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REPLAY: Recharge - Equipment & Maintenance Sessions

The adoption of electric trucks by fleets would see a more sustainable trucking industry, but is our infrastructure ready to support commercial electric vehicles? And, how has technician training evolved to include EV support and maintenance? Join us for conversations that will help your fleet charge ahead. 

January 24, 2023
GovernmentBusinessTechnology

Musk Returns for Day 3 of Tesla Investors Trial

SAN FRANCISCO — Elon Musk returned to the stand for a third day on Jan. 24 in federal court in San Francisco to testify in a trial stemming from a class action lawsuit.

January 24, 2023
GovernmentSafety

FMCSA Takes Measures to Ensure Medical Examiners’ Qualification

Faced with information technology challenges to its medical examiners' online registry, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced measures to ensure physicians will resume taking critical refresher training.

January 24, 2023
GovernmentBusiness

Business Activity Shrinks Again in Moderate Contraction

U.S. business activity contracted for a seventh month, though at a more moderate pace, while a measure of input prices firmed in a sign of lingering inflationary pressures.

January 24, 2023
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafety

Paccar Plans Platform Science Integration

Paccar said Jan. 19 it is collaborating with Platform Science to integrate its virtual vehicle platform into its trucks.

January 24, 2023
GovernmentBusinessFuel

Proposed Update to Renewable Fuel Standard Could Benefit EV Makers

The good news for EV automakers and charging network operators is that changes to an 18-year-old U.S. program that has driven adoption of ethanol and biodiesel is getting a makeover for the electric vehicle age.

January 24, 2023
GovernmentFuel

GOP Energy Bills Will Raise Gas Prices, White House Says

U.S. gasoline prices are back on the agenda in Washington as both political parties go on the offensive.

January 24, 2023
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipment

Transport Refrigeration Unit Makers Go Electric

While all-electric transport refrigeration units might seem a relatively new development in the refrigerated transportation segment, the technology has developed over the last 20-plus years.

January 24, 2023
BusinessLogistics

Amazon Union Organizer in Alabama Says He Was Fired

An Amazon warehouse worker who helped lead a hotly contested union campaign in Bessemer, Ala., said he was abruptly terminated without explanation.

January 23, 2023
GovernmentSafetyLogisticsTCA

Proposed Pennsylvania Recycling Center, Truck Terminals Cause Traffic Fears

The proposed Grand Central Recycling Center could add hundreds of truck trips to Route 512 — and if the plan isn’t changed, perhaps to the restricted Pen Argyl Road, with a threat of traffic jams.

January 23, 2023

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