ANAHEIM, Calif. — It’s the peanut butter and the chocolate of freight hauling — combining an electric powertrain with an autonomous driving system. Kodiak Robotics is showing the result at the Advanced Clean Transportation Expo. At just 150 miles of range and three hours to charge, the autonomy-equipped Model 579EV is mostly good for generating…
Battery-electric vehicles are proving their worth, but the head of North America’s largest truck manufacturer recognizes significant gaps that remain in battery supply chains and charging infrastructure alike. “There’s really […]
The diesel price benchmark used for setting most fuel surcharges is getting closer to a number it has not seen for about 15 months. With a 5.9-cent decline posted Monday, the latest Department of Energy/Energy Information Administration price of $4.018 a gallon just needs another drop next week of 1.9 cents to fall to less…
FedEx Freight, the less-than-truckload unit of FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX), will close 29 service locations in the U.S. as part of an ongoing efficiency drive. The closures will occur by Aug. 13, the unit said Monday. The affected operations will be consolidated into other locations. The company is working with employees to find positions elsewhere…
WASHINGTON — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has named representatives from the trucking industry to assess the prevalence of predatory leasing agreements by carriers against owner-operators and follow up with recommendations to Congress. FMCSA’s Truck Leasing Task Force, authorized by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) in 2021, will address areas “that have…