Here are the headlines from this week in trucking as of July 13:

• Trump administration tariffs are back in the news cycle
• Some California CDL holders must retake their written exams
• Pennsylvania passed a law discouraging CDL mills
• Aurora announced second-generation autonomous truck
• Einride acquired Flipturn for as much as $73 million
• ArcBest is cutting back on its footprint
• Samsara gotrebrand
• Diesel jumped 34 cents, Houthi troubles raised oil prices

The economies of truck purchasing, buying, and maintaining can be messy—especially after EPA once again changed OEMs' outlook for equipment regulations over the next few years.

In this episode, The Fleet Lead's Jeremy Wolfe and John Hitch join Fleet Advantage experts Brian Antonellis and Mac Hudson for a roundtable discussion on truck lifecycle management. The panel looks at the regulatory rollback on EPA warranty mandates, the post-COVID used truck market, and why the 500,000-mile mark remains critical to vehicle replacement strategy.

Mack Trucks has called the Allentown area home for more than a century. Doug Maney, curator of the Mack Trucks Historical Museum in Allentown, Pennsylvania, discusses the company's innovations, the origins of the Bulldog mascot, and why Mack's history remains closely tied to American manufacturing and trucking today.

Here are the headlines from this week in trucking as of July 16

• The Gordie Howe International Bridge may finally open this month
• EPA appointed a new aftermarket emissions certificate authority
• Spot market rates are dropping
• In fuel this week, diesel increased 22 cents

How does one of the nation's largest carriers manage a dashcam deployment across more than 8,000 trucks?

Adam Cassidy, senior director of safety at Werner Enterprises (No. 11 on the FleetOwner 500: For-Hire), breaks down Werner’s five-year evolution with Samsara's camera technology, moving from basic forward-facing dash cams to an advanced AI multicam setup.

Here are the headlines from this week in trucking as of July 9:

• EPA is weakening the upcoming NOx rule and removing DEF derates
• Rhode Island is preparing for truck-only tolls
• USMCA is in an awkward position
• Diesel fell 9 cents, but oil futures spiked

Here are the headlines from this week in trucking as of July 2

• Illinois Tollway is planning a 30% increase in toll rates
• FedEx is selling its 3PL arm for $1.4 billion
• Cargo thieves stole $1.7 million in condoms and lubricant
• Diesel prices fell 16 cents

Have a happy 4th of July!

In this episode of The Fleet Lead, Jeremy Wolfe sits down with Arpan Podduturi, VP of product for transportation tech company Samsara, fresh off the Samsara Beyond user conference in Las Vegas.

The tech company announced a suite of new cutting-edge technologies for fleet management: from new pedestrian detections to AI dispatch communication, LLMs, and beyond.