A 6.5-cent increase in the national average diesel price has brought trucking’s main fuel back over the $4 mark and left it just 3.7 cents shy of where it was a year ago.

Photos from American Trucking Associations' Technology & Maintenance Council Annual Meeting March 4-7, 2024, at the Ernest  N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans. 

The national average diesel price dipped back below $4 a gallon after a 3.8-cent decrease to $3.996, according to Energy Information Administration data released April 1.

Here's a week-by-week look at the 2024 state truck driving championships, with date and location, and a link to results when the state association makes them available. 

Velocity EV announced March 27 that the first Rizon Classes 4-5 battery-electric cabover trucks are being delivered to customers throughout California.

The national average diesel price edged up six-tenths of a cent to $4.034 a gallon in its second consecutive modest increase, according to Energy Information Administration data released March 25.

FedEx Corp. plans to buy back $5 billion of its shares as cost-cutting efforts have helped boost the courier’s profits as fiscal third-quarter earnings beat expectations.

The national average diesel price gained 2.4 cents, the first increase in the past four weeks, to settle at $4.028 a gallon, according to EIA data released March 18.

Charging infrastructure specialist Voltera secured a further 19 development sites to give it a total of 21, the company said. The company aims to double its portfolio by the end of the year.

Volvo Group and Westport Fuel Systems have put the finishing touches on their joint venture and are moving forward with deployment of a high-pressure gas-injection fuel system..