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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Truck manufacturers and related suppliers are planning to showcase the diversity of their offerings in presentations at the Mid-America Trucking Show, which runs this week here at the Kentucky Exposition Center.

Truck manufacturers and related suppliers are planning to showcase the diversity of their offerings in presentations at the Mid-America Trucking Show, which runs this week at Louis­ville’s Kentucky Exposition Center.

Low-carbon fuel standard legislation being debated in the Oregon legislature would cost truckers more than $7 billion a year in extra fuel costs and eliminate 29,000 jobs, according to the Oregon Trucking Associations.

There are certainly times when aspects of our world take on shades of that perennial favorite movie, “Groundhog Day.” All we’re missing is Bill Murray and the icy pothole he steps in every morning.

Tire manufacturers say they are altering tread designs, block patterns and shoulder designs to comply with the SmartWay program and greenhouse-gas and fuel-efficiency rules. Some fleet managers, however, said those changes mean other performance areas will be compromised.

C.H. Robinson Worldwide said it sold its payment services business, T-Chek Systems, to Electronic Funds Source for $302.5 million in cash.

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder declared an energy emergency in Michigan this week, due to shortages of diesel and gasoline in the state’s Upper Peninsula caused by a pipeline shutdown in Wisconsin.

U.S. Bank said it purchased TransCard’s Classes 7-8 fuel card product to expand its offerings to the heavy-duty truck market, with truckload firm U.S. Xpress Enterprises as its initial customer.

The latest quarterly study of trucking fleet failures paints a more positive picture than we would have expected in years past, considering the high level of fuel prices.

Three oil companies have agreed to settle lawsuits related to “hot fuel” — gasoline and diesel that is not adjusted by volume to account for temperature — the Kansas City Star reported.