, down 39% year-over-year as all but dump trailers showed weakness, while backlogs remained solid, research firm FTR said.