The companies say some manufacturers are now requiring them to purchase one electric truck for every seven to eight diesel trucks they purchase or face higher prices. In court documents, the operators allege they will lose access to nearly a quarter of U.S. truck dealers on...
Joe Garner, a truck driver and shop steward for the local 315 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, watches a rally at the California Capitol on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023, in Sacramento, Calif. Garner supports a bill that would require human drivers to be present for self-driving semi...
Zero-emission vehicles mainly depend on two technologies: battery-electric powertrains and hydrogen fuel cells. The biggest challenge for both technologies would be infrastructure. First, the amount of electricity needed to recharge a fleet of heavy-duty electric trucks would be enormous, but electric...
Praised by labor groups, the sweeping law set off lawsuits from independent contractors like truck drivers and freelance writers who say it puts them out of work. Titans of the so-called gig economy like Uber are mounting the fiercest resistance. Joined with ride-hailing rival Lyft and food-...
The article reports on the passage of a Calfornia law which requires used vehicle dealers to post a warning on used trucks that have been flagged as junk, salvage, or flood-damaged in the National Motor Vehicle Title Information System (NMVTIS).Dunn...
California law requires that all equipment in the truck be certified by the American National Standards Institute. It would be wise to have the Health Department examine your plans prior to purchasing or renting your truck. There are several ways to find and purchase your truck. If you use ...
The defendant must be obligated by law to act in a certain way toward the injured motorcyclists. In the case of a motorcycle accident involving a passenger vehicle or commercial truck, the “defendant” would be the at-fault driver. There is almost always a legal duty for drivers of passenge...
The first Blue Bird electric bus, which arrived in summer 2020, sometimes sped up too quickly when the motor surged. Other times, it went into "limp mode," where it crept along but wouldn't accelerate. It has been repeatedly hauled away—on a flatbed trailer pulled by a diesel truck—an...
The new bipartisan infrastructure law includes 500,000 new charging stations for electric cars and trucks. Fully electric vehicles, or EVs, represent just 2% of new vehicle sales in the U.S., but analysts expect that to rise rapidly in coming years. Major automakers, including General Motors...
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