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Toyota is developing a second-generation fuel cell system that it says is nearly ready for heavy-duty truck builders who are looking to build hydrogen-powered tractors. The new fuel cell stack is bas...

15 Des 20203min

Daimler Trucks North America announced that its truck manufacturing plant in Portland, Ore., will be the first to achieve carbon-neutral production in the global Daimler Trucks network. The plant will...

14 Des 20203min

Class 8 U.S. retail sales in November reached 17,803, down 4% compared with 18,545 a year earlier, according to a report Thursday from WardsAuto.com. Sales were able to draw close to that year-over-ye...

11 Des 20203min

General Motors’ self-driving car company Cruise is sending out vehicles with nobody behind the wheel in San Francisco as it navigates its way toward launching a robotic taxi service. Cruise’s self-dri...

10 Des 20203min

FedEx and UPS executives are supposed to be among the attendees Dec. 10 when Congress will press the industry on distribution plans for COVID vaccines. Richard Smith, regional president of the America...

9 Des 20203min

The national average price for a gallon of diesel fuel increased 2.4 cents last week to $2.526, according to the Energy Information Administration. The biggest rise came in the Central Atlantic, which...

8 Des 20203min

Doctors and diabetes experts say a growing number of truck drivers and Americans in general are unaware they have Type 2 diabetes. Many are ignoring common signs of the disease, which include profuse ...

7 Des 20203min

Fleets and dealers placed almost 52,000 Class 8 orders in November, the fourth-highest monthly volume in history. That’s according to Act Research, which cited truck makers’ preliminary data. North Am...

4 Des 20203min