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Sales of hybrid and battery electric heavy- and medium-duty trucks will nearly double worldwide this year, and more than 100,000 will be on roadways by 2017, a research group said.

Five technology companies have recently unveiled upgrades to their systems serving the trucking industry.

To keep their customers’ equipment up and running, truck dealers are increasingly relying on complex algorithms and predictive modeling to maintain inventory levels that will ensure they have the parts truckers need right when they need them, according to dealers and manufacturers.

The new hours-of-service rules passed recently by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration are a concern for us because our drivers rely on the 34-hour reset as it stands now.

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Shorepower Technologies and Cascade Technologies, which provide truck stop electrification, said they are adding six locations in California and Oregon to expand availability of anti-idling equipment.

Manufacturing activity in the Philadelphia region expanded at a faster pace in January, the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia said.

Oil fell under $100 a barrel Friday, the third straight daily decline, on signs that China’s manufacturing was declining and European economic growth slowed, Bloomberg reported.