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While California abandoned its pursuit of regulatory approval for the Advanced Clean Fleets rule, its Advanced Clean Trucks regulation is still being enforced in 10 states.

WASHINGTON — American Trucking Associations Chairman Dennis Dellinger on Jan. 22 called on a House panel to repeal a World War I-era excise tax on new trucks.

U.S. trailer orders ended 2024 trending slightly below the previous December, ACT Research reported.

“This will be a collaborative process in which the committee will solicit feedback from both members and stakeholders,” Graves said during a hearing Jan. 15.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has granted a five-year exemption to American Trucking Associations that could help mitigate the technician  shortage. 

President Donald Trump said he would ask Saudi Arabia and other OPEC nations to “bring down the cost of oil” and reiterated his threat to use tariffs to bring manufacturing back to the U.S. 

President Donald Trump’s nominee to oversee American farming was once head of a group that was among the loudest opponents of a favorite U.S. agriculture product: biofuels.

A top Stellantis executive told employees that the automaker will build the next-generation Dodge Durango SUV in Detroit and a pickup truck at the closed assembly plant in Belvidere, Ill.

Union Pacific Corp.’s quarterly earnings topped Wall Street estimates, and the railroad said its 2025 outlook remains the same despite a mixed economic forecast.

Knight-Swift trucks

The Phoenix-based truckload motor carrier reported a revenue decline of 3.5% in the fourth quarter amid efforts to improve the business ahead of the expected up cycle.

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Truck Makers Gear Up for Second-Half Start to Pre-Buy

Class 8 orders were on the rise as 2024 ended, but an anticipated rush among fleets to “pre-buy” new trucks before stricter federal emissions standards are due to take effect has not taken hold.

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Port of Long Beach Opens EV Truck Charging Facility

The Port of Long Beach celebrated the recent opening of a new electric truck charging station, with officials calling the facility the “largest port-based truck charging depot in the country.”

Truck heading toward bridge on New York State Thruway

New York Thruway Issues 7,301 Tickets in Q4 CV Crackdown

A three-month commercial vehicle inspection that ended in December to lower bridge strikes on the New York State Thruway netted 7,301 violations, including 31 for overheight vehicles.

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Receptiveness to safety technologies depends on the specific technology and the understanding of it. Drivers tend to favor road-facing cameras but dislike cameras aimed at them.

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A slump in international trade, geopolitical conflicts and economic uncertainty created a difficult business environment for the largest transportation and logistics providers in 2023.

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