Heavy Duty Trucking

1 week ago | truckinginfo.com | Deborah Lockridge

I first wrote about truck driver fatigue and the problems that come from disrupting circadian rhythms more than 30 years ago. Yet driver fatigue is still a problem, as evident in the National Transportation Safety Board’s May meeting discussing results of its investigation into a fatal bus-truck crash at a Highland, Illinois, rest area in 2023. This is an opinion column reflecting the author's viewpoint. In this case, the fatigued driver was behind the wheel of a bus rather than a truck.

2 weeks ago | truckinginfo.com | Jack Roberts

Autonomous trucks have been in the news quite a bit lately, indicating impressive progress being made by developers of this cutting-edge, transformative technology. Reading between the lines, a logical conclusion is that we are drawing very near to seeing driverless trucks enter into real-world fleet operations. A major announcement from Aurora was part of that uptick in autonomous news.

2 weeks ago | truckinginfo.com | Jack Roberts

Driving the Hyundai Xcient fuel-cell truck has become something of an annual ritual for me at ACT Expo. And this year was no different. On a bright and windy California afternoon I once again climbed into the cab of a gleaming white Xcient tractor. As always, the goal was to see how the truck performed and what’s new with Hyundai’s constantly evolving design. A Slow Rollout ExplainedAdmittedly, a convention center parking lot is not the ideal setting for a Class 8 truck test drive.

2 weeks ago | truckinginfo.com | Deborah Lockridge

President Trump is expected to sign Congressional resolutions to pull back the Environmental Protection Agency waiver for California emissions rules that were phasing out internal-combustion-powered cars and trucks and tightening diesel emissions limits in the meantime.

2 weeks ago | truckinginfo.com | Jack Roberts

Like millions of American kids, Chicago’s Connor Hudziak loved playing computer games after school and work. His choice of game was a little unusual, however. Unlike other kids playing superhero, fantasy or first-person shooters, Connor fell in love with a game called American Truck Simulator. And that was odd. Because no one in his family had any tangible connection to the trucking industry. A Realistic Trucking SimulatorBut even as a small child, Connor was fascinated by big trucks.