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  1. Roush CleanTech’s Ford F-650 battery-electric truck has achieved the California Hybrid and Zero-emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project (HVIP) eligibility listing. View the full article
  2. After recently moving its headquarters and expanding its square footage from 45,000 to 124,000, Lightning eMotors is now adding another 107,000 square feet in an adjacent building of its headquarters. View the full article
  3. Companies that provide parts and service share how they were able to continue serving the essential trucking industry during the COVID-19 pandemic. View the full article
  4. The Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo will take place at the Long Beach Convention Center in Southern California Aug. 30-Sept. 2. View the full article
  5. The inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th president, coupled with the Senate majority returning to Democratic control upon the swearing in of Vice President Kamala Harris, not only notched many historic “firsts,” but also instantly rewrote the calculus of policymaking and power-brokering on Capitol Hill. View the full article
  6. Goodyear and ConMet are teaming up to create combined tire and wheel-hub digital solutions to connect commercial truck fleets to the health of their tires and wheel ends. View the full article
  7. Ryder is expanding its truck-and-trailer sharing platform to three new markets: California, Tennessee, and North Carolina. View the full article
  8. Navistar, partnering with General Motors and hydrogen fuel-provider OneH2, believes it will have a hydrogen fuel-cell regional Class 8 truck available by MY 2024, with a complete ecosystem that addresses the fueling concerns that have been a stumbling block for the development of fuel-cell electric trucks. View the full article
  9. Bendix is expanding its upgrade program that helps fleets retrofit and upgrade their trucks with Bendix advanced safety technologies. View the full article
  10. Marathon's DiscStar air disc brake rotors feature an optimized venting design and maximized heat sink to further enhance thermal resistance properties. View the full article
  11. Electrification was a key topic of discussion between Friedrich Baumann, president, sales marketing and aftersales at Navistar, and Al Dragone, CEO of FleetPride, during the recent Heavy Duty Aftermarket Dialogue. View the full article
  12. As devastating as the Covid-19 pandemic has been, there have been beneficial changes made to fleet maintenance and parts procurement practices that will last long after the pandemic has ended. View the full article
  13. A pilot program will integrate Hankook’s SmartFlex tires with Revvo’s tire technology and advanced data analytics to provide critical tire-specific data for 30% of Junk King’s vehicles located in California. View the full article
  14. Lots of new partners and high-dollar investments indicate autonomous truck research and development is entering a new phase. View the full article
  15. The wireless charging of the electric truck on a public road is a significant milestone in the commercialization of the wireless electric road technology. View the full article
  16. Why one cleantech entrepreneur is convinced the 2020s will one day be remembered as a golden age of rapid innovation in deploying clean energy solutions – including electric fleet vehicles – at scale. View the full article
  17. Bob Dieli predicted a “rough ride” for the trucking industry in 2020. Little did he know how rough that ride would be. View the full article
  18. Aftermarket parts suppliers are preparing for everything from tighter emissions controls to tougher safety standards — along with a “Buy American” mandate — under the new Biden administration. View the full article
  19. A new deputy administrator for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration was among those the Biden administration announced in key leadership roles at the Department of Transportation. View the full article
  20. ZF announced the availability of new aftermarket solutions for commercial vehicles during the Heavy Duty Aftermarket Week virtual conference, including collision mitigation retrofit kits, Cummins reman air compressors, and automatic slack adjusters. View the full article
  21. When delivering a transformer to be used in an electric-truck charging array at a Schneider terminal, using a battery-electric truck was a natural move for Southern California Edison. View the full article
  22. UPS is selling its UPS Freight less-than-truckload division to TFI International Inc. for $800 million. View the full article
  23. More than 4,000 Freightliner Cascadias are being recalled because of the potential for steer tire blow-outs in conjunction with a specific air dam. View the full article
  24. Spireon has announced a new modular vehicle tracking hardware device that includes optional dashcam capabilities utilizing Lytx technology, available for the FleetLocate tracking system. View the full article
  25. Lytx said its new Unassigned Drive Time Service simplifies the burden of managing unassigned vehicle movements, reducing labor costs and risk of fines. View the full article
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