Teamsters update: The union has recently aligned with Amazon workers, won three elections and signed a new deal with a Ryder unit.
Regulators pushing to make the electric truck transition go faster are getting pushback from a range of industry stakeholders.
The Freightliner Class 6 battery-electric eM2 will go into production this fall with plans for a range of vocational models to follow.
Deliberate perfectly describes Paccar’s approach to trucking electrification. The company offers nine commercial electric trucks but skips the hype.
The approach of Cummins Inc. to hydrogen-fueled internal combustion engines is very different from how and when it talks about most of its products.
Lego bricks can help explain a lot of things, including a very messy supply chain. Penske Truck Leasing’s Paul Rosa got creative .
A report by S&P Ratings keeps Penske’s debt ratings at its current level, but the outlook is improved.
With experience from J.B. Hunt, Penske Logistics and Transplace, Mark McEntire looks forward to his new role at procurement and logistics platform Emerge.
Last of major truck makers to launch an electric truck, Navistar places first five medium-duty eMV Series models with Penske Truck Leasing.
The collective odometer on evaluation units of Daimler Trucks’ eCascadia and eM2 box trucks crossed 1 million miles.
From a shortage of truck production workers to parts depot staff, Daimler Trucks North America is trying to keep up with blistering demand.
Forget the autonomous trucking horse race, Wall Street and competitors are fixated on TuSimple’s “driver-out” pilot in Q4.
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SPAC-backed stocks are getting hammered, but Hyliion soldiers on in preparing the negative net-zero carbon Hypertruck ERX.
Daimler Trucks North America CEO Roger Nielsen flatly stated in 2019 that “The Future is Electric.” In 2020, the company backed the pledge with multiple actions.
Startup hybrid truck maker Hyliion is offering short-term rentals of its diesel-electric model through Idealease, hoping to get orders as the company prepares for its public debut.
J.B. Hunt Transport got first dibs on a Freightliner heavy-duty eCascadia in an expanded customer outreach that Daimler Trucks North America hopes will amp fleet interest in when it begins taking orders in late 2021.
Trucking fleets should educate themselves about the array of alternatives as the industry continues its inevitable transition away from diesel.
Freightliner’s test fleet of 30 electric trucks has circled the world an equivalent of a dozen times as they make drayage runs and a variety of deliveries in Southern California. Daimler Trucks North America plans regular production of electric trucks in 2022.
TuSimple has launched an Autonomous Freight Network with UPS, Penske, U.S. Xpress and McLane Co.
Diesel-electric hybrid truck components maker Hyliion expects to be publicly traded around the end of the third quarter in a reverse merger like one that catapulted electric Class 8 truck startup Nikola Corp. to a $23 billion valuation.
A panel featuring OEMs and utilities discusses regulatory issues, incentives and technical solutions designed to make electric truck adoption more affordable and convenient.
Terms shorten to 3-4 years from 5-7 years.
Rather than talk about the proposed TRATON buyout of the company — the elephant in the room — Navistar executives unpacked reasons behind the disappointing first fiscal quarter they had predicted.
Diesel-electric hybrids get less attention than pure electric Class 8 trucks, but niche leader Hyliion Inc. is selling them to Penske Truck Leasing with partner Dana Inc.’s Spicer Electrified components.
With predictable short-haul drayage round trips from inland California to the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, battery-powered trucks could account for up to half of NFI Industries’ 4,000-truck fleet by mid-decade.
Add Werner Enterprises to the parade of companies testing battery-powered heavy-duty trucks in California.
The urgency to get zero-emissions trucks into testing in climate-conscious California continues with Penske Truck Leasing’s purchase of a Kalmar Ottawa battery-electric model.
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Hino Trucks is already increasing its investment in a new plant in West Virginia, where it will build Class 7 and 8 trucks in addition to medium-duty models.
The concept of customer experience has been around for decades but it is getting new emphasis in trucking as electric and autonomous technology arrives.
Daimler Trucks is sending the first two eCascadia Class 8 battery electric-powered trucks to fleets in Southern California in late August as part of a 30-truck test fleet preceding regular electric truck production.
Truck electrification is ramping up quickly, but a number of challenges remain that must be solved before they see widespread adoption.
Penske Truck Leasing and UST Global combined on an accelerated IT training program that has seen 18 graduates move into jobs in Penske’s IT department.
Penske Truck Leasing has added a major upgrade to its Penske Driver app, giving drivers the ability to quickly and easily call for roadside assistance without the need for a phone call.
Realizing the need for its customers to have easy access to and use of electric vehicle charging infrastructure in the future, Penske Truck Leasing has joined the global Charging Interface Initiative e.V. association.
