05 Jun Lion, BEV Launch Electric Refuse Truck The Lion Electric Co. and Boivin Évolution unveiled what they called the world’s first Class 8 refuse truck with a powertrain and automated collection hopper that are 100% electric. Read more...
05 Jun Report: Local Leaders Highlight Infrastructure in Annual Addresses The “State of the Cities” annual report by the National League of Cities determined that infrastructure policy ranked as the second-most pressing issue for mayors. Read more...
04 Jun Infrastructure Grants, Resiliency Advance in Fiscal 2020 House Transportation Bill WASHINGTON — A transportation funding bill that would provide grants for multimodal projects and promote nationwide resilience in new infrastructure was advanced by a panel in the U.S. House of Representatives on June 4. Read more...
04 Jun You Can Say That Again! Eric Flick Leads Seven Repeat Winners in Nevada If you’re gonna roll a 7, it may as well be in Nevada, right? Seven class winners from 2018 again visited the winner’s circle at the Nevada Truck Driving Championships on June 1 in Reno. Read more...
04 Jun Too Little Air, Too Much Cement: CVSA Roadcheck 2019 Uncovers Violations LANDOVER, Md. — It wasn’t exactly a lucky day for James Dasch, a 30-year veteran truck driver for Lucky Dog Industries, who got pulled over during Roadcheck. Read more...
04 Jun Motorcoach Industry, Like Trucking, Faces Driver Shortage Much is written about how the trucking industry loses drivers to other lines of work, but in some cases they’re not leaving to do something else — they’re leaving to drive something else: motorcoaches. Ironically, the bus industry is dealing with a driver shortage of its own. Read more...
04 Jun US, China Exchange Barbs as Trade Rift Widens Ahead of G-20 The U.S. and China exchanged barbs over which nation wrecked trade negotiations, deepening divisions that have laid bare a breakdown in trust between the world’s two largest economies. Read more...
04 Jun VW Advances Truck Unit IPO Despite Shaky Stock Market, Trade Woes Volkswagen AG set plans to list its heavy-truck division Traton SE in Frankfurt, Germany, and Stockholm, moving forward with one of the year’s largest European public offerings despite a wobbly stock market and a swirling trade war between China and the United States. Read more...
04 Jun TFI Closes Highland Transport Subsidiary TFI International Inc. is closing its 150-truck Highland Transport division, a possible sign of softness in the Northeast freight market, according to a TFI official. Read more...
04 Jun 2018 Grand Champion Chris Outen Set to Go for Gold in Flatbed Class at Oregon Truck Driving Championships Last year’s Grand Champion, Chris Outen of FedEx Freight, will compete at the Oregon Truck Driving Championships, taking place June 8 at Reddaway in Portland. Read more...