ACT Research and Rhein Associates expect average truck production from 2019-2023 will rise nearly 8% over the average of the past five years, reports Heavy Duty Trucking. Class 8 truck…
Class 8 Truck Production Keeps growing; Diesel Still King En savoir plus
FedEx recently unveiled the ‘SameDay Bot’, what the company calls a “cutting-edge delivery solution to meet the rapidly changing needs of consumers.” The autonomous delivery device designed to help retailers…
FedEx Begins Testing Autonomous Delivery Robot En savoir plus
Addressing the House of Commons’ Standing Committee on Industry, Science & Technology today, CTA president Stephen Laskowski called on government to support a trucking-focused immigration program to help solve the…
Smooth-lined delivery schedules and the ability to fine-tune truck maintenance are lesser-known ELD benefits being utilized by fleets. In the third installment of a four-part series on how ELDs are…
ELDs Enlightening Shippers to Capacity Constraints En savoir plus
As it continues to build out its delivery fleet, Amazon is moving toward using a battery-electric delivery vehicle produced by Rivian Automotive, a Plymouth, Mich., manufacturer, with a $700-million round…
Amazon Leads $700M Investment in Electric Truck Maker En savoir plus
At the meeting of the Council of Ministers Responsible for Transportation and Highway Safety in late January, the Heavy Truck Weight and Dimension Limits for Interprovincial Operations in Canada were amended to allow…
Wide Single Tire Weight Parity with Duals Adopted in National MoU En savoir plus
The driver shortage, hours of service, and truck parking, are all affected by the growth of e-commerce and omni-channel marketing, says the American Transportation Research Institute in an analysis of…
ATRI Measures How Growth of E-Commerce Affects Trucking En savoir plus
Collision avoidance systems and the introduction of speed limiters on trucks were among NTSB’s most wanted improvements to transportation in 2019-2020. The National Transportation Safety Board released Monday its 2019-2020 Most Wanted…
NTSB Recommends Collision Avoidance, Cameras, Speed limiters in ‘Most Wanted’ List En savoir plus
Embark, a startup aiming to develop an autonomous retrofit system for existing trucks, issued a report highlighting the 124,000-plus miles its vehicles operated in semi-autonomous mode with “multiple Fortune 500…
Amazon Private Fleet Reportedly Testing Autonomous Trucks En savoir plus
