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Equipment
Aurora says it's hauling driverless for Uber Freight, Hirschbach between Dallas and Houston
Aurora plans to expand its driverless service to El Paso, Texas and Phoenix, Arizona by the end of 2025. Also: Volvo to launch all-electric VNL later this year.
May 2, 2025
Aurora Launch
Equipment
House votes to repeal CARB emissions waivers for ACT, Low-NOx rules
The U.S. House Wednesday night passed two resolutions to roll back EPA waivers for CARB emissions regs. The Senate will now need to pass the resolutions for the waivers to be revoked. Also: Truck driver gets prison time for drug trafficking; California DMV seeks public feedback on proposed autonomous testing, deployment framework.
May 1, 2025
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Custom Rigs
Up close with Tony Justice's newly-custom Bennett 2006 'Purgatory' Peterbilt 379
Overdrive's 2024 Trucker of the Year Alan Kitzhaber caught up with trucker and country singer-songwriter Tony Justice at MATS to talk about this recently-customized 2006 Peterbilt 379, a big part of Justice's trucking career.
May 1, 2025
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Equipment
Volvo, Mack unveil new CARB-compliant, low-NOx engines | Used truck prices up
Volvo and Mack are seeking approval from CARB for their updated 13-liter engines that comply with the state's Low-NOx regulations. Also: Truck dealers urge Congress to revoke CARB waivers; used-truck market update.
April 30, 2025
Volvo Trucks' 0.05 NOx engine is built on the company's D13 VGT engine platform.
Reader Rigs
Part-time reefer puller '98 379 painted to match owner's Harley
This '98 Pete is painted in Harley-Davidson's Frosted Teal and Crushed Ice White with pearl paint colors to match owner John Treadway's 2017 Harley-Davidson motorcycle.
April 29, 2025
Treadway
Equipment
Kenworth expands zero-emissions lineup with T680E and T880E
Kenworth amps up its electric lineup with the new T680E and T880E, built for faster charging and longer range.
April 28, 2025
Kenworth T680E and T880E
Equipment
Peterbilt launching first vocational BEV, the Model 567EV
The industry's first electric vocational truck will be equipped with a new Paccar electric powertrain.
April 28, 2025
Peterbilt's 567EV will be the first heavy duty electric vocational truck to hit the market.
Life
Convictions handed down for members of drug trafficking org who hid meth in diesel tanks | Highway Angel pulls fellow trucker to safety
Five members of a Mexico-based drug trafficking organization were found guilty for their roles in transporting liquid meth from Mexico into the U.S. using tractor-trailers, as well as money laundering. Also: Wyoming police looking for info on hit-and-run suspect; Volvo, Mack trucks recalled; latest Highway Angel.
April 28, 2025
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Regulations
DOT Secretary Duffy launches Autonomous Vehicle 'Innovation Agenda'
DOT Secretary Sean Duffy reveals one of his top priorities is to accelerate autonomous vehicle adoption in the U.S.
April 25, 2025
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Custom Rigs
Owner-op's '24 Pete 389 radiates hot-rod vibes
North Carolina-based Brandon Smith picked up a second-place trophy at the Mid-America Trucking Show with his custom 389, built with 12 Ga. Customs and MBH Trucking.
April 24, 2025
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Regulations
Commerce Department investigating imported trucks, parts
The department is asking for public input on an investigation to determine the effects on national security of the imports of medium- and heavy-duty trucks and medium- and heavy-duty truck parts.
April 24, 2025
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Partners in Business
Truck-spec, goal-setting lessons from two decades as an owner
In the annual PIB conversation with Red Eye Radio at MATS, longtime owner-operator and Overdrive contributor Gary Buchs detailed an "a-ha moment" with this career retrospective: what his peers had to say about his purchase of the Freightliner Century he drove for two decades --"It's a fleet truck!"
April 23, 2025
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Equipment
Quick spin: Mack's all-new Pioneer
Mack hopes its Pioneer model will satisfy a long-haul trucking segment that still misses the Super-Liner.
April 23, 2025
Mack trucks has put the Pioneer model in charge of boosting the company's market share among sleeper fleets.
Custom Rigs
MATS when the sun goes down: Show trucks built to shine
Catch views of the annual PKY Light Show from the 2025 Mid-America Trucking Show.
April 22, 2025
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Reader Rigs
Heavy-haul 1999 Peterbilt 379 stretched to 330-inch wheelbase
Richard Berst operates the 3406E-powered unit hauling oversize/overweight freight.
April 22, 2025
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Equipment
Roadside assistance networks: The best hedge against predatory towing?
When the truck's down OTR at the roadside, service-assistance networks promise protection against predatory towing and other expensive options, but how do they keep the bad actors out? Insight here from an insurer and one network itself.
April 21, 2025
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Reader Rigs
Michigan fleet's 2003 Peterbilt 379 daycab shuttle rig
The Cummins ISX-powered unit is primarily used to shuttle trailers between the fleet's home base and a shipper.
April 18, 2025
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Equipment
Semi-autonomous trucks deployed along I-70
A pair of trucks will operate along I-70 between Columbus, Ohio, and Indianapolis using platooning technology. Also: Used-truck sales volumes rising; fleet petitions FMCSA to allow installation of flashing, brake-activated amber lights on trucks.
April 17, 2025
Two trucks equipped with Kratos Defense platooning technology are operating along I-70 for Ease Logistics.
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