The class 8 battery electric Freightliner eCascadia, built by Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA), is its first class 8 battery electric truck and it’s ready to roll out to customers. Daimler’s first two eCascadias are headed to Penske Truck Leasing in Reading, Pennsylvania and NFI of Camden, New Jersey. With…
With a few simple steps, trucking companies can lower their carbon emissions without fully jumping aboard the electric train. Electric trucks are in our future, but they may not be in everyone’s future and those companies are also looking to help the planet and save money with what they have…
This day and age there are many environmental concerns to take into consideration with any business. With the trucking industry using a large amount of oil and gas on a daily basis, the interest in alternative energy sources has grown. To further assist with green energy, there is an idea…
The New Jersey based company used an electric truck to pick up a container at the Maher Terminal in Port Newark and delivered it to a Costco within New Jersey without incident. Using electric trucks is the first step toward Best Transportation’s zero-emission vehicle program. By investing in electric trucks…
When designing applications and software, it is important to look at all aspects of how your intended audience would use it. The co-founder of Wise Systems, Layla Shaikley, has some good advice to give when developing smartphone apps for truckers. She suggests riding along with drivers, have them use the…
To further assist in gathering information about automated driving systems in commercial trucks and buses, the American Trucking Associations and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Technology Engagement Center have extended the deadline for comments on their proposal until August 28. It focuses on regulations already in the system that would…
Energy investing firm EIV Capital has recently helped raise $75 million that will be put towards the research of turning cow manure into clean energy products. These funds will be used by Amp Americas, who is currently trying to figure out how to turn animal waste into biogas for trucking…
There is a lot of data that flows through trucking companies and when that data is put through some complex algorithms, it can help visualize where your trucking company is headed and how to fix future problems. Averitt Express uses Omnitracs to learn more about their drivers and how to…
Just having started business 16 months ago, Kodiak Robotics announced its self-driving trucks are making deliveries in Dallas with a safety driver behind the wheel. Through its rapid progression from starting the business to putting autonomous trucks on the road, this company is set out to revolutionize the trucking industry….
Chadderton Trucking, out of Sharon, Pa., is using alternate power units (APUs) on their new trucks. Instead of idling their trucks to get power for air conditioning, heat, and anything else powered by electricity, they are using APUs. These systems help save diesel fuel and have environmental and economic benefits…