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Among the advantages Nikola Motor Co. touted when it unveiled the industry’s first Class 8 electric truck running on a hydrogen fuel cell and battery pack was the ability to significantly reduce fleet maintenance expenses.

Truckload carrier U.S. Xpress Inc. formally announced its plans Dec. 8 to be an early adopter of the recently unveiled zero-emission, hydrogen-electric Class 8 Nikola One truck from Nikola Motor Co.

Chattanooga, Tennessee’s biggest trucking carrier is going electric, at least with some of its fleet, in the next three to five years.

Oil retreated from a 16-month high after OPEC pumped a record amount of crude in November.

The U.S. average retail price of diesel increased 6 cents to $2.480 a gallon, according to the Department of Energy.

A boom in electric vehicles made by the likes of Tesla Motors Inc. could erode as much as 10% of global gasoline demand by 2035, according to the oil industry consultant Wood Mackenzie Ltd.

SALT LAKE CITY — Nikola Motor Co. displayed its Nikola One hydrogen-electric Class 8 tractor at its headquarters here.

An Ohio judge ordered Pilot Flying J CEO Jimmy Haslam to give a deposition Dec. 13 in connection with a lawsuit filed against the nation’s largest truck-stop chain by two carriers that have alleged they were victims of a massive diesel fuel rebate fraud.

SALT LAKE CITY — Deliveries of the Nikola One hydrogen-electric Class 8 tractor produced by Nikola Motor Co. will begin in 2020, and the company has moved forward with plans to design a day cab, called the Nikola Two. People in trucking said the technology has the potential to change the industry.