Podcast: How will Trump’s move on electric vehicles affect trucking?
An executive order reverses the push for electric vehicles by the president’s predecessor, and trucking is part of the deal. Also, truckers are known for helping after disasters. But hauling a FEMA load requires a lot of advance work. Then, since 2018, Shell has used its Starship truck to demonstrate how to make rigs more fuel efficient – and the latest version is no exception. And trucking continues to climb out of a two-year slump. Brent Hutto of Truckstop brings us the latest numbers.
0:00 – How will Trump’s move on electric vehicles affect trucking?
09:46 – How do you sign up to haul FEMA loads?
24:24 – Shell’s latest Starship and better fuel economy
39:23 – Trucking makes progress getting out of slump
Links, email addresses, phone numbers and more information
- Find more information about the freight market online.
- Contact your elected officials and stay up to date on current trucking issues at OOIDA’s Fighting For Truckers website.
- You can visit OOIDA’s tour truck, Spirit of the American Trucker, at the Wheeler Ridge TA in Arvin, Calif., Jan. 24-26. Stop in and join OOIDA for $35.
- The OOIDA Foundation is accepting applications for the OOIDA Mary Johnston Scholarship. Click here for details and to apply. The deadline is Feb. 1.
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How will Trump’s move on electric vehicles affect trucking?
Fulfilling several campaign promises, President Donald Trump signed more than two dozen executive orders on his first day in office, including a reversal of the Biden administration’s electric vehicle mandate. The move could have implications for the trucking industry. Tyson Fisher of Land Line Magazine has the details – before we look at the latest diesel price numbers and an update on this year’s SuperRigs contest.
How do you sign up to haul FEMA loads?
Truck drivers are among the most generous people you’ll meet, so it’s no surprise that so many of them spring to action in the wake of disasters, hoping to help. If that help comes by way of hauling FEMA loads, there’s a formal process to go through – and that process for the coming year begins now. Jim Jefferson of OOIDA’s Compliance Department and Charles Sperry of the OOIDA Foundation stop by Land Line Now to walk us through the process and answer some frequently asked questions.
Shell’s latest Starship and better fuel economy
Since 2018, Shell has been working toward showing truck drivers how they can make their rigs more fuel efficient. We’ll learn more about the company’s Starship from Ryan Manthiri of Shell, including how it’s become a learning experience for both engineers and drivers.
Trucking makes progress getting out of slump
Trucking continues to climb out of a two-year slump. That’s according to Brent Hutto of Truckstop. He’ll bring us the latest numbers in today’s Market Update.