Categories: Global Fleet, Maintenance, Operations, Products

Allison Transmission has a new lubricant spec for its automatic transmissions, and Petro-Canada Lubricants is the first oil company to meet it. The new...

https://www.worktruckonline.com/10126901/new-transmission-fluid-spec-for-allison-improves-performance-protection

Categories: Equipment, Vehicle Research

The all-new Western Star 49X Class 8 vocational truck is lighter yet stronger than its predecessor, with new safety and driver comfort features, plus...

https://www.worktruckonline.com/10126858/western-star-49x-in-photos

Categories: Operations, Safety, Safety & Compliance, Small Fleet

Changes to truck driver hours of service rules, designed to offer drivers more flexibility, take effect at 12 a.m. eastern time on Sept. 29.

https://www.worktruckonline.com/10126692/new-hours-of-service-rules-take-effect-sept-29

Categories: Drivers, Operations

The U.S. Department of Labor announced a proposed rule that aims to clarify who’s an employee and who’s an independent contractor under the Fair Labor...

https://www.worktruckonline.com/10126455/proposed-federal-rule-would-define-employee-vs-independent-contractor

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

Trevor Milton has voluntarily left Nikola Corp., the fuel-cell and electric-truck company that started in his basement, amid charges of fraud and an...

https://www.worktruckonline.com/10126176/trevor-milton-leaves-nikola-amidst-fraud-allegations

Categories: Equipment, Management, Vehicle Research

Traton on Sept. 10 upped the ante in its offer to buy all outstanding shares of common stock of Navistar International Corp.

https://www.worktruckonline.com/10125509/traton-ups-navistar-offer

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

Navistar said an electric truck will be the first vehicle off the line at its new San Antonio production facility when it opens in the spring of 2022. The...

https://www.worktruckonline.com/10125477/navistar-electric-truck-will-be-first-off-the-line-of-new-facility

Categories: Autonomous Technology, Fleet Management, Vehicle Research

Unlike their competitors, Daimler Trucks and Torc Robotics won’t give a definitive timeline to deployment for driverless trucks — and say that in their...

https://www.worktruckonline.com/10125069/self-driving-truck-development-a-marathon-not-a-sprint-daimler

Categories: Electric, Electric Vehicles, Equipment, Fleet Forward, Fuel Smarts, Global Fleet, Green Fleet, Suppliers, Sustainability, Vehicle Research

The COVID-19 pandemic has not significantly affected Daimler Trucks North America’s work on medium- and heavy-duty battery-electric trucks, and despite...

https://www.worktruckonline.com/10123887/daimler-trucks-north-america-not-standing-still-on-electric-trucks

Categories: Alternative Fuels, Electric Vehicles, Fleet Forward, Fuel Smarts, Global Fleet, Green Fleet, Legal/Legislative, Small Fleet, Sustainability, Vehicle Research, Zero Emissions

While diesel and gasoline engines will still be the main power source for commercial vehicles for the next decade, fleets are now testing and buying...

https://www.worktruckonline.com/10123532/sustainability-key-motivator-for-early-fleet-adopters-of-clean-vehicle-technolog