Battery electric trucks face cost headwinds (Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves) Recent releases by Ryder System and Knight-Swift highlight the growing awareness of the added costs required for fleets that face increased pressure to transition to electric vehicles. A major challenge for long-haul trucking is cost, and current incentives from the Inflation Reduction Act only cover up…
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration’s anticipated move to recategorize marijuana from a Schedule I to a Schedule III drug under the Controlled Substances Act will likely lead to more truck crashes unless safeguards are put in place, the American Trucking Associations has warned. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre announced the Justice Department’s notice of…
Welcome to the WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Newsletter presented by Redwood Logistics. In this issue, WTT shop opens; what Cass data says about the market; AI load booking. WTTGear.com Spring/summer — WTT fans rejoice: You can now buy shirts, hats, slides and more in the brand new WHAT THE TRUCK?!? shop we launched Wednesday. We’re currently…
By Bart De Muynck The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates. The traditional supply chain has long been viewed as just that: a series of interconnected links working together to deliver products to customers. But what happens when those links are…
WASHINGTON — An eastern Washington high school has petitioned federal regulators to let 17-year-olds enrolled in its CDL program obtain a commercial learner’s permit (CLP) to help students get a truck driver job immediately upon graduating. Officials from Connell High School (CHS) in Connell, Washington, told the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration that with the…