Category: Driver Stuff

May Mobility to deploy autonomous vehicles to the Lyft platform

May Mobility to deploy autonomous vehicles to the Lyft platform

| November 6, 2024

Partnership to accelerate autonomous vehicle adoption in the U.S.  May Mobility, an autonomous driving (AD) technology company, and Lyft, one of the largest transportation network companies in North America, announced their multi-year partnership with plans to launch autonomous vehicles in the Lyft app. The companies will launch the first deployment in Atlanta in 2025. The service will use […]

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Truckers for Troops® 18th annual campaign begins during Veterans Day week Bringing aid to U.S. military and veterans

Truckers for Troops® 18th annual campaign begins during Veterans Day week Bringing aid to U.S. military and veterans

| November 4, 2024

Over the past 17 years, OOIDA has raised more than $800,000, sent more than 3,283 care packages, serving more than 39, 396 members of the military The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association is getting ready to launch its annual Truckers for Troops® campaign from Nov. 11-17, 2024, beginning the same week as Veterans Day. This annual […]

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Fleet Advantage & NACFE Announce Joint Webinar On EPA and CARB Allocation

Fleet Advantage & NACFE Announce Joint Webinar On EPA and CARB Allocation

| November 3, 2024

Webinar will discuss key strategies, asset acquisition and powertrain options going forward amid OEM offerings, market trends and supply chain challenges  Fleet Advantage, specialty financing, fleet data analytics, fleet management services, and life cycle cost management, will host a complimentary webinar, titled “Navigating Allocation & Powertrain Options: Data-Driven Truck Procurement Strategy Ahead of Upcoming Regulations,” […]

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Volvo Trucks launches next-generation safety systems to protect pedestrians and cyclists

Volvo Trucks launches next-generation safety systems to protect pedestrians and cyclists

| November 3, 2024

Busy traffic situations pose daily safety risks to vulnerable road users. This is why Volvo Trucks is introducing two safety systems focusing on protecting pedestrians and cyclists Volvo Trucks continuously develops its active safety systems to protect vulnerable road users such as cyclists and pedestrians, all with the purpose of taking steps towards the company’s […]

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Trucking Company Employees Force Out Teamsters Union Bosses in Virginia, Similar Ouster Could Soon Come in New Jersey

Trucking Company Employees Force Out Teamsters Union Bosses in Virginia, Similar Ouster Could Soon Come in New Jersey

| November 3, 2024

Efforts come in the face of anti-Right to Work push by Teamsters bosses and Teamster-backed Biden-Harris Labor Board rule change to disenfranchise workers In two recent efforts by trucking employees across the Eastern Seaboard to free their workplaces from Teamsters union officials, a group of Virginia workers has successfully forced out Teamsters Local 322, while […]

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Voting for Transition Trucking: Driving for Excellence Award Now Open

Voting for Transition Trucking: Driving for Excellence Award Now Open

| November 3, 2024

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s Hiring Our Heroes program, Kenworth Truck Company and Fastport, honors military veterans who have made an outstanding transition into the commercial trucking industry Public voting for Transition Trucking: Driving for Excellence Award finalists begins November 1 and will run through Veterans Day, November 11. This prestigious award, coordinated by the […]

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