Trucking

Truck Tech is a weekly newsletter providing perspective and context on autonomy, electrification and other technologies impacting the fleet ecosystem.

How did truck drivers do in 2021? Their tax returns tell the story. And how jet fuel is impacting the price of diesel.

Private equity firms are looking hard at trucking brokerages, and the owners of those companies need to keep their risk profile in check. Photo: FreightWaves

The CEO and co-founder of Treet answers questions about his resale platform and the growing recommerce industry.

A severed limb “picked up by an 18-wheeler” and found on a Texas highway is believed to have belonged to another truck driver killed in a wreck 50 miles away.

The company has boosted first-year wages 7%-25% and launched a program to train supply chain workers to obtain CDLs.

Underinsuring your truck can leave you on the hook for thousands of dollars in the event of an accident.

Carriers interested in conducting driver training for both property carrying and passenger carrying commercial motor vehicles must now meet requirements set forth under FMCSA’s entry-level driver training rule, including registering their programs with the TPR.

U.S. Xpress is tripling down on autonomy, adding Kodiak Robotics to pilots with Embark Trucks and TuSimple.

An Ohio-based trucking company says black ice caused one of its drivers to jackknife on Interstate 80 in Wyoming, but that the real shock was a $46,800 tow bill.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced a new border plan Wednesday to inspect all commercial vehicles at the border for undocumented migrants.

Federal regulators are standing up a new task force to study predatory truck leasing and its effect on driver safety.

Workhorse may not have any electric vehicles to sell, but it also does not have any debt after paying off a hedge fund lender in stock.

A truck driver was killed in Louisiana on Monday when a load he was transporting on a flatbed trailer came loose and smashed into the cab.

FreightWaves Founder and CEO Craig Fuller analyzes the current costs of trucking.

TBK Bank division wants to optimize payments and cash-flow management for the freight industry

The Postal Service rejected lawmakers’ calls to produce a new analysis of its future electric delivery vehicle fleet.

Ran Transportation enters busy TMS space in hopes of differentiating from the competition.

Seeking to avoid the embarrassment of canceling fleet orders last year, truck manufacturers are keeping a tight lid on bookings.

Data in the Logistics Managers’ Index reported a significant weakening in the market in the second half of March.