A good manner to label the hurricanes of 2020 in the Atlantic? Unstoppable. In that year alone, there were 31 tropical storms and 17 hurricanes. While seven of those disasters being major. And if you see any major winds on the road as a trucker? Then you definitely need to be safe. Hurricane Laura is a CAT-4 which barely hit a CAT-5. Laura was so strong, it hit about 150…

Western Star is overhauling its vocational line. This week, it did continue with the debut of the all-new 47X. Western Star 47X has Major Flexibility The 47X is going to use the Western Star 4700, with a standard 111.6" bumper-to-back-of Cab (BBC). Moreover, it is going to do so by adding major flexibility. In fact, the 4700 is going to be available on the 110" BBC. Yet it is available…

The first Freightliner Cascadia trucks have been receiving by Waymo Via its engineering team. It was developing precisely for its autonomous-tech Waymo Driver. Freightliner Cascadia has Been in the Works Waymo and Daimler Trucks North America announced they would work together last fall. The purpose was to build a redundant L4 Freightliner Cascadia built for level-4 autonomous readiness. In fact, this is a critical step toward the commercialization and the…

Alphabet is a tech company that owns Waymo. And if you haven't already known before, you can tell that they are opening an autonomous-friendly facility. It is that which will accommodate many trucks at once. Waymo is planning on growing presence along many major interstates as they spread the Autonomous trucks throughout the area. There are already so many carrier partners that are using the space for new technology. Meanwhile…

There's supposed to be some big revolution happening on the part of the tech companies for trucking. That crazy amount of money is going to be contributed to the thousands upon thousands of new patents that have been filed past the last five years. Meanwhile, manned machins still have a stronghold on the future. However, a study from Patent Forecast shows that while there was competition and innovation coming in…

Pininfarina, the Italian design house, has been tapping to design an all-electric pickup truck from the Detroit startup Hercules Electric Vehicles. Pininfaria Partnership Dubbed the Alpha is the first vehicle from Hercules. It has been previewing with a few design sketches. There are very few details of this partnership. It has been announcing but it is understood that Pininfarina is going to design the Alpha. In fact, plus many other…

As it turns out, the United States Senate Committee on Commerce Science and Transportation has made approval occur for a trucker's highway funding bill, including some provisions and amendments. This is not so usual. But it's indicative of more changes in the logistics industry. The Senate cares not to include minimum liability insurance. However, by passing the committee vote from a 25-3, the bill then moves to the Senate floor…

Liam Neeson is a well-known actor. He's been in plenty of films, from "Taken," to "Schindler's List." He's known for these action packed movies and playing serious-as-cancer roles. The thing is, you look at him and you wonder what hasn't he done as far as a film role goes. And some examples of movies that he hasn't starred in a role as include a clown, a waitress and a communist.…

Volvo and their New River Valley truck assembly plant may very well have seen the end of their feud with the United Auto Workers. Both parties have decidedly met an agreement last week being that "in conjunction with the tentative agreement, the UAW has ended its strike against the NRV plant, effective 7:00 a.m. [EST] on April 30, 2021." The thing about this statement is that it comes hot off…

Amazon has to take care of some more conscientious methods of rolling out business. Specifically with white-glove services. In which case, a 63 percentile of truck deliveries have used when designating home delivery and setup. More Americans these days seem to buy large items from home. But now they're looking for the whole package. Well, at least for the whole package to be assembled. The online furniture market is specific…