Cummins, Navistar partnership to focus on hydrogen fuel cell Class 8 truck Cummins and Navistar announced they will work together on the development of a Class 8 truck powered by hydrogen fuel cells. The project will be funded in part through an award from the U.S. Department of Energy. “This vehicle will feature our next […]
The supply (capacity) side of the freight market has become very tight in 2020, but not because equipment is scarce. A driver shortage, more than anything else, has put the trucking industry in a position to chase rate increases for perhaps the next two years. “The driver shortage is driving the current environment,” said Paul […]
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Recruiting firm Tenstreet acquires retention-focused Stay Metrics Driver hiring assistance platform Tenstreet has acquired Stay Metrics, a company focused on driver retention strategy. The acquisition will result in a more powerful offering for both carriers and drivers in recruiting and retention, the companies said. It also combines the two companies’ driver data, which provides insight […]
TCA delays, relocates Annual Convention The Truckload Carriers Association announced it is postponing and moving the site of its 2021 Annual Convention from January to April due to lingering COVID-19 concerns. The 2021 event was originally scheduled to be held Jan. 23-26 in Nashville, Tennessee. It is now set to be held April 17-20 at […]
Volkswagen’s commercial truck unit, Traton, and Navistar, the maker of International-brand trucks, on Saturday entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Traton will become the owner of all of outstanding common shares of Navistar that it does not already own – a deal totaling $3.7 billion. Traton previously held 16.7% of Navistar, which it […]
A lot of time and effort goes into spec’ing a commercial truck, but much of that work goes unappreciated by the untrained eye. Well-executed fleet graphics, on the other hand, not only project a largely positive image, they also are more obvious than a finely tuned axle ratio or a calculated aerodynamics package. Trucks and […]
The CDL Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse, which faced frequent crashes and lingering technical hang-ups in its initial rollout earlier this year, will face another big test in the coming eight weeks as hundreds of thousands of motor carriers and owner-operators are expected to hit the system for the first time. Due by Jan. 5, 2021, fleets of […]
North American Class 8 net truck orders surged to 40,100 units in October, according to preliminary data released Tuesday by FTR – the first time order intake has cracked 40,000 units since October 2018. Orders last month were up 26% from September – a point FTR Vice President of Commercial Vehicles Don Ake called “the […]
