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Appropriations committee also allots $927 million for Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration operations.

Hybrid-electric trucks offer a middle ground at lower cost and with less range anxiety than fully electric models.

With Nikola Corp. in Chapter 11, maintenance gaps — not just fuel costs — are driving carriers to reconsider the future of their hydrogen fleets.   

Robots and dynamic weighing systems will help fill 100,000 prescriptions per day for shipments to 16 states and Washington, D.C. Story by Noel Fletcher.   

A ship that caught fire in the Pacific Ocean earlier this month has sunk. The vessel was abandoned in the middle of the pacific — about 360 miles from land — after a blaze. It was carrying about 3,000 vehicles of which about 800 were EVs.   

The Green Corridors project in Laredo, Texas, will use autonomous shuttles on an elevated track to streamline freight movement across the U.S.-Mexico border.  

Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance inspectors on June 25 will begin issuing out-of-service violations for truckers unable to pass roadside tests for communicating in English and understanding road signs.    

Site visits are set to start for potential buyers of Nikola’s remaining assets in the coming days, said Vince Lorenz, Nations Capital director of fleet and valuations.  

Virginia has landed a $366 million deal with The Lego Group to build a 2 million-square-foot warehouse and distribution center near Richmond to deliver the Danish company’s famous building-block toys throughout the region.   

Industry groups are urging more states to reconsider aggressive EV truck mandates, pointing to Oregon and Vermont’s recent moves as models.