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Autonomous trucks, telematics, and the equipment technology reshaping the industry.
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USDOT grants Aurora a five-year exemption for cab beacons on driverless trucks
Autonomous trucking companies can skip the roadside warning triangles and use high-visibility cab-mounted beacons instead — but FMCSA can pull the exemption if safety slips.
NMFTA's anonymous cyber threat portal is now fully open for business
Carriers and 3PLs can anonymously share attack tactics and indicators of compromise through the National Motor Freight Traffic Association's Threat Report Portal, announced at its Long Beach cybersecurity conference.
Class 8 truck orders climb 18% in September as fleets turn to 2027 models
Fleets ordered 21,300 Class 8 trucks in September — up 18% from August and 3% from a year ago — as manufacturers shift order books to model-year 2027 equipment.
Trump tells Peterbilt workers proposed EPA NOx revision would cut $6,000 per truck
At the Denton, Texas plant on Oct. 1, Trump said easing warranty and compliance rules on the 2027 NOx standard would save an estimated $6,000 per truck; the EPA proposal is not yet final.
Nearly 1,400 laid off at former Navistar truck plant in Springfield, Ohio
The Sept. 30 layoffs at the Springfield, Ohio plant erase roughly a year of Dayton-area job growth; buyer Roshel says it plans to more than double the workforce in coming years.
Autonomous-truck warning-beacon waiver nears Oct. 9 renewal as court challenge plays out
FMCSA's waiver for cab-mounted warning beacons on driverless trucks expires Oct. 9 with an automatic-reissue clause; an Illinois operator's 7th Circuit challenge, filed Sept. 8, was still awaiting a ruling as of Oct. 2.
FedEx orders 2,000 electric trucks from Harbinger in $300M-plus deal
Deliveries run through the end of 2027 for U.S. and Canadian pickup-and-delivery routes — one of the largest binding electric-truck orders ever.
Kodiak to run driverless IKEA freight on I-45 by year-end
The unsupervised 219-mile Dallas–Houston leg caps four years, 1,300+ IKEA loads, and 750,000 autonomous miles with a safety observer.