Wex Inc. announced the latest addition to its line of fleet cards, WEX Cross Roads, a one-card solution for fleets operating multiple types of vehicles. The card provides unleaded gasoline and diesel fueling options at both truck stops and convenience …
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Online Grocers to Need More Cold Storage Space
The rise in online grocery sales could bring a need for more industrial cold storage space by the food industry, according to CBRE Research, a commercial real estate services firm.
Hyliion Offers Own Trucks to Customers Wanting to Test Hybrid Electric Axle
The electrification company Hyliion announced it is making its hybrid electric 6X4HE axle available to potential customers to test on the company’s own Class 8 trucks.
GasBuddy Supplies B2B Software to Pilot Flying J
GasBuddy announced that Pilot Flying J, the largest operator of travel centers in North America, has selected its software-as-a-service application, GasBuddy Business Pages, to drive customers to its 750 locations.
Heartland Drops Accountant KPMG
Heartland Express dismissed its longtime accounting firm KPMG after KPMG’s year-end 2017 report for Heartland stated that the truckload carrier didn’t maintain internal controls over financial statements and access to its technology as it prepared to purchase Interstate Distributor Co. last July.
A sneak peek at Green Drives 2018
Annual conference highlights alternative fuel truck options from light- on up through heavy-duty vehicles.
Capitol Agenda for the Week of March 19: Listening in Louisville
Trucking regulators at the Mid-America Trucking Show this week are scheduled to hear directly from the men and women who drive commercial trucks and keep the economy humming.
Crumbling County Roads: The Unintended Consequence of Energy Industry Traffic
Guadalupe Road in south Victoria County, Texas, was brand new in August 2016 after the county spent $200,000 to repave it for the first time in decades. But in the last few weeks, it began to crumble and crack, forcing county crews to patch up the dete…
Crossword Puzzle Solution March 19, 2018
Here’s the solution to the crossword puzzle found in the March 19, 2018 print edition.
Uber Halts Autonomous-Car Testing After Fatal Arizona Crash
A self-driving car from Uber Technologies Inc. hit and killed a woman in Tempe, Arizona, on the evening of March 18, what is likely the first pedestrian fatality involving a driverless vehicle.