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Commercial freight transportation is a machine-based business. Highly technical equipment and advanced engineering are at the center of supply chain and require constant innovation. Transport Topics equipment coverage focuses on the machines and other physical assets that make delivery possible. It looks closely at available truck, trailer, and chassis models, developments in the engineering space, and maintenance innovations and best practices.

BusinessEquipmentSafety

This Year’s Roadcheck to Focus on HOS Compliance

This year’s International Roadcheck will take place from June 5-7, with a focus on hours of service.

June 4, 2018
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafety

Michelin Introduces Microchips to Make Truck Tires Smart

Michelin, the French tiremaker that also publishes the eponymous restaurant guide, is betting on a future paved with chips — microchips, that is.

June 1, 2018
GovernmentBusinessEquipmentTCA

Mack Defense Wins Army Contract Valued at Up to $296 Million

Mack Defense of Upper Macungie Township, Pa., has landed one of its largest contracts, a deal that has the potential to keep the Mack Trucks’ subsidiary busy for the next seven years.

May 31, 2018
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipmentAutonomous

New York, Los Angeles Team With Schumer on Self-Driving Vehicle Rules

New York City and Los Angeles, worried that a Senate self-driving car bill would make them hand over control of their streets to the federal government, have found a powerful ally: Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.).

May 31, 2018
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafetyFuel

FHWA Drops Plan for States to Track Greenhouse Gas Levels on U.S. Highways

The Federal Highway Administration has withdrawn its rule that would have required state departments of transportation and metropolitan planning organizations to report year-over-year changes in carbon dioxide emissions on U.S. interstates and major highways.

May 31, 2018
GovernmentBusinessEquipmentFuel

Canadian Government Publishes Final Rule on GHG, Glider Kits

The Canadian office of Environment and Climate Change published a final rule on greenhouse gas regulations pertaining to heavy-duty trucks and engines in Part 2 of the Gazette on May 30.

May 31, 2018
BusinessEquipmentLogisticsTop 100

XPO Invests $90 Million in LTL Fleet

XPO Logistics this year plans to spend more than $90 million to purchase 770 new tractors for its less-than-truckload network in North America.

May 31, 2018
GovernmentBusinessEquipmentFuel

Trucking Interests Battle GOP Members of Congress on EPA Proposed Repeal of Glider Rule

A trucking industry-related coalition is engaged in a behind-the-scenes skirmish with two dozen Republican members of Congress over whether the Environmental Protection Agency should be required to conduct a regulatory impact analysis to support the agency’s proposal to repeal an Obama administration rule limiting the manufacture of glider kits.

May 31, 2018
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentAutonomousTCA

GM Partners With Tech Investment Firm to Bring Self-Driving Vehicles to Market Next Year

General Motors Co. and the SoftBank Vision Fund are partnering to invest in GM Cruise to bring self-driving vehicles to market by next year, the company said May 31.

May 31, 2018
GovernmentBusinessEquipmentTCA

Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy Says Volkswagen Settlement Funds Will Help Update Diesel Trucks

Connecticut is obtaining $7.5 million from the national Volkswagen settlement over emissions cheating and will use the funds to help replace aging diesel trucks and other equipment.

May 31, 2018