How is it that California, the world’s fifth-largest economy and the state most autonomous trucking startups call home, refuses to allow commercial testing of the technology?

More than a year after he was indicted on criminal fraud charges, Nikola founder Trevor Milton will go on trial Monday.

Werner Enterprises is sure enough of the Cummins hydrogen-powered X15H internal combustion engine engine that it ordered 500 of them.

With day traders and sports bettors piling into SPACs, valuations of young companies became the stuff of fantasy.

Truck manufacturers began to fill build slots for the first quarter of 2023 in August but pent-up demand for equipment remains unstated.

Cummins Inc. is recalling 12,196 engines across 28 manufacturers with a defect in the engine control module that can lead to stalling.

Hood trim pieces on Western Star vocational trucks are coming unglued, similar to an earlier recall for side intake covers falling off.

4 informes de piezas de bisel que se caen del capó provocan una llamada a revisión similar a la anterior

Los impactos del frenesí del SPAC y las actualizaciones tecnológicas, a debate el miércoles

The second FreightWaves Autonomous and Electric Vehicles Summit will feature leaders in autonomy and all things electrification.

Rusty Rush not only operates more truck dealerships than anyone on the planet, he also knows technology. And he has opinions on just about everything. So, buckle up. It’s Rush hour. 

Robert Bosch will spend more than $200 million to expand a South Carolina facility to produce hydrogen fuel cells for heavy-duty trucks.

Locomation has an eight-year agreement with Stevens Trucking to operate autonomous relay convoys on four interstate routes.

Computer module thefts from older-model Freightliner Cascadias are slowing, but owner-operators are still being sidelined.

Nikola founder Trevor Milton bought 3 million shares of electric truck company stock weeks before his criminal trial is to start.

Lego bricks can help explain a lot of things, including a very messy supply chain. Penske Truck Leasing’s Paul Rosa got creative .

Hyliion Holdings is buying generator technology from General Electric Co. that can make electricity from a variety of mixed fuels.

A severe recession deserves some mindshare among scenarios that could play out in coming months, ACT Research economist Jim Meil says.

Kodiak Robotics snagged a strategic investment and is developing an autonomous truck service project with Pilot Co.

The Class 8 Tesla Semi electric truck created the market for battery-powered freight movement. Is production edging closer?

Used trucks commanded lower prices at auction and retail in July as the overheated equipment market continued to cool.

TuSimple told federal officials about the crash of one of its supervised autonomous trucks and temporarily grounded its fleet. But it neglected to inform its partner, Navistar.

CEO Craig Knight has been ousted as Hyzon Motors CEO as financial issues heightened the trucking fuel cell maker’s risk of Nasdaq delisting.

Daimler Truck is exerting greater influence over independent subsidiary Torc Robotics by bringing in its own CEO.

Navistar’s S13 integrated powertrain will be the truck manufacturer’s last internal combustion engine as the trucking industry decarbonizes.

When the 2023 orderbooks for trailers finally open, the suppressed booking numbers will flip in a hurry, but that isn’t happening yet.

Se sospecha que 8.483 camiones International LT y LoneStar tienen esta condición

Navistar is recalling 8,483 International LT and LoneStar Class 8 trucks because battery cables can overheat to 260 degrees Fahrenheit.

A new name in electric truck charging and infrastructure broke cover this week with $1 billion or more in private equity funding.

Daimler Truck posted improved revenue and income in Q2 but expressed full-year concerns because of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Hyliion still depends on its hybrid electric booster for its revenue, but the orderbook expanded 11% for the Hypertruck ERX in Q2.

Nikola Chairman Steve Girsky recruited Michael Lohscheller to lead Opel when Girsky was at General Motors. Now he’s done it again.

Workhorse Group recorded next to no revenue in the second quarter as CEO Rich Dauch’s transformation hits the one-year mark.

Hyzon Motors, which went public a year ago in a merger with a blank check shell company, is the latest electrification startup in trouble.

Paccar Inc. recalls 54 Peterbilt and Kenworth models from the 2022-2023 model years because of faulty steering gear assembly.

Shareholder letters and earnings call transcripts don’t qualify as page-turning vacation reading. But they say a lot.

Western Star mashes up the off-highway ruggedness of its X-series with loads of luxury appointments on the on-highway 57X.

Nikola Corp. losses widened in Q2, but adjusted per share earnings and revenue topped estimates as deliveries rose.

Fleets are holding off on Class 8 truck orders because supply shortages continue to delay acceptance of 2023 bookings.

Proxy hunters bagged enough votes to give electric truck maker Nikola the financial flexibility it had been seeking since June.

On Jennifer Rumsey’s second day as CEO, Cummins Inc. reported strong Q2 earnings in North America.

Los recorridos en Texas con camiones supervisados para el gigante de las flotas comienzan esta semana

Schneider is joining fleets testing highway autonomy, starting commercial pilots in supervised Aurora Innovation trucks this week.

Unsure that financially struggling Romeo Power could keep supplying batteries for its electric trucks, Nikola is buying the company.

A proof-of-concept step van with four-wheel steering by wire and 57% better aerodynamics could revolutionize the segment

Trailer maker Wabash is benefiting from a steady order backlog and a focus on more activity with targeted customers.

Paccar Inc. defied analyst estimates and posted top- and bottom-line beats in second-quarter revenue and income.

Trevor Milton claims Nikola Corp. is violating his constitutional rights by seeking a protective order to block use of company conversations.

Kodiak Robotics is taking a simpler approach to mapping highways for autonomy, focusing on connectivity over detail

New Cummins Inc. CEO Jennifer Rumsey talked about mentoring and reaching the company’s Destination Zero carbon goals in a FreightWaves interview.

Nikola’s could keep adjourning its annual meeting as it pursues unvoted proxies to raise the number of authorized shares.

New leaders, an electrification push and Scania influence mark the first year after the Traton’s $3.7 billion takeover of Navistar.

Cautious OEMs allowed the smallest number of trailer orders so far this year, pushing back bookings until late summer.

Volvo Group reported higher truck sales, profits and market share in the second quarter despite ongoing supply chain disruptions.

Nikola will try for a fourth time to win a proxy fight with indicted founder Trevor Milton as the electric truck maker fell short of votes again.

Experts expected a closing of the gap between record-high auction and retail used truck prices. Now both are in retreat.

Layoffs get the attention but plenty of electric transportation startups are still hiring. They are getting creative with fundraising, too.

Jennifer Rumsey grew up in Columbus, Indiana, where Cummins Inc. is based. Next month, she will become its first female CEO.

Pilot Co. will build a public network of high-speed charging stations with General Motors to get ahead of electric vehicle charging demand.

Nikola pide una orden de protección para evitar cebar el anzuelo en una expedición de pesca

Canoo Inc. in May said its survival was iffy. With Walmart’s order of 4,500 electric delivery vehicles, the near term looks brighter.

Trevor Milton is angling to use privileged conversations at the electric truck maker in his criminal defense, but Nikola is fighting back.

Twin SPAC backer ArcLight Capital is investing $50 million in a truck-as-a-service business that handles Class 1-8 vehicles.

Outrider, an autonomous distribution yard developer, is readying a robotics kit that would allow shippers to automate operations.

La integración vertical exige la producción de motores, transmisiones y piezas

Don’t expect the restrictions that truck manufacturers are imposing on Class 8 order intake to last. There’s too much at stake.

The management shakeup at TuSimple has become a full management house cleaning. Hyliion sees early benefits following Cummins’ partnership.

The American Power Group sees a 20-year market for its dual fuel system that runs uses natural gas and diesel fuel.

Nikola will keep trying to pass a proposal to increase the number of authorized shares by pressing company stock owners to vote their proxies..

Nikola founder Trevor Milton will be tried in September rather than July after a new fraud charge led to a plea for more time.

Cummins Inc., a threat to the survivability of hybrid powertrain developer Hyliion, will partner with the startup on certifying a natural gas engine.

Hyliion gana credibilidad en el transporte de larga distancia de bajas emisiones con Cummins de su lado

Nikola founder Trevor Milton has been irritating the company he once led since leaving in September 2020.

Columbus, Indiana is the very definition of a company town. And it owes its vitality to Cummins Inc.

Los conductores que persiguen las tarifas al contado se rinden ante la caída de las mismas

Auction prices for used trucks are dropping as more equipment shows up amid cooling spot freight demand.

Trailer makers continue to push away orders as supply chain issues in different areas vex production amid stable pent-up demand.

Battling for loads in the declining spot market is exhausting for drivers who lack relationships and connectedness to customers.

It’s the end of the line for Electric Last Mile Solutions as it becomes the first transportation SPAC to file for bankruptcy liquidation.

Daimler y Volvo, entre los primeros en informar del problema de la filial de Bendix

Almost all heavy-duty truck manufacturers are part of a safety recall involving improperly assembled steering gears from a Bendix subsidiary.

TuSimple co-founder Mo Chen launches Hydron, an autonomous trucking venture that would use hydrogen fuel to achieve zero emissions.

Some free money from California to buy down the cost of electric trucks remains, but you better hurry to apply.

Embark Trucks and BYD demonstrated what using electricity rather than diesel looked like in drayage with an autonomous truck.

Waymo Via will reserve billions of miles of future autonomous trucking routes for digital load matching by Uber Freight.

Last Mile Solutions told the Securities and Exchange Commission it is nearly out of cash and could run out of money this month.

Class 8 truck orders fell in May for seasonal reasons and because manufacturers kept a tight lid on bookings.

Development of 48-volt battery systems for commercial trucks will serve at least three purposes but the most urgent is in helping reduce emissions.

Startup WattEV sees its Truck-as-a-Service startup as a modern day Pony Express with electric trucks being swapped instead of horses .

Nikola Corp. adjourned its annual meeting Wednesday after too few investors voted on a proposal to raise the number of shares in the electric truck maker.

Los fabricantes de motores y camiones afirman que el mandato de 2024 ignora la intención del Congreso

California is moving too fast to implement changes in trucking pollution regulations, an industry group said in suing the state.

Infrastructure. How important is a fixed base of electric charging for commercial vehicles? Maybe not as much as we’re told.

Los robos incluyen destrozos y estafas más grandes de
varios camiones en un solo lugar

Freightliner powertrain parts thefts threaten the livelihood of drivers stranded with little hope of getting a replacement part.

Daimler Truck North America is trying to solve thefts of semiconductor-rich powertrain control modules from its tractors.

La escasez de semiconductores se atribuye a la racha de estafas que deja a los camiones por los suelos

Meritor’s $201 million purchase of Siemens’ electric propulsion unit is fine with Meritor suitor Cummins.

Australia’s Tritium is making a charge in U.S. market with a move into direct current fast charging for electric trucks.

Used truck auction prices started to ease in April as freight demand slowed, but they remain more than twice as expensive as a year ago.