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European electric truck maker Volta Trucks has announced plans to bring its trucks to the North American market.
It will show its vehicle in the U.S. for the first time at the Advanced Clean Transportation Expo (ACT Expo) May 1-4, as it develops its pl…
Weaker freight rates and volumes caused trucking conditions to deteriorate in February, according to the latest FTR Trucking Conditions Index (TCI).
The -5.17 reading was down from -1.71 in January, with negative conditions more than offsetting some sl…
Lion Electric has inaugurated its Mirabel, Que., plant where it will produce lithium-ion batteries for its trucks and buses.
The 175,000 sq.-ft. facility is located near the Mirabel airport. The batteries produced there will go into vehicles produced i…
Truck and engine maker Paccar has made a strategic equity investment in telematics provider Platform Science.
The equity investment builds on a partnership between the two companies, which integrates Platform Science’s Virtual Vehicle technology with t…
Daimler Truck North America (DTNA) has done more than US$1 billion in retail sales through its Excelerator e-commerce platform.
DTNA is marking the milestone with launch of a new digital catalog, PartsProX, which it says offers improved user-functional…
U.S. President Joe Biden has ended the national Covid state of emergency this week, but the border vaccination requirement for Canadians remains in place.
Previously, all Covid-related emergencies were slated to end May 11. The Canadian Trucking Allian…
Love’s Travel Stops says it will invest US$1 billion into updating 200 of its truck stops by 2026.
Each location will receive an average of $2-$7 million in upgrades.
(Photo: Love’s)
“Investing in existing locations is another way Love’s prioritizes …
Trucking HR Canada’s latest labor market information indicates Canada’s truck driver shortage is worsening, with the vacancy rate for jobs in the truck transportation industry in 2022 more than tripling since StatsCan began collecting such data in 2015…
Trailcon Leasing has named Will Sheu account manager at its B.C. branch. He will be the lead contact for leasing, rental and service customers in B.C., the company announced.
Sheu has more than 10 years of industry experience, and will report to chief …
Efforts by the Detroit-Windsor Truck Ferry to secure government funding to continue operations in light of declining hazmat traffic have been unsuccessful, and the ferry will close at the end of September.
Ferry president Gregg Ward confirmed to TruckN…