Categories: Charging, Electric, Electric Vehicles, Fuel Smarts, Global Fleet, Green Fleet, Sustainability, Vehicle Research

Volvo Trucks North America is working to complete product development to bring its VNR Electric Class 8 truck and tractor to market here by the end of this...

https://www.worktruckonline.com/350958/volvo-it-takes-more-than-the-truck-to-switch-to-electric-power

Categories: Equipment, Vehicle Research

HDT Executive Editor David Cullen gives you a the first look at Mack Trucks' new Class 6 MD6 and Class 7 MD7 truck models. The rollout of the new series...

https://www.worktruckonline.com/350456/first-look-mack-is-back-in-medium-duty-photos

Categories: Equipment, Products, Vehicle Research

Mack is back – in the medium-duty truck market, that is. With typically modest fanfare, the OEM rolled out its new MD Series of Class 6 and 7 trucks during...

https://www.worktruckonline.com/350106/mack-attack-truck-maker-is-back-in-medium-duty-market

Categories: Safety, Safety & Compliance, Vehicle Research

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will launch a study of factors that contribute to highway crashes involving large trucks. Driving the study...

https://www.worktruckonline.com/348792/fmcsa-prepping-to-study-causes-of-fatal-truck-crashes

Categories: Fleet Management, Global Fleet, Operations, Safety, Technology

Insurance is one of those things you may not really think about until your business needs it. That is, unless you’re facing skyrocketing premiums or, worse,...

https://www.worktruckonline.com/348242/how-to-rein-in-rising-insurance-costs

Categories: Equipment, Fuel, Fuel Smarts, Green Fleet, Legal/Legislative, Vehicle Research

The EPA is looking to establish more stringent heavy-duty diesel truck emission standards for oxides of nitrogen (NOx) and other pollutants. The exact rule...

https://www.worktruckonline.com/348010/epa-truck-nox-pre-rule-faces-bumpy-ride

Categories: Fleet Management, Operations

The petition is a flinty New England move, propelled by the state’s contention that the truck tolls are a tax, not a user fee. That argument hinges on...

https://www.worktruckonline.com/347815/rhode-island-fights-to-keep-truck-toll-case-in-state-courts

Categories: Electric Vehicles, Equipment, Fleet Leasing, Fleet Management, Global Fleet, Green Fleet, Safety, Sustainability, Technology, Vehicle OEM, Vehicle Research

Another consolidation among global truck makers is in the works: Sweden’s Volvo Group is selling its Japan-based UD Trucks business to Isuzu Motors.

https://www.worktruckonline.com/346915/volvo-selling-ud-trucks-business-to-isuzu

Categories: Electric, Electric Vehicles, Fuel Smarts, Green Fleet, Sustainability, Vehicle Research

Sweden’s Volvo Group has developed electric concept trucks for construction and regional-distribution applications in Europe.

https://www.worktruckonline.com/346220/volvo-fielding-electric-concept-trucks-for-heavy-duty-regional-and-construction-use

Categories: Electronic Logging Devices (ELDs), Global Fleet, Safety, Safety & Compliance, Technology, Telematics

Time is almost finally up: All motor carriers and truck drivers subject to the electronic logging device rule must use an electronic logging device starting...

https://www.worktruckonline.com/345755/cvsa-the-dec-17-eld-rule-deadline-is-real