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Listed below are most popular news stories about trucking industry.

Group Releases 2023-2024 Top Judicial ‘Hellholes’ Report

Civil courts in Georgia and Pennsylvania have tied as the nation’s top “Judicial Hellholes” listed in a new 2023-24 report, primarily due to large nuclear verdicts, ethically questionable events and court orders the report viewed as severely biased.

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Samsara Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Motive

Fleet telematics provider Samsara Inc. has filed a patent infringement lawsuit alleging that competitor Motive Technologies Inc. has for years covertly stolen its technology patents and adopted them as its own.

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Volvo Unveils Redesigned Flagship Class 8 VNL Tractor Wedge-Shaped Cab, Reshaped Windshield Provide

The new Volvo VNL is packaged into four exterior and interior trim levels with six cab configurations, each designed to fit customers’ preference, brand identity and operational use, according to the company. (Volvo Trucks North America)

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Update: Federal Funding Bill Tops 2024 Agenda

It was late into 2023 when Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) first addressed the U.S. House of Representatives in his new role as Speaker of the House, but in his new job Johnson hit the ground running. Somewhat out of necessity

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HAPPY TRUCKING NEW YEAR, 2024!!!

WHILE THEY PARTY, WE DRIVE

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AB 5's latest: Why interstate trucking should be exempt

Trucking groups took another step last week in their challenge to California’s AB 5 contractor law, which effectively outlaws traditional owner-operator/carrier leasing models in the state.

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How to not just survive, but thrive, through the bottom of the freight markets

Reluctance to change has been the downfall of many a life, and many a business. Small fleets and owner-operators aren’t exempt, of course.

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Tesla's Semi blows past diesels uphill, but do owner-ops care?

Drivers on California's treacherous Donner Pass recently have seen the battery-electric Tesla Semi just about blowing the doors off of diesels as the tri-motor tractor quietly, smoothly glides up the 7%-16% grades.

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With CARB ZEV deadline looming, port dray haulers turn to battery electric trucks

If it feels like everything you read about on-the-ground, real-world implementation of electric-drive Class 8 trucks stems from an operation working the ports in California, that's no accident.

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Used-truck prices have fallen about a quarter this year

With October’s decline, used truck prices are down 25% from October 2022, with retail prices averaging $62,900.

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