Category: Fuel & Oil

FTR’s Trucking Conditions Index for October Reflects a More Balanced Market

FTR’s Trucking Conditions Index for October Reflects a More Balanced Market

| December 19, 2024

Forecast for freight volume next year is a bit weaker than it was previously, but we also have tightened our capacity assumption a bit based on preliminary government data regarding trucking employment FTR’s Trucking Conditions Index for October improved to 0.49 from -2.47 in September, indicating improved conditions for carriers. Stronger utilization, lower capital costs, […]

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Dragonfly Energy and Stevens Transport, Inc. Champion Fleet Hybridization with Battle Born® All-Electric APU Deal

Dragonfly Energy and Stevens Transport, Inc. Champion Fleet Hybridization with Battle Born® All-Electric APU Deal

| December 19, 2024

Stevens Transport  has committed to transitioning its entire fleet of 2,500 trucks to Dragonfly Energy’s lithium power solutions Dragonfly Energy Holdings Corp. energy storage and battery technology, has secured a large purchase order for delivery of the Company’s Battle Born® All-Electric APUs from Stevens Transport, Inc., (“Stevens Transport”) one of the largest temperature-controlled freight carriers […]

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AtoB Partners with Maverik to Offer Discounts to Fuel Card Customers at Over 840 Locations

AtoB Partners with Maverik to Offer Discounts to Fuel Card Customers at Over 840 Locations

| December 19, 2024

New partnership expands fuel card network, delivering significant fleet and over-the-road discounts to customers across 20 states AtoB, the fintech payments platform modernizing the trucking industry’s financial systems, announced a new partnership with Maverik—Adventure’s First Stop. The collaboration expands AtoB’s comprehensive fuel card network, giving customers even more discounts at 840+ Maverik and Kum & […]

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Trucking’s Annual Congestion Costs Rise to $108.8 Billion

Trucking’s Annual Congestion Costs Rise to $108.8 Billion

| December 18, 2024

ATRI’s analysis also found that the trucking industry wasted over 6.4 billion gallons of diesel fuel in 2022 due to congestion, resulting in additional fuel costs of $32.1 billion Traffic congestion on U.S. highways added $108.8 billion in costs to the trucking industry in 2022 according to the latest Cost of Congestion study published by the American Transportation Research Institute […]

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NIKOLA SECURES NEW HYLA LOCATION IN WEST SACRAMENTO

NIKOLA SECURES NEW HYLA LOCATION IN WEST SACRAMENTO

| December 18, 2024

A significant step in HYLA’s plan to connect current HYLA stations to northern central California  Nikola Corporation zero-emissions transportation and energy supply and infrastructure solutions, via the HYLA brand, proudly announces the securing of a new HYLA station located in West Sacramento, CA. Featuring a compact high-pressure hydrogen refueler, the station at 917 Stillwater Rd in West Sacramento, California, represents the […]

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CALSTART Applauds EPA’s Actions to Authorize Leading States to Implement Critical Clean Cars and Trucks Programs

CALSTART Applauds EPA’s Actions to Authorize Leading States to Implement Critical Clean Cars and Trucks Programs

| December 18, 2024

In response to this breaking news, CALSTART President and CEO, John Boesel, issued the following statement The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved California’s waiver for the Advanced Clean Cars II and Heavy-Duty Omnibus standards, upholding states’ authority to implement and enforce stronger-than-federal protections to cut tailpipe pollution under the Clean Air Act to adopt and […]

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