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News Articles: trucks

A truck passes a Hino sign in Williamstown, W.V., in 2017. The truck manufacturer, a Toyota subsidiary, has agreed to plea guilty to federal conspiracy charges and pay a total of $1.6 billion to settle civil claims after regulators discovered it was submitted fraudulent data to evade emissions standards.

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Toyota's commercial truck company will pay $1.6 billion for faking emissions tests

Hino Motors will plead guilty to submitting false emissions data to regulators for more than 100,000 heavy-duty trucks. The company will pay an array of fines, and fix some affected vehicles for free.

January 16, 2025
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  • Camila Domonoske
Trucks move past cargo containers at a port in Bayonne, N.J., in 2021. The state is adopting California's Advanced Clean Trucks rules, which require at least 7% of medium- and heavy-duty vehicles sold in the state to be zero-emission for model year 2025. Dealers are petitioning for a delay, so far unsuccessfully.

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'We are not California': New Jersey dealers push back on electric truck rules

Vehicle dealers are pushing back on rules that would increase the number of electric trucks sold in New Jersey. It could be a preview of a brewing fight over state rules about cars.

December 23, 2024
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  • Camila Domonoske
Trucks line up to enter a Port of Oakland shipping terminal on Nov. 10, 2021, in Oakland, Calif. President Joe Biden's administration cleared the way for California's plan to phase out a wide range of diesel-powered trucks, a part of the state's efforts to drastically cut planet-warming emissions and improve air quality in heavy-traffic areas.

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The EPA approves California's plan to phase out diesel trucks

The agency's decision allows California — which has some of the nation's worst air pollution — to require truck manufacturers to sell more zero-emission trucks over the next couple of decades.

March 31, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
The Georgia state Senate meets in Atlanta, Wednesday, March 29, 2023, during the final day of the legislature's 40-day session. Lawmakers faced final votes on a state budget and sought to reach agreement on a plan to improve mental-health care.

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Georgia lawmakers strike deal on truck weight limits

Georgia lawmakers have struck a deal on increasing weight limits for some trucks using Georgia highways. The legislature approved a last-minute compromise reached by House and Senate negotiators early Thursday during the final minutes of lawmakers' 2023 session.

March 30, 2023
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  • Associated Press
A Belorusian tractor laden with harvested sugarcane idles outside a sugar mill.

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The glam makeovers of Pakistan's tractors show how much farmers cherish them

Marian Lewyeka's delightful novel, A Short History Of Tractors In Ukrainian spurred NPR correspondent Diaa Hadid to tell another tractor story — the history of Belarusian tractors in Pakistan.

February 11, 2023
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  • Diaa Hadid and
  • Abdul Sattar
A man is arrested by police in Ottawa on Thursday as demonstrators and supporters gather in a protest against COVID-19 measures that has grown into a broader anti-government protest.

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Canadian police arrest 2 leaders of protesting truckers

The police action took place in Ottawa, the protest movement's last stronghold, after weeks of demonstrations and blockades that shut down border crossings into the U.S.

February 18, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Truckers are planning a potential protest outside the SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles on Feb 13., the day of the Super Bowl, according to a memo from the Department of Homeland Security.

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Truckers may try to disrupt Super Bowl and the State of the Union, DHS memo says

A Department of Homeland Security memo says truckers protesting vaccine requirements are planning a potential disruption at the Super Bowl in Los Angeles and the State of the Union in Washington, D.C.

February 10, 2022
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  • Deepa Shivaram
Painter Irfan Mohammad works on a truck at a sprawling workshop in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

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These eye-popping, hand-painted trucks rule Pakistan's roads

Around the world, trucks are essential everyday vehicles. In Pakistan, trucks are also canvases for dazzling works of art. Truck art has served a social good too, and helped recover missing children.

February 05, 2022
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  • Hannah Bloch
Pamela Williams, a driving instructor with DSC Training Academy, stands in front of one of the academy's trucks on June 29. Williams has been driving for seven years and enjoys seeing the country from the road.

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Truck Driving Has Long Been A Man's World. Meet The Women Changing That

A record number of women are becoming truck drivers, changing the face of an industry that has historically been dominated by men.

September 19, 2021
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  • Stephan Bisaha
Automakers are racing to be the first to bring an electric pickup to market — including, clockwise from top left, Rivian's sporty offering, Tesla's futuristic Cybertruck, General Motors' Hummer EV and Lordstown's work-focused Endurance.

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All The Oomph, Minus The Vroom? Electric Pickups Take Aim At American Market

Automakers hope Americans will be willing to switch to battery-powered vehicles, for their trucks' sakes, as they race to bring the first electric pickup to market.

December 16, 2020
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  • Camila Domonoske

AJC Investigates: Macon To Atlanta Truck Only Lanes

The I-75 corridor connecting Macon and Atlanta is one of the busiest interstates in the country. Trucks travel along the route to carry goods to and...

April 08, 2016
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  • Celeste Headlee and
  • Linda Chen

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