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Progressive's Mandatory ELD Switch? Some Small Trucking Fleets May Be Required to Switch ELD Providers.
1+ hour, 38+ min ago (920+ words) Freight Waves For years, commercial trucking insurers have encouraged fleets to participate in telematics programs by offering premium discounts in exchange for access to electronic driving data. Programs that once focused primarily on rewarding safe driving have gradually become an…...
A $290, 000 Tesla Semi for $50, 000? ? California's Incentive Stack Is Real, but the Number Hides as Much as It Reveals.
2+ hour, 1+ min ago (348+ words) A claim is circulating that stops you mid-scroll: a California small fleet can now buy a Tesla Semi for as little as $50, 000. The Tesla Semi carries a $290, 000 sticker. The post lays out how two California incentive programs stack to knock…...
Calling devs: SONAR launches Driver App Shortage Hackathon
2+ week, 4+ day ago (261+ words) Freight Waves SONAR will launch its first virtual Driver App Shortage Hackathon (DASH) starting Monday to address the lack of software built primarily for truck drivers. Scheduled for June 1522, 2026, the hackathon challenges developers, designers and industry newcomers to spend seven…...
The Number the Dealer Shows You Is Not What the Truck Costs: How to Calculate the Real Price of Financing
3+ week, 1+ day ago (811+ words) Why the Monthly Payment Is the Wrong Number to Focus On The monthly payment is a cash flow number. It tells you whether you can keep the lights on week to week. It tells you almost nothing about what the…...
The Tax Math That Changes Whether You Should Own or Lease Your Truck
3+ week, 4+ day ago (1043+ words) A Note Before We Start That said, the concepts here are not obscure or complicated. The figures are only illustrative examples for educational purposes. They are things every owner-operator who owns equipment should understand, because not understanding them is costing…...
From regulatory shifts to on-site power: The new economics of heavy-duty EV infrastructure
4+ week, 1+ day ago (1409+ words) The presidential election was not kind to the commercial vehicle market. Then, the following rollback of federal regulations was unkinder." Despite the headwinds, many operators who paused their electrification plans are returning with renewed commitment. This is particularly in California,…...
Amazon tests e-cargo bikes in Washington, D. C.
4+ week, 2+ day ago (541+ words) Amazon has launched its second U. S. pilot project for electric cargo bikes, this time in Washington, D. C. , as part of a broader effort to reduce transportation emissions and congestion by embracing small, lightweight vehicles for package delivery in dense urban environments. The…...
New pot of money available to buy ZEV trucks in California
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (716+ words) California is rolling out yet another program to incentivize the purchase of zero emission vehicles (ZEVs), this one with $1 billion in backing funded by a state clean fuel program. The latest sales incentive program is called California Clean Fuel Rewards…...
Nobody Is Asking the Hard Questions About What Happens When an Autonomous Truck Breaks Down on the Highway at 2 AM. Let Us Start.
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (649+ words) And the people who have spent careers behind the wheel of a truck, who understand what it actually takes to move freight safely across this country, deserve to have this conversation on their terms " not on the terms of a…...
Autonomous truck gold rush or California dreaming?
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (744+ words) There's already been much written and said about the recent changes to California's DMV regulations and what they mean for autonomous trucking. To summarize, the rules were released April 28 and cover both light- and heavy-duty vehicles. This is a notable…...