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The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI), the trucking industry’s not-for-profit research organization, this month launched its 2022 Top Industry Issues Survey.  The annual survey asks trucking industry stakeholders to rank the top issues of concern for the industry along with potential strategies for addressing each issue. Now in its 18th year, ATRI’s annual analysis not…

For truck drivers slogging through long, tedious shifts on the road, the availability of safe and reliable parking is not a convenience – it is a necessity. On average, an estimated three million trucks move across the U.S. every day. Unfortunately, there are only 313,000 parking spaces to accommodate them, 40,000 at public rest areas…

PALO ALTO, CA – Tech startup Apex.AI, which develops software for vehicles and smart machines, has captured the attention of some of the automotive world’s giants. Earlier this month, Apex.AI announced that Daimler Truck, one of the world’s leading commercial vehicle manufacturers, made a strategic minority investment in the company. Daimler Truck joins an impressive…

For years, talk in the trucking industry has been about the emergence of driverless or autonomous vehicles traveling on our highways. Most considered the prospect a future possibility. That future has arrived. One example is San Diego-based TuSimple, founded in 2015. TuSimple is a developer of heavy-duty, self-driving trucks and the autonomous startup has already…

TravelCenters of America Inc. announced the acquisition of two travel center locations for $45 million. Located along the Interstate 81 corridor in Virginia, Petro Raphine and TA Lexington have been successful TA franchise locations since 2011. TA expects to realize significantly more cashflow from owning these locations than as franchise locations and forecasts these locations…

With significant numbers of both car and truck manufacturers now producing electric vehicles, the White House announced a national plan for increased access to electric vehicle charging stations. Adoption of electric vehicle technology for the big rigs faces some major hurdles, foremost being batteries that will allow the trucks to move long distances without recharging….

Goodyear Tire & Rubber is joining forces with Plus in a strategic collaboration to provide optimized, autonomous trucking solutions to move trucking to the next level of logistics evolution. Through this collaboration, Goodyear’s suite of services, including connected tires, will further enhance transportation efficiency and safety for semi-trucks powered by Plus’s Level 4 autonomous driving…

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has set a Sept. 30 deadline for medical examiners to submit results of physical qualifications examinations of truckers conducted during the National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners outage from Dec. 1, 2017, through Aug. 12 of 2018. The National Register was taken offline by a cyber-attack, meaning medical…

As the nation’s economy shakes out of its pandemic-induced doldrums, the agriculture industry, and specifically agricultural haulers, are coping with a host of challenges. As demand for farm products has increased, a supply chain that went partially dormant for more than year has struggled to shift back into high gear. Andrew Walmsley, director of congressional…

A recent ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit has put the trucking industry’s use of owner-operators in limbo, according to legal experts. The April 29 ruling by the Ninth Circuit ruled against the California Trucking Association (CTA) in a cased that argued California’s restrictive ABC test to classify a worker as an…