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For years the auto industry fought the mandating of various safety technologies. Airbags, for example, were opposed by most car companies for decades before they became required equipment on all passenger vehicles starting in 1989. But the auto industry has been extraordinarily open to voluntarily adding an important and potentially life-saving active safety technology known…

Investors are pouring millions of dollars into startups hoping to disrupt the $700 billion trucking industry, the latest example of Silicon Valley’s efforts to upend the traditional economy, according to an article in the Wall Street Journal. A series of startups are vying to become an “Uber of trucking,” leveraging truck drivers’ smartphones to quickly…

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles recently announced it will supply the U.S. Postal Service with more than 9,000 Ram ProMaster cargo vans, giving the new cargo van a high-profile contract that could help to raise brand awareness for Ram’s commercial truck division, according to an article in the Detroit Free Press. With more than 190,000 vehicles, the…

Private trucking and logistics executives say that spot-market demand has turned soft this month and that the contractual rate increases they have been seeking are cracking, according to a report on the livetradingnews.com website. It is “a clear deterioration from the insight we gained as recently as a couple of weeks ago” the executives said…

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Life has started to return to normal in areas of South Carolina inundated by massive floods from days of rain earlier this month, according to an article in the Charlotte Observer. But challenges still remain, including getting Columbia’s water system back in shape and repairing bridges that are forcing Interstate 95 drivers…

The trucking industry will need to hire 890,000 drivers in the next decade to replace retirees and meet rising demand, and companies are already pushing up pay to avoid falling short, according to a new study by the American Trucking Associations. The Wall Street Journal reports that the industry group estimates that trucking companies will…

Female truckers are sliding into long-haul cabs as companies seek to end a U.S. driver shortage, and they’re proving to be better behind the wheel than men, according to an article in Bloomberg Business. That’s no surprise to Stephanie Klang, 57, who used to drive in a team with her former husband. She stays on…

In an August 24 letter, American Trucking Associations President and CEO Bill Graves asked Congress to move forward with legislation that would allow fleets to use hair samples as part of a federally required program of drug screening for commercial drivers, according to the organization. “Every day, thousands of hair tests are performed worldwide within…

The revolution in self-driving vehicles could see as many as 8.7 million Americans lose their jobs in the trucking industry alone, according to a report in the Daily Caller. According to a report from BBC’s Rachel Nuwer, there are 3.5 million truck drivers in the U.S. and a further 5.2 million additional personnel in the…