Categories: Fuel, Fuel Smarts, Maintenance

"Short-term gain, long-term pain," is what one analyst called the White House release of oil from the nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserves in an effort to...

https://www.worktruckonline.com/10164691/biden-announces-historic-oil-release-from-spr

Categories: Fuel, Fuel Smarts, Management

Retail fuel prices have never increased so quickly on a percentage basis over a three-week period, according to the Department of Energy.

https://www.worktruckonline.com/10163954/fuel-price-dip-likely-only-temporary-reprieve

Categories: Drivers, Operations, Safety, Safety & Compliance

The Department of Transportation is proposing oral fluid testing as an alternative to urine testing for the DOT-regulated drug and alcohol testing program.

https://www.worktruckonline.com/10162389/dot-proposes-oral-fluid-testing-for-drugs

Categories: Fleet Management, Fuel, Operations

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could have ripple effects throughout the supply chain and trucking, as oil prices have soared and cyber security experts say...

https://www.worktruckonline.com/10162172/ukraine-invasion-higher-fuel-prices-likely-cyber-attacks-could-affect-supply-cha

Categories: Electric Vehicles, Equipment, Fleet Forward, Fuel Smarts, Global Fleet, Green Fleet, Maintenance, Operations, Sustainability, Technology, Vehicle OEM, Vehicle Research

Cummins is buying Meritor in a deal that will give the company a broad reach in traditional powertrains and components as well as accelerating its...

https://www.worktruckonline.com/10161932/cummins-buying-meritor-to-accelerate-electrification-development

Categories: Alternative Fuels, Electric, Electric Vehicles, Equipment, Fleet Forward, Fuel Smarts, Green Fleet

Battery-electric Class 4-8 vehicles already show positive total cost of ownership compared to conventional vehicles in three-quarters of the applications...

https://www.worktruckonline.com/10161524/act-half-of-class-4-8-sales-to-be-bev-by-2035

Categories: Alternative Fuels, Electric, Electric Vehicles, Equipment, Fleet Forward, Fuel, Fuel Smarts, Green Fleet, Hydrogen

Cummins says new internal combustion engines running on clean diesel, gasoline, natural gas, propane, and hydrogen will help fleets on the path to zero...

https://www.worktruckonline.com/10161470/cummins-developing-engine-platforms-to-run-on-alternative-fuels

Categories: Electric, Electric Vehicles, Electrification, Equipment, Fleet Forward, Fuel Smarts, Green Fleet

You might be surprised by the number of zero-emission medium- and heavy-duty trucks that have been deployed in the U.S., given the amount of media coverage...

https://www.worktruckonline.com/10160911/zero-emission-trucks-poised-for-growth

Categories: Drivers, Operations, Safety

Neither Canada nor the U.S. will allow truck drivers from the other country to cross the border unless they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

https://www.worktruckonline.com/10160077/no-cross-border-trucking-for-unvaccinated-drivers

Categories: Drivers, Operations, Safety & Compliance

After years of issuing exemptions on an individual basis for commercial drivers with poor or no vision in one eye, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety...

https://www.worktruckonline.com/10160041/new-alternative-vision-standard-for-commercial-drivers