Industry News

• Total Solutions for Your Fleet March 16, 2026
  No one offers you more. Rush Truck Centers’ goal is to help you manage your fleet more effectively by offering products and services that work best for your business. We provide our customers an integrated, one-stop approach.
• Smarter Heavy-Duty Towing for Fleets March 16, 2026
  Heavy-duty towing may be unavoidable during a breakdown or accident, but costly delays don’t have to be. Forward-thinking fleets are using smarter tools and better processes to reduce downtime, control towing costs, and keep operations moving.
• Reduce Pressure on Fleet Safety Teams March 16, 2026
  Fleet safety teams don’t need more road event videos to review. They need fewer, more relevant ones they can trust. When AI generates incident alerts without clear criteria or context, safety interventions and driver coaching slow down. A strong safety system embeds event detection into the workflow, pairing video with telematics data for clearer insights.
• PlusAI Adds Night Driving for Latest SuperDrive Iteration March 12, 2026
  Overnight freight deliveries could more than double the utilization of a truck, PlusAI said. The company expects to introduce night driving on customer routes in the coming weeks.
• ATA Shines Spotlight on Staged Truck Accidents March 12, 2026
  Triple G Express President Randy Guillot is featured in the latest episode of the "Driven" documentary series for his efforts to fight back when criminals targeted his drivers.
• ATD Chairman Holmes Says Teamwork Is Key to FET Repeal March 12, 2026
  The federal excise tax landed on the statute books in 1917 and remains there, crimping sales of new trucks and inhibiting the industry’s ongoing push toward greater environmental progress.
• Mideast Shipping Crisis Widens With More Tankers Hit in Gulf March 12, 2026
  Prices of fuels like diesel and jet fuel are surging as refineries in the region reduce production or shut completely, while fuel makers elsewhere balk at high crude prices.
• US to Waive Jones Act in Bid to Tame Spiraling Fuel Prices March 12, 2026
  The century-old maritime law that requires American ships be used to transport goods between U.S. ports would get a 30-day exemption.
• February Class 8 Orders Surge 156% From Prior Year March 12, 2026
  North American Class 8 truck orders jumped year over year in February, climbing more than 150%, with ACT Research preliminary data showing orders rose 156% to 46,200 units.
• Drivers Consider Going Electric as War Boosts Gas Prices March 12, 2026
  Experts say prolonged high gas prices may drive some EV interest and sales, especially if drivers assume their electricity prices won't be affected by the crises.
• US Eyes Hormuz Escorts by April as Trump Downplays Oil Spike March 12, 2026
  “The United States is the largest oil producer in the world, by far, so when oil prices go up, we make a lot of money,” Trump posted on social media.
• US Trade Gap Narrowed in January by More Than Projected March 12, 2026
  The gap in goods and services trade shrank more than 25% from the prior month to $54.5 billion, Commerce Department data showed March 12.
• Oil Prices Jump Another 5% March 12, 2026
  Iran has escalated its attacks aimed at generating enough global economic pain to pressure the U.S. and Israel to end the war, targeting oil fields and refineries in a handful of Gulf Arab nations.
• US to Release 172 Million Barrels of Oil for IEA Relief Plan March 12, 2026
  The Trump administration plans to release 172 million barrels from the U.S. emergency oil reserve as part of the coordinated effort by nations around the world to ease surging crude and fuel prices.
• Johnson Predicts Gas Prices Will Ease as Iran War Stabilizes March 12, 2026
  House Speaker Mike Johnson sought to calm concerns about rising fuel costs, saying the recent jump in prices will recede as the conflict with Iran stabilizes.