After a panel discussion extolling better relations between shippers and carriers, a question sets off a discussion on current selection processes.
New-generation autonomous trucks are losing their Frankenstein’s monster image thanks to better-packaged technology designs.
Western Star advances a family makeover with the second entry into its X-Series of vocational trucks.
Shell chose the Advanced Clean Transportation Expo to talk up diesel-powered freight efficiency. An odd choice of venue — or was it?
“If we don’t think about disrupting, we are not going to succeed,” says Cummins’ Amy Davis.
Kenworth spent five years preparing a new range of medium-duty trucks, its first all-new lineup in three decades.
In the midst of vehicle electrification, Terminal Investment Corp. is enlisting the help of Volvo Penta and Cummins to create its first terminal tractor with an electric powertrain.
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In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, offering up a to-do list for new Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. Plus, recapping the latest earnings and how Bezos changed logistics.
In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, trucking ponders its next move following President Trump’s payroll tax deferment order; Nikola receives a huge order; and a truck driver is sentenced for a crash that killed five.
In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, second-quarter earnings are coming fast and furious, and if you are looking to them for definitive answers on the economy, you might be disappointed. Plus, how hackable are ELDs and why is diesel engine maker Cummins so interested in hydrogen?
OEMs, logistics companies tout varied technology solutions on the way to a zero-emissions future.
Daimler Trucks AG is creating a fuel cell subsidiary as a forerunner to a 50-50 joint venture with Volvo Group to make fuel cell-powered backup systems for data centers and eventually hydrogen-fueled heavy-duty trucks.
While natural gas trucks have been operating in ports for many years, a new report definitively states that they are a commercially viable option that can handle all the tasks required of drayage trucks.
Revenue and profits look bleak for second quarter, but leading engine maker Cummins surprised analysts with better-than-expected first-quarter revenue and profits.
Quick turnaround as companies realize they have necessary synergies.
Plus: California gives Nuro permission to test autonomous vehicles
C.H. Robinson has made a $50,000 donation to the St. Christopher Truckers Relief Fund as that organization anticipates a growing need for financial assistance for drivers that contract coronavirus. Plus, Cummins finds a use for filtration materials, Amazon postpones Prime Day, and car makers extend plant shutdowns.
Truck component supplier Meritor idles plants and cuts base salaries up to 50% to save the ship from rough seas.
Cummins said that its B.67N natural gas engine has been certified at 0.02 NOx levels.
