New York company orders three more Mack LR Electric refuse trucks

Mack Trucks announced that Royal Waste Services, a Waste Connections subsidiary, has ordered three additional Mack LR Electric refuse trucks, funded through the New York Truck Voucher Incentive Program (NYTVIP).

Motive expands AI platform to automate driver qualification, compliance, records

Motive has expanded its Workforce Management product with new AI-powered capabilities designed to eliminate manual document tracking, reduce compliance risk, and help prevent downtime. The updates…

Geotab rolls out new hardware, AI tools to expand its fleet intelligence platform

Geotab is expanding its hardware and AI portfolio with a series of product launches aimed at turning telematics data into more actionable fleet intelligence. Announced at Geotab Connect 2026 in…

Chicago interchange tops ATRI’s worst truck bottlenecks list

The interchange of Interstate 294 and Interstates 290/88 in Chicago is the most congested bottleneck for trucks in the United States, according to the American Transportation Research Institute.This Chicago bottleneck…

Georgia DOT to lead initiative on connected-vehicle technologies

The Georgia Department of Transportation has received approval from the Federal Highway Administration to lead a collaborative interstate initiative to advance connected-vehicle technologies. The “Vehicle to Everything Pooled Fund Study”…

Caledon, Ont. secures $60,000 fine, prohibition order against illegal truck depot

The Town of Caledon, in Ontario’s Region of Peel, on Feb. 11 secured a successful prosecution resulting in a $60,000 fine tied to an illegal truck depot along The Gore…

Kenworth names its dealer, parts council for 2026

Kenworth Truck Company has named the members of its 2026 Dealer Council and Parts Council following its annual dealer meeting. The councils are intended to support customer service, parts quality,…

Volvo Trucks sells more than 10,000 LNG-powered vehicles globally

Volvo Trucks has now delivered more than 10,000 gas-powered trucks globally since introducing the technology in 2018. The company said in the news release that 2025 was its strongest…

Dispatch Science debuts AI-powered platform combining TMS and workflow tools

Dispatch Science has unveiled a unified logistics platform that combines an enterprise transportation management system with DSX, a suite of tools designed to help carriers and…

Trucking Announcements: Zeigler joins Fleet Advantage, Einride adds Hicok to board of directors

Each week, trucknews.com lists notable events, promotions, and awards in the trucking industry. This week, Cory Nacke joined Work Truck Solutions as chief customer officer and Fleet Advantage has appointed Kevin Zeigler…

CBSA seizes more than 1,000 kg of drugs at Coutts crossing

Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officers at the Coutts, Alta., port of entry seized more than 1,000 kg of illegal narcotics from three commercial trucks in November and December, underscoring…

What accident factors most often lead to nuclear verdicts?

Highway accidents that result in nuclear verdicts often have aggravating factors that tend to make a jury angry. Cases where the fleet knew a driver had a checkered driving history…

December freight index dips despite higher trucking volumes

The freight transportation services index (TSI) fell 0.6% in December from November, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics reported.  BTS said the freight TSI fell due to…

Kodiak to create autonomous vehicles for US Marine Corps

Kodiak AI announced it has won a contract from the U.S. Marine Corps to help create autonomous military ground vehicles.  The company said it will integrate Kodiak Driver, the AI-powered…

Geotab CEO says AI turning telematics into core fleet infrastructure

Some fleets are walking away from certain trucks — not because of fuel economy or service costs — but because the telematics systems behind them are not robust enough, Geotab…