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

The $1.5 trillion package of infrastructure priorities includes federal support for electric vehicles and infrastructure. Trucking groups oppose the bill’s...

https://www.worktruckonline.com/10120511/house-infrastructure-bill-heavy-on-electrification-spending

Categories: Safety, Safety & Compliance

The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance has urged Congress to fund a new commercial vehicle crash causation study to be conducted by the FMCSA, updating the...

https://www.worktruckonline.com/338031/cvsa-wants-funding-for-new-truck-crash-causation-study

Categories: Equipment, Vehicle Research

Groups like ATA, NPTC, MEMA and others signed a letter sent to Congress that argues for repeal of the Federal Excise Tax on the sale of new heavy-duty...

https://www.worktruckonline.com/336965/trucking-groups-support-federal-excise-tax-repeal-urge-congressional-action

Categories: Safety, Safety & Compliance, Vehicle Research

Two proposed bills in the House of Representatives aim to reduce harm caused by large truck crashes by updating the minimum insurance requirements for...

https://www.worktruckonline.com/336418/proposed-bills-aim-to-reduce-harm-from-truck-crashes

Categories: Equipment, Operations

A coalition of commercial truck dealers, trade association executives and other trucking industry stakeholders rallied on Capitol Hill on June 19, to urge...

https://www.worktruckonline.com/334389/truck-manufacturers-dealers-hold-rally-to-urge-federal-excise-tax-repeal

Categories: Fleet Management, Operations

Testifying before a House subcommittee, several trucking stakeholder groups made a case for the importance of trucking to the U.S. economy and offered plans...

https://www.worktruckonline.com/333904/trucking-groups-take-their-priorities-to-house-transportation-committee

Categories: Drivers, Safety, Safety & Compliance

A safety-focused group of trucking and logistics companies has released the results of what it calls a first-of-its-kind study showing “compelling evidence...

https://www.worktruckonline.com/333760/trucking-alliance-truck-driver-drug-use-top-safety-issue

Categories: Equipment, Operations

Representatives Doug LaMalfa (R-CA) and Collin Peterson (D-MN) have introduced a bill, H.R. 2381, that aims to repeal the federal excise tax and was...

https://www.worktruckonline.com/330951/bipartisan-federal-excise-tax-repeal-bill-introduced-to-congress

Categories: Fuel Smarts, Green Fleet, Operations

A bipartisan push is under way in Congress to extend through this year certain tax credits that promote the adoption of alternatively powered vehicles.

https://www.worktruckonline.com/326217/capitol-hill-bipartisan-effort-aims-to-extend-alt-fuel-tax-credits

Categories: Drivers, Operations

The reintroduced DRIVE-Safe ACT would allow drivers as young as 18 years old to drive heavy-duty trucks in interstate commerce.

https://www.worktruckonline.com/325912/bill-to-lower-interstate-truck-driving-age-is-reintroduced