ACT Research reports ongoing pent-up vocational truck demand, strong tractor demand in Mexico, and labor hoarding ACT Research believes that “it’s different this time” factors are at work in 2024, and those factors will help support a fundamentally weak US tractor market. Those factors include ongoing pent-up vocational truck demand, strong tractor demand in Mexico, […]
New data visualization tool shows continued growth, importance of freight transportation and the movement of goods in Wyoming and nationwide The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administrator Shailen Bhatt today joined federal, state and local officials in Laramie, Wyo., to unveil 200 new truck parking spaces along Interstate 80. These new truck parking spaces […]
Rigorous policies that encompass and address both human behavior and specific seat belt hardware and technology that taken together have the potential to increase seat belt utilization rates This week, Together for Safer Roads (TSR), a leading non-governmental organization dedicated to fostering cross-sector partnerships and using technological innovation to enhance global fleet trucking safety, announced […]
The Climate Pledge Commits $10M to C40 Cities to kick-start the development and deployment of zero-emission electric trucks and charging infrastructure across major cities in India and Latin America The Climate Pledge—co-founded by Amazon and Global Optimism—and C40 Cities launched Laneshift, a partnership to tackle carbon emissions through zero-emission freight by reimagining medium- and heavy-duty […]
CARB Dual Executive Order certifies Hypertruck ERX powertrain, paired with the Cummins’ ISX12N natural gas engine, meeting key California environmental requirements Hyliion Holdings Corp. electrified solutions for Class 8 semi-trucks, and Cummins Inc., a global power solutions provider, today announced the two companies together have successfully obtained the Dual Executive Order from the California Air […]
The new truck parking spaces, funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, will be built along Interstate 90 in Salem The American Trucking Associations President and CEO Chris Spear, ATA Chairman Dan Van Alstine, and U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg visited South Dakota, where they celebrated a new federal investment to expand truck parking capacity. “There […]
