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Hydrogen’s newsy week skips over underlying  challenges

News releases this week about Nikola’s fourth energy division president in less than two years, the company’s first Hyla-branded modular hydrogen fueler for fuel cell trucks, and Hyzon Motors’ development agreement for fuel cell refuse trucks skirted some underlying issues.

Nikola touted the ability to serve up to 40 Class 8 trucks a day with about 50 kilograms of hydrogen. It’s enough to get a zero-emissions truck from Southern to Northern California — about 400 miles depending on the...

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Truck Talk: Deal or no deal edition

This week, we’re following TuSimple Holdings Inc.’s $1.1 billion IPO as well as merger prospects for Tula Technology, which makes cylinder-skipping engine controls that dramatically reduce planet-warming greenhouse gases.

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TuSimple’s (NASDAQ: TSP) big news this week was, of course, its initial public offering as it became the first autonomous trucking software developer to go public. With enough money in the bank to get the company to its...

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The Daily Dash: Fuel prices feeling the heat from deep freeze

The Daily Dash is a quick look at what is happening in the freight ecosystem. In today’s edition, the winter weather rolling across the South is likely to drive diesel fuel prices higher. Plus, the activist investors pushing for change at Forward Air are not thrilled with the latest news from the company.

Diesel prices face pressure from deep freeze

The winter weather hammering the South is likely to have another impact: higher diesel fuel prices as refineries are shutting down.

John Kingston has...

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Truck Talk: Technology ramblings edition

This week, we share musings from Rusty Rush, CEO of the nation’s largest network of truck dealerships and answer three questions posed to PACCAR CEO Preston Feight on autonomous partner Aurora. Of course, we have some of the people moves and partnerships you may have missed. You can get Truck Talk delivered via email by subscribing at https://www.freightwaves.com/truck-talk.

If you don’t want to know, don’t ask

Rusty Rush will never be accused of giving a short answer when a long one will do. The...

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