Expect more advanced levels of technology and fuel efficiency on used heavy-duty trucks in 2021, while prices stabilize after plunging in 2020, according to Daimler Trucks North America. Used-truck prices were coming down from a peak in early 2019 even before the...
In California, the transportation sector alone accounts for 41% of total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and is a major contributor to oxides of nitrogen (NOx) and particulate matter (PM) emissions. Photo via Coolcaesar/Wikimedia. Last week, the California Air...
When I see a headline like “Reducing the Risks of Big Rigs” in a mainstream publication, I often open the article with trepidation. What did they get wrong this time? Did they even bother to get trucking’s perspective? So I was pleasantly surprised by this report in...
The Environmental Protection Agency said it will not enforce for 2018 and 2019 a 300-unit production cap put in place on the manufacture of glider kits that do not comply with Phase 2 GHG emission rules. EPA said the action is being taken because it is working to...
The national average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline fell to $2.84 for the week ending Aug. 20, as driving demand wanes with the end of summer approaching, according to AAA. This price level is three cents lower than it was in early August, and...
