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The protests against the FMCSA’s ELD (electronic logging device) mandate the first week of October brought together different communities of truck drivers from different parts of the country. On upcoming Monday (Dec. 4) meetings have been scheduled in different locations in more than 40 states around the nation. All meetings are planned to s .... Read More

HAWTHORNE, California -- On Thursday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveiled his firm's fully-electric Class 8 semi – truck at a special event in Hawthorne, CA. By Friday morning, buyers were already lining up to get their hands on one of the beasts.   At the sam .... Read More

The driver of the San Antonio truck James Matthew Bradley Jr. said federal investigators that he was unaware of several undocumented immigrants inside the truck which he was driving. The 60-year-old driver was charged on Monday with knowingly moving undocumented immigrants. A man who survived the trip told federal authorities that when they were c .... Read More

  A new speed regulators (limiters) are proposed by the DTNHSA (Department of Transportation’s National Highway Safety Administration) for big trucks on the way. The purpose of the new speed restrictions is to decrease the number of serious accidents which involve large trucks. According to National Highway Safety Administration (NHTSA .... Read More

The North American product line of Volvo got a makeover. The old VN, which was launched in 1996, needed to be modernized. The new Volvo meets the needs of the long-haul trucking customers and professional drivers. Before the revealing of the truck Nyberg, President of Volvo Truck North America, stated: “Twenty years ago, we turned the industry .... Read More

According to Dan Popkin, senior vice president of enterprise solutions for ALK Technologies,  a near-term driving force for technological development is going to be helping the trucking industry better control the "real life experiences" affecting its operations in the here and now. As he said, he feels that will help the industry become safer an .... Read More

Under-ride guards at the backs of semi-truck trailers have been on going tests for quite a while now, the purpose of these tests was to find out which ones are more beneficial when it comes to preventing gruesome accidents that occur commonly on our roads. The organization behind these tests is the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. The IIHS h .... Read More

A Utah Transit Authority Front Runner passenger train slammed into a FedEx Semi. The tractor trailer was split in two leaving packages spread out across the road. The blame was put on railroad crossing signals which were deemed as malfunctioning. The Utah Transit Authority stated that the gates were up and the bells and lights were not working w .... Read More

Kenworth is introducing a new feature for its pre-owned trucks at the Used Truck Association (UTA) annual convention.  The new program is exclusive to Kenworth dealers and PACAAR Financial Used Truck Centers. This program allows customers to purchase pre-owned class eight trucks that are certified and have good quality in the United States and Can .... Read More

Fueloyal is a start-up company which is based in Chicago. They developed a smart fuel cap that is purposed to prevent fuel theft. Fuel theft has become an issue worth $10 billion. The biggest problem regarding this issue is the rivers of these rigs stealing the fuel instead of filling their tanks. The company card is used to put in the fuel into a .... Read More