From food, clothes, cars, livestock, fuel, furniture, and so much more, trucks carry the items Americans use and consume every day. Long-haul truck drivers deliver products no one can live without.
Nearly 70 percent of all the freight tonnage moved in the U.S. is shipped on trucks. Truckers are moving 9.2 billion tons of freight every year, according to the American Trucking Associations.
From the pre-trip inspection requirements to the driving experience itself – driving an electric Peterbilt 579 appears to be an entirely new and different experience.
Earlier this week, a new bipartisan bill was introduced in the White house, which, if signed into law, would reform some of the regulations for the hours of service (HOS). The bill is backed by one of the trucking industry’s leading trade associations. It also would allow the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to move more quickly on any rulemaking meant to provide drivers with split sleeper berth flexibility pare down the number of supporting documents drivers are required to maintain under the electronic logging device mandate.
On June 6th Daimler Trucks North America unveiled the “broadest electric truck fleet in North America by 2021” according to the company’s President and CEO Roger Nielsen.
The jury in Harris County, Texas made its choice on the tragic events of the Texas fatal crash from 2014, this week. The final verdict is $89.6 million. Werner will appeal the record verdict.
