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Emma N. Hurt is an Atlanta-based freelance journalist whose work has appeared in outlets including the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, the Wall Street Journal and the Atlanta Business Chronicle. She can be found on Twitter: @Emma_Hurt.

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CharIN has been working to promote the CCS electric vehicle charging standard in passenger vehicles. Now it wants to extend the standard to heavy- and medium-duty vehicles.
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Stoneridge’s new Mirror Eye technology replaces side mirrors with cameras and digital displays, which it says could revolutionize driver safety.
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February 19, 2018
Los Angeles is diving into the long-standing debate about how truck drivers are paid at the city’s giant port complex.
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