Author: Fleet Owner

XL Hybrids introduces hybrid electric upfit for Ford F-250

Fleets can order Ford F-250s with XL3 hybrid electric ‘ship-thru’ upfit option starting with model year 2018 trucks through Ford’s eQVM program.

​XL Hybrids’ XL3 Hybrid Electric Drive System will be available for model year 2018 Ford Super Duty F-250 pickups starting in the first quarter of 2018. This will be the first time fleet customers can order Ford F-250s with hybrid-electric drive technology.

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ELDs: Menace or miracle?

No one knows what the final outcome will be after implementation

Menace or miracle: Two very strong descriptive words for the already highly charged debate surrounding the imposition of the electronic logging device (ELD) mandate this December. But I don’t use them lightly.

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ELDs: Menace or miracle?

No one knows what the final outcome will be after implementation

Menace or miracle: Two very strong descriptive words for the already highly charged debate surrounding the imposition of the electronic logging device (ELD) mandate this December. But I don’t use them lightly.

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‘Too expensive, unproven, untrustworthy’: Groups push for ELD delay

The most polarizing topic in trucking today — electronic logging devices, or ELDs — isn’t losing any steam. With the deadline less than 12 weeks away for most commercial truck drivers to be using ELDs in recording their hours of service, groups representing owner-operators, small trucking companies, agricultural and livestock trucking and others reiterated their calls today for a delay.

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