Battery-electric Class 8 tractors in the Montreal-area trial logged more than 200,000 km over a 12-month period, delivering >60% lower energy use and at least 80% lower greenhouse-gas emissions versus diesel equivalents while also revealing higher downtime and operational friction in foodservice distribution.
Ontario sits at the centre of Canada’s trucking activity, and the Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) says that stronger provincial enforcement — including 24/7 commercial vehicle inspection access and multi-agency presence at inspection sites — would be a catalytic step to reduce non-compliance tied to the Driver Inc.
The resumption of Ecocamionnage in December, production of electric trucks at Paccar's Sainte-Therese plant and the collapse of Lion Electric have together produced a mixed operational picture for Quebec fleets: some projects can restart, but the 15‑month program suspension and the impending end of federal incentives compress a narrow window for purchases and charger buildouts.
Battery-electric Class 8 tractors logged more than 200,000 km over 12 months in a Montreal-area commercial deployment, with daily routes typically between 150–200 km and measured energy use falling by over 60% compared to diesel equivalents.
Fastfrate Group will fold Omnitrans’ coverage of roughly 237 trade lanes and its direct operating presence in China into Fastfrate’s existing 46-location North American network, enabling end-to-end handling from origin pickup through customs brokerage to final delivery.
The Supreme Court’s invalidation of the use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) for last year’s country-specific tariffs removes the administration’s fastest tariff lever, even as the administration replaced much of the same economic pain with a Section 122 global tariff initially set at 10% (reportedly to rise to 15%).
Trailer thefts jumped to approximately 970 incidents nationwide in 2025 — up from about 570 in 2024 — even as recorded cargo losses did not climb at the same rate, suggesting a widening gap between actual theft and reported claims.
Hansen & Adkins Auto Transport operates more than 40 terminals across the United States and Canada, and a shift to a high-touch, tech-enabled recruiting model — including a formalized 180-day touchpoint program — has begun to change driver retention trajectories and operational capacity for vehicle haulage fleets.
The ATA For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index rose to 113 in January from 112.5 in December, a 0.4% monthly increase and about a 0.5% gain year-over-year, signaling a modest rebound from late‑2025 lows while capacity constraints and weather disruptions continued to influence pricing and flow.
Ocado’s grid-based fulfilment centres routinely test discrete-event models that show where robot density hits diminishing returns and how throughput responds to changes in bot count, station layout and inbound timing.
