Top Trucking News Stories of December 2021 - a podcast by Heavy Duty Trucking

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Get updates and insights on the top trucking news from December 2021 with HDT Editor in Chief Deborah Lockridge and Managing Editor Vesna Brajkovic on this episode of HDT Talks Trucking.   


This episode is sponsored by Circle K. Learn more about the Circle K Fleet Card


🎙 Today's topics include: 



  • Will a truck driver serve a 110-year sentence for a fatal crash? 

  • The latest on Nikola’s battery-electric and fuel-cell-electric trucks. 

  • What the Biden administration is doing about the truck driver shortage.  

  • And more!  


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⏱ Timestamps ⏱

0:00 Introduction

0:34 2021’s Top Story – Sentencing a Driver to 110 Years in Prison

5:08 Nikola’s Battery Electric and Fuel Cell Progress

7:44 Central Freight Lines Shuts Down

8:53 Biden’s Plan to Help Recruit and Retain Drivers

12:35 Rush Enterprises Gets Even Bigger

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