Is the flux capacitor made famous in “Back to the Future” an answer to more efficient hydrogen storage on Class 8 trucks?

As public confidence in autonomous vehicles continues low, autonomous trucking developers are reeling in safety data from third-party experts.

How much influence could a $250 million purchases of 500 electric trucks have on establishing the value of used trucks?

A new study projecting adoption of hydrogen internal combustion engines over the next decade suggests modest adoption.

Using electric trucks for inbound logistics includes Daimler Truck with a 2026 goal of zero-emissions truck deliveries to its plants.

The fifth-generation Freightliner Cascadia is not dramatically different from the current model but it brings some driver-friendly changes.

Nikola lays of 135 workers as it seeks to preserve its financial runway.

Xiaodi Hou was cast as a villain in the decline into irrelevance of autonomous trucking developer TuSimple. He sees it differently.

Autonomous truck developers are trying to figure out what a proposed ban on Chinese components will mean to them.

With his legacy assured, Daimler Truck Chair and CEO Martin Daum will retire as CEO on Sept. 30, making way for Karin Rådström.

The lanes are getting longer for autonomous trucks and the promise of greater profitability is predicted to follow.

ChargePoint cuts 200-plus jobs in second downsizing of 2024 after tough second quarter earnings report,

Driverless truck developers are looking to third-party validators to back their safety claims.

As electrification and infrastructure startups mature, banks get interested in lending money to help the best of them grow.

With fuel cell trucks on the road, Nikola is changing the game, but will it be enough to survive?

A name change to drop the word diesel from its title may have been the politically correct move. But diesel is not going anywhere.

Electrification startup Synop is carving a niche for itself focused on help electric fleets return electricity to the grid and get paid for it.

Kodiak Robotics is delaying commercial on-highway driverless trucks to focus on autonomy in the Permian Basin.

James Taylor will take his second run at leading a commercial electric truck company as the new CEO of Bollinger Motors.

Hyzon is focusing its fuel cell efforts in North America, cutting operations in Europe and Australia as it seeks to survive.

Autonomous trucking pioneer Chris Urmson and relative latecomer Raquel Urtasun do not agree on how to apply AI in autonomous trucking.

Is wireless charging an idea whose time has come for electric trucks? In some use cases, the answer is yes.

Sitetracker helps companies like ChargePoint automate tasks surrounding getting electric charging points up and running faster.

With new investments from Isuzu and trading giant Itochu, Gatik is on the path to mass production of short-haul autonomous trucks in 2027.

Nikola releases stats on hydrogen fueling that show savings over diesel and a growing business for fuel cell trucks.

Perpetually troubled electric van maker Workhorse Group may be in worse shape than it appears. Little cash and slack orders are two factors.

A newsier-than-typical Advanced Clean Transportation Expo featured the first appearance by Tesla and a single stage gathering of legacy OEMs.

Regulators pushing to make the electric truck transition go faster are getting pushback from a range of industry stakeholders.

Fleets have practically no idea what electric trucks will be worth when it is time to trade them, one of the reasons for cautious adoption.

Using off-the-shelf technologies, Daimler Truck created a demonstration autonomous truck that runs on batteries instead of diesel.

The potential energy and environmental gains from autonomous trucking are laid out in a new white paper from Aurora Innovation.

Engine maker and power distribution giant Cummins Inc. reported Q1 declines in two of five divisions, but a huge one-time gain juiced profits.

A startup named for science fiction author Jules Verne is closing in on cryo-compressed hydrogen fuel for greater energy density.

EV Realty flips the electric truck charging script: It buys future charging sites with power already there.

Autonomous trucking regulation is already a state-by-state issue. In California, it may become a community-by-community matter.

The soap opera that is Nikola Corp. has been renewed for a new season with the company taking aim at convicted founder Trevor Milton.

Natural gas may be having a moment as an alternative fuel for trucking, but there are a few nagging questions.

Bosch has a cloud-based plan for load matching; Nikola’s high-pressure product and problems;, and Cummins’ creative stock buyback via spinoff

After numerous rides in autonomous trucks monitored by safety drivers in case of a mishap, I found it almost surreal to climb into Aurora Innovation’s Class 8 driverless truck, buckle […]

A big fine for Lordstown Motors and SuperTruck news carry the week over Work Truck Week and technology and maintenance event.

Cummins Inc.’s environmental citizenship record didn’t shield it from the U.S. attorney general’s criticism when it agreed to pay a record fine.

Natural gas, battery and fuel cell electric vehicles all vie to displace diesel. Which will win? Maybe all of them.

Hyliion is getting a second chance to make a viable business with its Karno technology that could help generate a buyer for the company.

Quiet and zero tailpipe emissions battery-electric trucks are gaining popularity across the industry for parts shipment to assembly plants.

Positive developments in the hydrogen space glossed over some tough underlying issues like sky-high hydrogen prices.

$2 billion in fines and expenses from emissions-rigging slammed Cummins’ Q4 profit in a year of record revenues and cash generation.

The arcade game Whac-A-Mole describes state-by-state approach to rules of the driverless road while 50-state solution appears far off.

The mismatch between electric truck availability and charging infrastructure prompted Daimler, Volvo and Navistar to make a PACT.

Sweden’s Volvo Group reported strong Q4 results but pointed to normalizing demand, code for lower sales already visible in slackening orders.

WattEV continues to roll up a lion’s share of federal infrastructure grants as it plots electric charging corridors

Humble leadership at Paccar forgoes a victory lap its as profit streak reaches 85 years with regular dividends paid out since 1941.

Volvo Trucks North America revealed a 90% new VNL over-the-road truck that promises up to 10% better fuel efficiency.

Truck maker Paccar Inc. reached 85 consecutive years of posting net income with record sales and profits in the fourth quarter.

Ryder System is leasing space at a Houston maintenance facility to Kodiak Robotics for driverless truck operations.

Paccar is recalling 11,053 medium-duty trucks because an improperly seated mirror glass lock ring may allow glass to fall out.

The Postal Service balked at electric delivery trucks, but it is getting with the program, starting with off-the-shelf Ford E-Transits.

Nikola is in no hurry to artificially boost its stock price to ward off its second Nasdaq delisting notice in eight months.

Could electric trucks find a new power source in decommissioned power plants. Zeem Solutions plans to find out.

Mississippi incentives helped lure a $2 billion advanced battery-making joint venture for electric trucks to the Magnolia State.

California leads zero-emission truck adoption, but other states are growing faster in certain types of commercial EVs.

One-time autonomous trucking leader TuSimple took the next step in its pullout from the U.S. market by voluntarily delisting from the Nasdaq.

Daimler Truck managed a 1% gain in global sales in 2023, less than expected as supply chain issues still haunted the leading OEM.

Daimler Truck named Eva Scherer as chief financial officer to succeed Jochen Goetz, who died from a reaction to a wasp sting in August.

Hydrogen was a big topic through the mobility and transportation space at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

Ree Automotive’s Class 5 delivery van is the first to eliminate mechanical linkages for steering, braking and driving.

After agreeing to a $1.675 billion fine for violating the Clean Air Act, Cummins Inc. will pay California $175 million in the same case.

Middle-mile autonomous trucking leader Gatik is benefitting from additional technology advancements in its collaboration with Goodyear.

Kodiak Robotics showed its 6th-generation autonomous truck that will begin hauling freight without a driver in Texas later this year.

Cummins Inc. will spend $580 million to upgrade a North Carolina plant to make fuel-agnostic small engines.

Nikola is finally putting its fuel cell electric truck in the hands of retail customers like Bill Hall of Coyote Container.

Aurora Innovation has frozen the designs for its Aurora Driver hardware that German supplier Continental will build.

Nikola is finally putting its fuel cell electric truck in the hands of retail customers like Bill Hall of Coyote Container.

The overcapacity of on-highway trucks would look worse without underlying support from Mexico and strong vocational demand.

Electric trucks and charging infrastructure should advance this year without some of the growing pains that held them back in 2023.

Kenworth Truck Co. has a new general manager while Kevin Baney has been promoted to an SVP role at parent company Paccar.

New Class 8 truck deliveries have fallen for four consecutive months even as vocational equipment sales rise.

Nikola CEO Steve Girsky knows the challenges the electric truck maker faces but points to 2024 as the company’s best year.

Cummins Inc. will pay nearly $1.7 billion to federal and state regulators to settle a more than 4-year-old emissions-cheating case.

Nikola will send its fuel cell electric vehicles to FirstElement Fuel hydrogen stations in California, a partial fueling supply solution.

Three companies departed autonomous trucking in 2023 as Aurora Innovation, Kodiak Robotics and Torc Robotics staked leadership claims.

Trailer orders are returning to pre-2020 normal rates, even with a 38% month-over-month decline in November.

Nikola Corp. founder Trevor Milton outside federal court after being sentenced to four years in prison. (Photo: Matthew Lee/Inner City Press)

Cummins’ aggressive scaling of electrolyzers will need other players to meet expected midcentury hydrogen demand.

Knowing when trailer maintenance is needed goes a long way toward preventing equipment breakdowns.

General Motors and Komatsu plan hydrogen-powered off-road mining trucks by mid-decade with on-site hydrogen making possible.

Feds compare convicted startup founders Elizabeth Holmes and Trevor Milton in recommending Nikola’s founder receive a similar sentence.

Federal prosecutors want to see Nikola founder Trevor Milton imprisoned for 11 years as punishment for lying to investors.

Nikola is offering 133.3 million new shares at 75 cents each and issuing $175 million in new debt to scale its fuel cell truck business.

The financial freezeout of startups by investors may be thawing as FOMU — the fear of messing up — begins to subside.

Class 8 truck orders hit a 14-month high in November, surpassing 40,000 bookings amid a mired freight market.

TuSimple Holdings is following through on winding down its U.S. autonomous trucking business, laying off 150 more employees.

Working under a U.S. Army contract, Kodiak Robotics showed a prototype of its light-duty autonomous application in a Ford F-150 pickup.

The electric grid holds more potential for electric truck charging than utilities currently allow. A big rethink is under way.

Forum Mobility joins a growing number of startups planning multiple megawatt charging facilities serving California drayage.

The evidence is far from overwhelming, but the worst of the price depreciation for used trucks may be over.

Canada-based electric trucking startup Lion Electric cuts 10% of head count to reduce costs as it seeks profitability.

Israeli tech startups count on losing some employees to military reserve duty. Many more are called during wartime.

Defense attorneys offered 50 pages of reasons why convicted Nikola founder Trevor Milton should not go to prison. There may be more to say.

Specialty trailer equipment got a boost in October as overall orders rose, but dry and refrigerated vans didn’t keep pace.

The executive churn at beleaguered Nikola Corp. continued with the resignation of CFO Stasy Pasterick after just six months.