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Lion Electric grows order book, delivers 61 vehicles in Q2

Lion Electric delivered 61 vehicles in the second quarter, up from 22 in Q2 2020, growing its revenue to $16.7 million. The fledgling electric truck and bus maker saw its…

Truck parking spaces open on Hwy. 402 near Sarnia, Ont.

A former north commercial vehicle inspection facility on Highway 402 near Sarnia, Ont., has been transformed into an official parking area for trucks. The construction project, begun in March 2021,…

Volvo delivers first VNR Electric to East Coast

For Juan Corcino, senior director of fleet operations and sustainability for Manhattan Beer Distributors, the decision to wean the fleet off diesel fuel was personal. He has two children who…

FleetPulse telematics now standard on Great Dane trailers

Great Dane is now equipping each of its trailers with a FleetPulse telematics system and integrated CAN harnesses as a standard offering. Many suppliers including Hendrickson, TSE Brakes, and…

KeepTruckin dashcam keeps watchin’ inside and outside cab

KeepTruckin’s AI Dashcam incorporates a dual-camera setup, with one camera up front to support the advanced driver assistance system and incident recording, and a second RGB-IR camera for a…

Bridgestone and Einride to partner on electric and autonomous trucks

Bridgestone Americas will be joining Einride in plans to develop electric and autonomous Class 8 vehicles. Under the agreement, Einride will be able to collect safety and efficiency data from…

Canadian Tire takes stake in Ashcroft Terminal

Canadian Tire is acquiring a 25% equity interest in Ashcroft Terminal, British Columbia’s largest inland port that handles 7,000 railcars and 6,000 trucks per year. PSA International, which retains a…

Nikola secures $2M grant to develop autonomous fueling system

The U.S. Department of Energy has given Nikola a US $2 million grant to research autonomous refueling technologies for hydrogen fueling stations to support fuel-cell-electric trucks. The autonomous fueling is…

Timing is everything when shippers rank carriers

If you’re a truck fleet doing business in Canada, you better keep a particularly close eye on schedules and delivery times. On-time performance outweighed all other benchmarks in Inside…

Used truck demand surges, but buying considerations unchanged

You may have to tap the brakes on your dreams to jump into a shiny new truck and roll down the highway. New vehicles are hard to come by as…

U.S. for-hire freight demand softens for first time in months

Demand in the for-hire freight sector softened somewhat in June, marking one of the first declines in months, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics. The…

Titanium Transportation hits +$100M in quarterly revenue for first time

Titanium Transportation Group secured $100.8 million in revenue in the second quarter of the year, marking its fourth consecutive record quarter and surpassing $100 million for the first time. The…

Giving up not in Sarai’s vocabulary

Drive a taxi for 12 hours a night. Head to school for a full day of classes. Grab a couple hours of sleep. Repeat. Jassi Sarai built his life in…

Trailer orders plunge despite ‘desperate’ fleet demand: FTR

Trailer orders continued to drop, with the 8,200 units ordered in July 32% below June totals and down 58% year over year, says FTR, which tracks U.S.-based manufacturing data. The…

When going the extra mile, be sure you’re paid

Some of the most fun I had in my trucking career happened when I moved from the C-suite to the front line at MSM Transportation. At the time we were…