Josh Fisher

Commercial transportation decarbonization is stuck, needing policy stability and economic viability to move forward. Industry stakeholders outline the ZEV risks trucking faces today and how policymakers can stabilize the path to zero emissions while keeping fleets profitable.

Volvo Trucks North America debuts its EPA 2027-compliant D13 engine at ACT Expo, promising fleets massive highway fuel savings as it prepares to launch vocational truck line.

The new engine equals the efficiency of the previous D13 on the new VNL and features upgraded engine braking and a "lock-and-leave" OTA update option.

FleetOwner names Circle K's Fuel South Express, ProVia Logistics, and Ross Transportation Services as its 2026 Private Fleets of the Year for excellence in safety and operational efficiency during NPTC 2026.

Private fleets have rushed to adopt GenAI for back-office convenience (87.1%), but this enthusiasm is creating a critical operational "execution gap," according to a new Fleet Advantage survey on how carriers are using AI.

Measures of driver availability are plummeting, and tractor build slots are disappearing. ACT Research's Ken Vieth joins The Fleet Lead to explain why the 2027 EPA prebuy is already red-lining fleet operations.

Volvo Trucks is reinforcing its commitment to decarbonization by teasing the VNL Electric—its new Class 8 regional EV—and launching proprietary ePTO technology.

NTI's Leah Shaver breaks down the aging driver workforce, how carriers approach age differences, and the driver retention landscape.

Josh Fisher is a writer and educational theorist whose work explores how human understanding emerges through shared practices and social coordination. Drawing on philosophy, psychology, cultural evolution theory, and the history of education, he examines a transmission-centered view of knowledge grounded in culture and collective meaning. He has more than three decades of experience developing curricula and has held senior roles in education publishing, where he helped design curriculum-integrated learning tools, including an AI tutor that improved student outcomes. He is a contributor to the Observatory.

From infant learning to language and shared meaning, consciousness may have evolved as the mechanism that allows humans to transmit knowledge across generations and build civilization itself.