EOBR debated over driver harassment
The harassment issue may be the key consideration for the FMCSA, which aims to devise a rule that mandates electronic logging devices.02.08.12
| FMCSA ordered U & D Service to immediately shut down after discovering the company was using drivers who did not possess valid ...
02.07.12
| Kenworth and Peterbilt trucks were using the same brake component that affected production of Navistar and Volvo Group trucks. 02.07.12
| The reopened lane of I-40 West is near the Tennessee-North Carolina border. 02.07.12
| The Peterbilt 587 SmartWay conventional tractor won in the heavy-duty division. hybrid trucks
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LogBook
September 1, 2011
New regulations will increase truck cost, owner-operator pay expected to rise, natural gas trucks catching on and other industry news items are featured.
CARB approves $40M for clean vehicle purchases
July 22, 2011
The state's Air Quality Improvement Program invests in new emissions-reduction technologies.
Bill seeks tax credits for electric trucks, anti-idling
July 14, 2011
Senate bill would provide tax credits for buying hybrid, plug-in hybrid and electric trucks, and idling reduction devices.
Vids of the new Caterpillar truck — the CT660
March 29, 2011
"No one knows heavy-duty like Caterpillar," says the official promo vid for the new Class 8 from Caterpillar, the CT660. Long-awaited in the wake of Cat's announcement that the company ...
‘Here comes plug-in diesel!’
March 15, 2011
So gushed the website and weekly update of the group Hybrid Owners of America about several automakers' concept cars on display at the Geneva Auto Show last week. But in ...
LogBook
March 1, 2010
IdleAire pulls the plug, truckers urge hours flexibility, intermodal transport gained market share against trucks, EPA revises its 2010 engine emission guidance and more are issues covered.
CARB starts hybrid truck funding program
February 4, 2010
The agency launched a $20 million funding assistance program designed to spur the purchase of hybrid trucks.
