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Celebrating Your Drivers Can Be Very Rewarding

Discover how celebrating your drivers with a thoughtful, uniform-led benefit program can help jumpstart your driver retention program, increase job satisfaction, and drive your transportation business to even greater success.

June 1, 2024
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CIE Cleared of Chinese-Related Antidumping Allegations

CIMC Intermodal Equipment was cleared by federal officials of allegations that it evaded antidumping duties on chassis and subassemblies from China.

May 31, 2024
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EV Maker Lucid Chops Hundreds of Jobs Amid Red Ink

NEWARK, Calif. — Lucid Group has revealed its plans to slash hundreds of jobs, part of a reorganization that the maker of electric vehicles hopes will help position it for “future success.â€

May 31, 2024
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Parts Suppliers Fear a Crash With Shift to EVs

Anxiety over a transition to electric vehicles is high in the thousands of businesses that have long supplied parts and equipment for cars and trucks powered by internal combustion engines.

May 31, 2024
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Sources: Hertz Is Exploring Options for Raising Financing

Hertz Global Holdings is exploring options to raise financing weeks after the company’s new CEO pledged to get it back on track following a failed bet on electric vehicles, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

May 30, 2024
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ATRI Announces Research Projects for 2024

The American Transportation Research Institute Board of Directors has approved a diverse set of 2024 research priorities designed to address some of the trucking industry’s most critical issues.

May 30, 2024
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DTNA’s O’Leary: EV Infrastructure Buildout Still Lagging

Daimler Truck North America CEO John O’Leary says the scarcity of charging infrastructure continues to constrain the pace of the industry's adoption of battery-electric trucks.

May 30, 2024
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Hyundai, Plus Team Up on Self-Driving Class 8 FCEV Truck

Hyundai Motor Co. and autonomous driving software specialist Plus unveiled what they say is the first Level 4 autonomous Class 8 hydrogen fuel cell electric truck in the U.S.

May 29, 2024
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Cargo Thefts Remained Unusually High in First Quarter

The trucking industry struggled through an unusually high number of cargo thefts during the first quarter, according to Verisk Analytics’ CargoNet report.

May 29, 2024
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Focus on Tire Recycling Renews as BEV Numbers Swell

Retreading is a key instrument in a fleet manager’s cost management toolbox, but what happens after tires reach the end of their life span?

May 29, 2024