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DUBLIN, Va. — Volvo Trucks North America provided a first glimpse of the next configuration of its flagship Class 8 VNL tractor — a VNL 440 Electric — during a media event at its customers center.

Whether adding or replacing trucks in your fleet, finding the most cost-effective solution is critical to the profitability and success of your business. Variable costs like fuel, tires, and maintenance represent a staggering amount of the expenses in a transportation business. 

WASHINGTON — A fiscal 2025 bill to ensure funding for the U.S. Department of Transportation is on Congress’ agenda this summer.

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has been pointing to the benefits linked to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which President Joe Biden touts as a signature achievement.

A comprehensive defense policy measure recently approved in the House of Representatives proposes security enhancements for trucks at military bases and a review of a new moving contract.

In 2022, some in trucking hoped that a pilot to teach and monitor 18- to 20-year-olds in interstate commerce could help lessen the driver shortage. Now it’s not looking that way.

Federal Highway Administration leader Shailen Bhatt pressed federal lawmakers to consider a vast portfolio of applications designed to enhance safety along commercial and passenger corridors

A new study by the American Transportation Research Institute identifies key obstacles that keep women from entering and remaining in the trucking industry.

U.S. trailer orders continued the trend of year-over-year declines in May following a short-lived turnaround, ACT Research reported.

Graphite is key to manufacturing the lithium-ion batteries that power electric cars, and there has been a push to grow a U.S. supply chain.