Medium-duty electric truck makers Motiv, Workhorse Group to merge

Motiv Electric Trucks and Workhorse Group have agreed to combine operations, creating a single, larger electric medium-duty truck manufacturer. Motiv will tap into Workhorse’s U.S. dealer network while the two…

Fuchs Lubricants Canada opens Cambridge, Ont., facility

Fuchs Lubricants Canada opened its new Eastern Canada warehouse and offices in Cambridge, Ont. The lubrication products supplier’s 50,000 sq.-ft. facility at 100 Allendale Road is 15 km from Fuchs’…

Hyroad Energy wins Nikola auction, founder Milton says he submitted better offer

Hyroad Energy was the successful bidder for 113 hydrogen fuel cell trucks, spare parts, software platforms and IP assets from bankrupt Nikola Corp. EV maker Lucid Motors previously secured the…

ECONOMIC TRUCKING TRENDS: Truck buyers remain cautious, but orders bounced in July

Truck buyers remain cautious about adding new vehicles to their fleets, but preliminary data shows a solid bounce in July compared to June numbers. Still, they remain well off traditional…

PlusAI, Goodyear partner to integrate tire intelligence into autonomous trucks

PlusAI is collaborating with The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company to explore how Goodyear’s SightLine intelligent tire technology suite can enhance the performance and safety of its SuperDrive autonomous virtual…

Aurora running autonomous trucks at night, launches livestream of driverless trucks

Autonomous truck maker Aurora announced several milestones, including surpassing 20,000 driverless miles (32,000 km), expanding its fleet to three trucks, and commencing driverless operation at night. It also opened a…

Debunking myths about electric vehicle limitations in longhaul

Will it eventually be possible to carry out heavy-duty long-distance transport with electric trucks powered by batteries? That’s a question the HVTT18: Trucking toward S2MART global summit, held at Laval University,…

Electric truck chargers must be deployed strategically: Pembina Institute

There don’t have to be heavy truck electric charging stations everywhere to advance the adoption of zero-emission trucks, but those that do exist must be strategically located. That’s the finding…

Isuzu, Volvo to develop medium-duty truck platform for Asia

Isuzu Motors and Volvo Group announced that they have signed a new strategic agreement that will support the joint development by Isuzu Motors and UD Trucks of a common platform…

Brampton man charged after six re-VINed trailers found in Caledon

A Brampton, Ont. man was arrested and charged after police found six trailers that had been re-VINed at an outdoor storage facility in Peel Region, west of Toronto. Investigators from…

Thieves steal five trucks in Midhurst, Ont.

The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is investigating the recent theft of five day cabs in Midhurst, Ont. The major crime unit of the Huronia West OPP said that five trucks…

ECONOMIC TRUCKING TRENDS: Trailer makers’ tough tariff decisions, and spot market pullbacks

In the most recent week, FTR posted its June trailer order data and shared a tough decision trailer makers are faced with in light of tariffs: eat cost increases or…

Government policy to ‘buy Canadian’ could benefit some truck, trailer makers

The Interim Reciprocal Procurement Policy, recently tabled by the federal government, could direct the government to prioritize purchasing trucks, trailers and other transportation equipment that’s made in Canada. The Public…

ECONOMIC TRUCKING TRENDS: Spot rates fall, freight fundamentals remain weak, but trailer orders get a lift

There’s a lot to digest in this week’s data, including a surprise boost in trailer order activity, but continued projections for weakness in the freight market. The spot market underwhelmed…

Volvo tests VNL in chilly Alaska

Volvo Trucks North America (VTNA) subjected the Volvo VNL to cold weather testing in Fairbanks, Alaska, where temperatures routinely drop to -40°C. The goal was to ensure the truck delivers…