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Diesel Prices Hit Carriers Hard Even as Freight Demand Surges
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (772+ words) As the average diesel prices approached $5.401 per gallon during the most recent week ending March 31, the freight market felt it." During the week of March 22-28, according to the DAT One network, truck posts declined across dry van, reefer, and flatbed....
OEMs and DEF sensor delete
6+ hour, 50+ min ago (299+ words) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last week issued guidance that drops the requirement for Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) sensors as part of a truck's aftertreatment system and allows truck manufacturers to bypass sensors that monitor DEF quality. "We appreciate the…...
Toyota joining hydrogen fuel cell venture with Volvo, Daimler
12+ hour ago (697+ words) Trucking news and briefs for Thursday, April 2, 2026: Volvo Group, Daimler Truck AG and Toyota Motor Corporation have signed a non-binding agreement to cooperate in the fuel cell system joint venture cellcentric. The three companies intend to collaborate based on an…...
Fleet Leaders Face Procurement Analysis Amidst Tariffs and EPA Changes
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (553+ words) Tariff pressures and EPA mandate changes has left trucking fleet executives facing procurement analysis in 2026, according to a recent survey." In February, FTR data indicated that Class 8 preliminary truck orders saw a 47% jump from January and a 159% leap from a…...
Are DEF Quality Sensors Necessary? How OBD Ensures SCR Compliance
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (790+ words) Recently the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) quality sensors are not required on trucks. The American Trucking Associations (ATA) and others have argued that this sensor is not needed and is a major cost to…...
R&J Trucking migrates from legacy system to cloud-based TMS
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (1013+ words) CCJ Innovators profiles carriers and fleets that have found innovative ways to overcome trucking's challenges. If you know a carrier that has displayed innovation, contact CCJ Chief Editor Jason Cannon at [email protected] or 800-633-5953. Up until just over two years ago,…...
Diesel's price surge slowed last week, except on West Coast
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (542+ words) Trucking news and briefs for Wednesday, April 1, 2026: After three consecutive weeks of skyrocketing diesel prices that saw the national average jump well above the $5 per gallon mark, prices seemed to have leveled off some at the national level, according to…...
BeyondTrucks' RateAgents automates fuel surcharge calculations
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (335+ words) One of the traditional functions of a transportation management system (TMS) is to help streamline rate calculations, said BeyondTrucks CEO Hans Galland. That's easy to do, he said, if the calculation is simple such as that for formulating a line…...
Check out Tesla's electric semi truck
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (673+ words) CCJ editor Jason Cannon recently caught up with Tesla's Class 8, battery electric rig. It's as close as he's been to the truck since seeing a prototype version in-person at it's public debut in 2017." Tesla is hoping to crash the commercial…...
Fleetio launches new AI capability, Service Advisor
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (414+ words) 00:00 Motive, Samsara, Netradyne and Fleetio round out this week's CCJ Tech Shorts with new AI tools and integrations. 00:18 Fleet maintenance and optimization platform Fleetio has launched a new AI capability called Service Advisor that helps fleet managers approve high-volume repairs…...