FleetOwner Top 5 Stories of the Week - Mar 9th, 2024
 
 
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March 9, 2024
While FTR’s Trucking Conditions Index has been negative for every month in 2023, an FTR analyst says that 2024 could be the start of a slow recovery.
The fourth-quarter results of the organization home to Freightliner and Western Star were helped by better prices and materials costs but restrained by continued supply-chain and labor cost pressures.
INDIANAPOLIS—The electric vehicle manufacturer will provide Rivian Commercial Van’s chassis to power Morgan Olson’s C250e. JBPCO and Rivian discuss additional collaborations in the future.
Insurance provider HDVI helped CargoX implement dash cameras and telematics into its operations, helping exonerate drivers, ensuring a safer fleet, and saving money.
INDIANAPOLIS—As diesel engines face tighter regulations, DTNA remains committed to developing cleaner equipment and investing in alternative powertrains to meet the future of trucking. But for now, ‘diesel is still very critical to our industry,’ Daimler’s Aufdemberg tells Green Truck Summit.