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GREENSBORO, N.C.  —  Volvo Trucks North America has announced they are collaborating with the University of Minnesota (UMN) to conduct extreme weather testing. These extreme weather testing for Volvo’s Class VNR Electric model to analyze the impact of ambient temperature on a truck’s battery life, according to a news release. In order to conduct these […]

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) have announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would require new heavy vehicles to be equipped with automatic emergency braking (AEB) systems. In a joint news release issued on Thursday, June 22, the […]

Robust May sales of Class 8 trucks on the U.S. market pushed the 2023 year-to-date total to the highest mark since 2006, according to data received from Wards Intelligence. Manufacturers reported selling 24,111 trucks in May — 6% more than in April and 16.4% more than in May 2022. The production slowdown predicted for the […]

WASHINGTON — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) issued regulatory guidance clarifying the definitions of “broker” and “bona fide agents” in a final ruling issued on Friday, June 16. The ruling is designed to help stop illegal brokers and dispatchers from operating. FMCSA issued the guidance in response to a mandate in the Infrastructure […]

In March, the Trucker team caught up with driver-turned-financial-analyst Dean Croke during the 2023 Mid America Trucking Show in Louisville, Kentucky. Croke, who began his career hauling in Australia’s Outback, also works as an advocate for drivers and others in the trucking industry. (Photos by Linda Garner-Bunch/The Trucker) Dean Croke 1   Some professional drivers […]

PHILADELPHIA — Drivers began longer commutes Monday after an elevated section of Interstate 95 collapsed in Philadelphia a day earlier following damage caused by a tanker truck carrying flammable cargo catching fire. Sunday’s fire closed a heavily traveled segment of the East Coast’s main north-south highway indefinitely. Newscasts warned of traffic nightmares and gave advice […]

This image provided by the Office of Emergency Management shows firefighters standing near the collapsed part of I-95 in Philadelphia, Sunday, June 11, 2023. The elevated section of Interstate 95 has collapsed early Sunday after a vehicle caught fire, closing the main north-south highway on the East Coast and threatening to upend travel in parts […]

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — A new survey conducted by the Conversion Interactive Agency and People. Data. Analytics (PDA) peels back the curtain on truck driving jobs and how today’s market conditions are affecting drivers. KEY SURVEY TAKEAWAYS Truck driver job seekers have decreased since the Fall 2022 Driver Survey. This number is down 6% from the […]

ORAN, Mo. — Finloc 2000 Inc. announced June 1 that Anthony Petitte has been chosen to head the company’s FinPark division as COO, where he will run all truck parking operations in the U.S. and Canada. FinPark offers a technology application solution to an issue that has plagued the trucking industry for the past three […]

April 2023 sales of new Class 8 trucks on the U.S. market were the highest since 2006 and represented the second-best April of the century to date, according to data received from Wards Intelligence. Sales for the first four months make 2023 the best first third of the year in the past 17 years. Manufacturers […]