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The California Trucking Association has filed a federal lawsuit seeking to block enforcement of the California Air Resources Board's Advanced Clean Fleets regulation that would require motor carriers operating in the state to transition their trucks to zero-emission vehicles beginning as soon as next year. FULL STORY

For the first time since the Great Recession, the economy is the top issuing facing the trucking industry according to the annual survey conducted by the American Transportation Research Institute. FULL STORY

Fleets in the Midwest and East should be aware of California's Clean Truck Check Program as other states might adopt similar programs in the future. FULL STORY



The shortage of technicians as well as drivers has fleets turning to military veterans to fill these roles. FULL STORY

Volvo Trucks and Mack Trucks both launched new fleet management portals, Volvo Connect and Mack Connect. FULL STORY

Cummins, in collaboration with the Eclipse Foundation, Microsoft, and other industry partners, released the Open Telematics Framework which companies say it will eliminate the complex customization and reprogramming efforts that have historically burdened telematics application developers. FULL STORY

Trimble's CoPilot in-cab navigation app is rolling out a hyperlocal weather alerting service that will send drivers predictive alerts across routes in North America. FULL STORY

Next year promises more advancements for cold-chain carriers in technology, TRU/APU updates, refrigerated trailer advancements and cold storage. FULL STORY

MCMAHON TRUCK CENTERS has acquired the business of ANDY MOHR TRUCK CENTER of Indianapolis, Indiana. . .THERMO KING will offer telematics service subscriptions as standard features on APUs, trailers, and trucks in 2024 to provide greater visibility into fleet operations. . .GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO. had its greenhouse gas reduction targets validated by the Science Based Targets Initiative (SDTi).

Navistar has re-launched Navistar Financial's retail captive financial services after pulling that service back from GE Finance this month. FULL STORY

Medium-duty truck sales rose 7.7% in September compared with the year earlier period. FULL STORY

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

FALL WEBINAR

TRALA will host a webinar on Tuesday, October 31 at 2:00pm EST on CARB's Clean Truck Check Program. Please make sure to sign up here if you are planning to attend. Questions? Contact TRALA's Robby Wehagen at rwehagen@trala.org.

TRALA's 2024 ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP

Applications are now being accepted for TRALA's 2024 Academic Scholarship. Deadline to submit applications is November 29, 2023 at 3:00pm (CST). Details regarding eligibility can be found on at https://learnmore.scholarsapply.org/trala/. Questions? Contact TRALA's Robby Wehagen at rwehagen@trala.org.

TRALA 2024 ANNUAL MEETING

Save the Date! TRALA is hosting its 2024 Annual Meeting from April 14th to 17th at the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess in Scottsdale, Arizona. Registration will open later this month. Be on the look out for future communications. Questions? Contact TRALA's Shannon Davison at sdavison@trala.org.

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