James Menzies
Editor at Truck News
Editor at Truck and Trailer Magazine
Editor of Today’s Trucking magazine and https://t.co/7eTyB3OUEQ. Covering Canada's trucking industry since 2001. Opinions are my own!
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trucknews.com | James Menzies
Truckers are familiar with the concept of pre-buying trucks in advance of cost increases, usually associated with new emissions regulations. However, that concept has gone mainstream as importers and consumers rushed to make purchases ahead of the imposition of U.S. tariffs on imported goods. The phenomenon has caused economists to furiously revisit their forecasts and to try to make predictions based on unprecedented circumstances.
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trucknews.com | James Menzies
The Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) says it is making headway in its fight against the misclassification of drivers, under a scheme it refers to as Driver Inc. Three key provincial and federal agencies — Ontario’s Ministry of Transportation (MTO), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) and Ontario’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) – gathered at the Whitby, Ont., inspection station in March to explore the issue and raise awareness.
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trucknews.com | James Menzies
Kenworth added two new refuse trucks to its lineup, which were publicly shown for the first time at Waste Expo. The Class 8 low-cab forward L770 and its electric variant, the L770E are the truck maker’s first vocational low-cab forward offerings. They’re available for order and delivery in Canada and the U.S. immediately.
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trucknews.com | James Menzies
ABB E-mobility brought to ACT Expo its new MCS1200 Megawatt Charging System, designed for ultra-fast charging of heavy-duty electric vehicles. “What you see in front of you here is the future of heavy vehicle charging,” vowed Brandt Hastings, president of ABB E-mobility, North America.
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trucknews.com | James Menzies
Lion Electric will very likely be liquidated following the Quebec government’s refusal to invest more public funds in the company, says the court-appointed monitor for the electric-vehicle maker. Jean-François Nadon, a restructuring specialist with Deloitte, said in a Superior Court hearing on Monday that government aid would have been a condition of any sale of the struggling company.
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