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Daimler Truck launched Rizon, a new U.S.-focused medium-duty electric truck brand, on the eve of California regulators voting whether to require fleets to purchase 5%-10% EVs beginning in 2024. The coincidental timing expands Daimler’s battery-powered portfolio to cover Class 4 to 8 trucks. The production version of the Class 6 Freightliner eM2 is expected at…
Welcome to the WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Newsletter brought to you by Dynamic Logistix. In this issue, cell outage downs freight; Convoy returns; State of Freight recap; and more. Cell outage reverberates through freight X Solar flare, hack, EMP, botched network update? What happened? — Woke up at 6 this morning to a tweet from Chadad…
The Civil Aviation Administration of China has issued the design certification for Airbus’ structural modification of the A330 from passenger to cargo aircraft, enabling delivery of the first plane rebuilt in China and paving the way for more Chinese airlines to operate the freighter. Elbe Fluzeugwerke GmbH (EFW), co-owned by manufacturer Airbus and Singapore-based ST…
More students are getting behind the wheel of trucks as dozens of high schools across the U.S. offer classes to help them obtain their CDLs. The driving force behind the trucking classes is the desire to expand career opportunities for high schoolers and bolster the professional driving field, teachers told FreightWaves. The American Trucking Associations…
Electric truck maker Nikola Corp. laid off 270 workers Friday as its cash to run the business shrinks. The moves came a day after convicted founder Trevor Milton took shots at company leadership on social media. The layoffs affected about 150 employees at multiple sites. They spent at least part time supporting the company’s manufacturing…
Early numbers on the first quarter are starting to trickle in from container shipping lines. They show a big step down from the fourth quarter, but they also confirm that earnings are still well above the pre-COVID “normal.” Spot rates in the trans-Pacific eastbound market have collapsed, yet carriers continue to be shielded by annual…