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Fleets willing to go green are eligible for billions in grants

Grants have accelerated EV adoption, but navigating the eligibility benchmarks isn't easy, and bleeding-edge tech is often a hunting ground for fraudsters.

December 9, 2022

Volvo VNR Electric

Ways to improve maintenance to extend the lifecycle of your fleet's trucks

One area that tends to get left behind when budgets get tight is maintenance and equipment, but there are ways to save money in those areas while also making sure your equipment is still maintained and reliable.

December 2, 2022

extending lifecycle of trucks

Watch: Jacobs demonstrates cylinder deactivation and active decompression technology

Jacobs Vehicle Systems shows how cylinder deactivation cuts fuel consumption and emissions while active decompression technology eliminates cab shake during engine shut down and start-up.

November 28, 2022

Jacobs Tula cylinder deactivation demonstration International LT

Watch: The current state of the diesel technician workforce

CCJ parent Randall Reilly earlier this year, in partnership with Shell Lubricant Solutions, produced the 2022 State of Diesel Technicians report, a survey-based analysis of the current state of the diesel technician trade.

November 25, 2022

Mechanic looking under the hood

With temps falling, it's time for a coolant checkup

There are more than a handful of ways to test a coolant, but two methods are more reliable than many of the others.

November 24, 2022

truck radiator and antifreeze

RFP season a good time to focus on costs as much as rates

Tightening market conditions and a cost per mile average that right now might be over $2 for some motor carriers often sends the accounting department to its spreadsheets to analyze rate structure.

November 18, 2022

looking at an oil pan

How carriers view sustainability in trucking as fuel prices rise

Small and mid-size trucking companies across the U.S. paint a picture of sustainability efforts in the industry.

November 10, 2022

Sustainability in Trucking

Drivers' prior traffic violations, convictions can help predict future crash involvement

Joining Jason and Matt on this week's 10-44 is ATRI's Dan Murray, who talks about the firm's latest research into which regs violations are most statistically likely to predict future crash involvement

November 3, 2022

Predicting future crash involvement

Watch: Driving recap of Volvo's VNR Electric

Get a detailed breakdown on how you can tell the truck is ready to move in the absence of the familiar sound of a running diesel engine.

November 2, 2022

Filters often an unintended casualty of extended intervals, forgetfulness

Joining Matt and Jason on this week's 10-44 is NationaLease Vice President of Truck Technology and Maintenance Joe Puff.

October 27, 2022

mechanic holding an oil filter

Watch: Prius, cyclist spared from tractor-trailer thanks to ZF OnGuardMAX

Watch CCJ's recent test run in an International LT equipped with ZF's new OnGuardMAX which has made big improvements in autonomous braking on highway and in busy city traffic.

October 26, 2022

dash view from truck

Carriers can become part of a shipper's disaster response plan

Trucking is becoming a much more automated process, where fewer people have to be involved in any of it.

October 20, 2022

traffic in an evacuation

Two former inmates using box truck course to help others beat the odds

Aaron Smith and Ed Hennings are well aware of trucking's driver shortage and believe their Escaping the Odds box truck course can help bring more drivers into the industry.

October 14, 2022

turning lives around through trucking

Watch: Navistar President and CEO Mathias Carlbaum talks electric trucks, regulations, fuel cell and more

Strategic partnerships, regulations and powertrain batteries are some of the topics Navistar President and CEO Mathias Carlbaum touched on during an interview with Commercial Carrier Journal.

October 7, 2022

Navistar eMV electric truck

Driverless trucking: Driver shortage solution or missing link in the supply chain?

The American Trucking Associations estimates that the truck driver shortage could reach 160,000 by 2030 – the same year many autonomous tech companies expect their platforms to be mature and ready for primetime.

October 6, 2022

cab of a driverless truck

Truck drivers leaving increasingly more driving hours on the table

Using data collected from ELDs, FleetOps found that drivers are leaving more of their driving time on the table than they were a year ago. A survey of carriers dug into why that's the case.

September 30, 2022

unused driving hours

Cleaner, hotter engines add stress to the DPF, maintenance

The success of the aftertreatment system relies heavily on the diesel particulate filter (DPF), and cleaner, hotter-burning engines are putting more stress on a component that, while expensive, is also increasingly difficult to find.

September 22, 2022

maintenance technicians

Watch: Kenworth's chief engineer on new TX-18 transmission and all-electric trucks

Kenworth Chief Engineer Joe Adams talks to CCJ Senior Editor Tom Quimby about the new TX-18 automated transmission and explains how Kenworth can help fleets get behind the wheel of an electric T680E, K370E and K270E.

September 18, 2022

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Freightliner eCascadia charging

California becomes first government in the world to mandate electric trucks

Fewer than 2% of all heavy trucks sold last year were electric, but by 2035 that number has to be 50% in California.

review backup camera screen

The answer to commercial truck backup camera challenges?

Yellow truck on the road

Yellow, union locked in war of words

Truck Police Car

Beating the roadside blitz: experts share maintenance tips ahead of CVSA Roadcheck

The 2023 State Of Heavy Duty Repair Report is here.

The 2023 State Of Heavy Duty Repair Report is here.

Get all the info on the top 250 trucking companies in America

View, sort and download the trucking industry’s most comprehensive ranking of for-hire carriers in North America, based on a blend of metrics including fleet size, annual revenue and number of drivers.

State of Heavy Duty Repair

The 2023 State Of Heavy Duty Repair Report is here.