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June 4, 2024Trucking Leaders Discuss Impact of Safety Culture on Operations
INDIANAPOLIS —Trucking and insurance executives at a TCA session offered advice on how leaders can adopt technologies and impact their companies’ safety culture from the executive suite.
South Accounts for Lion’s Share of Factory Construction Boom
States in the U.S. South are at the forefront of a massive renaissance in construction projects aimed at enhancing manufacturing capacity and supply chain resiliency.
Einride Becomes Peterbilt’s Biggest BET Customer
Einride will buy 150 Model 579EV battery-electric trucks from Peterbilt, the truck maker’s biggest EV order so far, the companies said.
Truck-Specific Navigation Software Offers Safety, Efficiency
As navigation and routing software applications grow more granular, developers are working to integrate pertinent data to support safe, efficient fleet operations.
60 Seconds: Volvo to Test Customer Hydrogen ICE Trucks in 2026
Volvo Group plans to begin testing trucks with hydrogen-powered internal combustion engines with customers in 2026 and launch commercial production toward the end of the decade, the parent company of Volvo Trucks North America and Mack Trucks said May 23.
May 31, 2024EV Maker Lucid Chops Hundreds of Jobs Amid Red Ink
NEWARK, Calif. — Lucid Group has revealed its plans to slash hundreds of jobs, part of a reorganization that the maker of electric vehicles hopes will help position it for “future success.”
Parts Suppliers Fear a Crash With Shift to EVs
Anxiety over a transition to electric vehicles is high in the thousands of businesses that have long supplied parts and equipment for cars and trucks powered by internal combustion engines.
ATRI Announces Research Projects for 2024
The American Transportation Research Institute Board of Directors has approved a diverse set of 2024 research priorities designed to address some of the trucking industry’s most critical issues.
May 30, 2024DTNA’s O’Leary: EV Infrastructure Buildout Still Lagging
Daimler Truck North America CEO John O’Leary says the scarcity of charging infrastructure continues to constrain the pace of the industry's adoption of battery-electric trucks.