Fleets using the latest technologies to track driver performance are likely already using machine learning, though some may not even know it. Machine learning (ML) is often confused with artificial intelligence (AI). However, Brian Filip, chief technology officer with Idelic, explained the difference during a Truckload Carriers Association webinar on AI and ML in driver...Read More

Nikola showed off the production version of its hydrogen-fuel-cell Tre and a new mobile hydrogen fueling trailer. Photo: Nikola Nikola is upping the bar on hydrogen-powered zero-emissions trucks, unveiling the production version of the fuel-cell-electric Nikola Tre and declaring it has solved the “chicken and egg” problem of fueling infrastructure. “We believe...Read More

Trucking Companies Can Build Happy, Healthy Work Environments Apex Experts: Patty Fritz Offers Advice on Hiring and Keeping Good People The success of a trucking company depends on cash flow and customer service just as much as on having a team of good people working together. When you create a happy and healthy work environment,...Read More

Last week’s release of the U.S. Bank National Shipments Index reported contracted a 4.6% decline during the final quarter of 2022. That drop is the most significant sequential decline since the first quarter of 2021 after decreasing for the last five quarters. Compared to the final quarter of 2021, the index contracted 7.1%, the most...Read More

Ann Wilson, senior vice president of government affairs for MEMA, told the crowd at HDAW in Dallas recently that the time was right for finally passing a federal Right to Repair bill. “The time for this is now,” Wilson says. “We’ve got to have those trucks on the road for the economic health of the...Read More

Let me preface by saying I’m not a woman, but all the same issues less umm… intimate ones are the same pretty universally if you move after age 25 and work even just a regular job. It is slightly easier if youre in one place, it is easier if you have coworkers (and arent management)...Read More

For the fifth year in a row, the intersection of I-95 and SR 4 in Fort Lee, N.J., is once again the Number 1 freight bottleneck in the U.S.  The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) has released its 12th annual list highlighting the most congested bottlenecks for trucks in America. The 2023 Top Truck Bottleneck...Read More

When Hyliion’s natural gas-powered long-range ERX (electric range extender) Hypertruck hits the streets later this year, it’s expected to be marginally lighter and less expensive (after incentives and credits) than midrange battery electric trucks. Company founder and CEO, Thomas Healy says it has up to 1,000 miles of range including up to 75 zero-emissions miles...Read More

Viva Las Vegas! Phillip’s Roadway Services Wins the 2023 Apex Capital Client Calendar Contest There’s no place like Las Vegas. That’s exactly why Phillip Scherer, president and founder of Las Vegas, Nevada-based Phillip’s Roadway Services, LLC, drove to the Vegas strip and snapped a photo of his pearly white rig cruising down the colorfully lit...Read More

After the pandemic pushed truckload rates into record-setting highs, the freight marketplace entered a down cycle in 2022. This puts motor carriers in a very different position entering the new year. Higher expenses affect all businesses, but motor carriers operating in the spot market have felt the pain more than most, caught between falling linehaul...Read More