What You’ll Learn
In just four days, you’ll get months of market intelligence distilled into practical strategies from the fleets, OEMs, shippers, and technology leaders shaping what’s next in freight movement and commercial transportation.
Explore the innovations and trends reshaping fleet operations, including:
Advanced Powertrains & Vehicle Innovations
Understand the engines and powertrains that will define the next decade, including clean diesel, hybrids, natural gas, propane, battery-electric, hydrogen, and EPA27 standards. These sessions are critical to understanding how upcoming engine and policy shifts will impact uptime, fuel economy, maintenance, and long-term performance.
Digital Solutions for Peak Performance
Explore how telematics, automation, geolocation, V2X, and software-defined platforms are reshaping how fleets and shippers operate. These sessions will demonstrate how digital tools can help fleets and shippers maximize uptime, optimize routes, improve safety, and unlock major gains in efficiency and TCO.
Efficiency, Productivity & Safety
Discover practical ways to reduce costs and improve reliability through aerodynamics, lightweighting, braking and stability systems, advanced sensors, and smarter maintenance. These sessions are a must-attend for fleets and shippers seeking immediate gains in uptime, safety, and overall operational performance.
Fuels, Energy & Infrastructure
Gain practical guidance on how to power your fleet, including diesel efficiency upgrades, low-carbon and renewable fuels, natural gas, propane, hydrogen, and electric charging. Learn how to plan and deploy fueling and charging infrastructure with confidence and hear essential insight for long-term energy reliability and cost control.
What You’ll Experience
Now in its 17th year, ACT Expo is widely recognized as the most important annual event for the commercial transportation industry. With the industry’s most comprehensive assembly of “who’s who,” fleets, shippers, and public-sector organizations can accomplish in four days what would otherwise take months of meetings and multiple trips. You’ll have every solution, every expert, and every connection you need — all under one roof.
You’ll have every solution, every expert, and every connection you need—all under one roof.
Mainstage
Mainstage
Hear from the industry’s most powerful lineup of CEOs and C-suite executives—leaders you won’t find together at any other transportation conference. These decision-makers and trailblazers take the main stage to unpack the trends, regulations, and technologies reshaping commercial transportation, offering a rare, firsthand look at how the biggest players are planning for what’s next.
Expo Hall
Expo Hall
Experience the largest showcase of advanced fleet solutions anywhere. At ACT Expo 2026, you’ll see the full spectrum of strategies shaping modern fleet operations: battery-electric, hydrogen, and renewable-fuel vehicles alongside AI-powered platforms, autonomous systems, and software-defined technologies. Every solution is designed to help fleets boost performance, reduce costs, and stay ahead in a rapidly changing industry.
Technical Sessions
Technical Sessions
Join focused discussions tailored to fleet types and operational challenges, combined with interactive sessions that deliver actionable strategies. These technical sessions provide peer-to-peer learning and practical insights to help fleets solve real-world challenges and boost performance.
Media Events
Media Events
Be first to see the headlines that shape the industry. ACT Expo is where OEMs, tech leaders, and fleets unveil new vehicles, debut breakthrough products, and announce partnerships that set the pace for the future of transportation – garnering national headlines, industry buzz, and billions of impressions. If it matters to fleets, it’s revealed here.
Ride & Drive
Ride & Drive
Take the driver’s seat and put tomorrow’s fleet solutions to the test. From light-duty vans to heavy-duty trucks, the Ride & Drive lets you experience firsthand the power and handling of zero-emission drivetrains, the confidence of advanced safety systems, and the seamless integration of digital fleet tools—giving you a real-world look at how these technologies improve performance, uptime, and sustainability.
Expo Hall Theater
Expo Hall Theater
Discover the latest products and technologies through fast-paced demos and expert-led discussions on the show floor, offering practical insights you can bring back to your operations.
Partner Events
Partner Events
Connect with leading organizations hosting specialized sessions, roundtables, and networking events that expand your perspective and complement the ACT Expo agenda.
2026 Industry Leaders
At ACT Expo, attendees gained firsthand insights from the most influential and forward-thinking leaders in transportation.
John Smith
Incoming President and Chief Executive Officer, FedEx Freight
Stephen Roy
President, Mack Trucks and Chairman, Volvo Group North America, Mack Trucks
RJ Scaringe
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Rivian
Don Burnette
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Kodiak
Ossa Fisher
President, Aurora
David Liu
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, PlusAI
Raquel Urtasun
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Waabi
Dr. Peter Vaughan Schmidt
Chief Executive Officer, TORC
Bob Lee
President North America, LG Energy Solutions
Austin Henderson
Chief Information Officer, FirstFleet
Sherry Sanger
Executive Vice President Strategy and Marketing, Penske Transportation Solutions
Mathias Carlbaum
President and Chief Executive Officer, International
John Harris
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Harbinger
Peter Voorhoeve
President, Volvo Trucks North America
Dan Priestley
Director, Semi, Tesla
2026 Advanced Vehicles
ACT Expo showcased the most comprehensive collection of advanced commercial vehicles.
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What Fleets and Shippers Say About ACT Expo
Hear why ACT Expo is a must-attend event. Leading fleet operators and shippers share their experience on the show floor and why they keep coming back.
PepsiCo attends ACT Expo to connect with OEMs, charging providers, and new technology partners while gaining unmatched insights from educational sessions and industry leaders. The event delivers inspiration, networking, and collaboration that keep the company coming back year after year.
Penske has been attending ACT Expo for more than a decade to stay ahead of the latest fleet technologies. The company showcases its AI-powered tools that support smarter fleet management while connecting with customers, prospects, and suppliers across the industry.
News & Event Updates | Read More
EV Market Enters Its Next Phase as Fleets Prioritize Economics Over Mandates
— At ACT Expo, fleet, battery, charging and vehicle leaders said commercial EV adoption is shifting from policy-driven early deployment to a more disciplined phase focused on total cost of ownership, infrastructure efficiency, vehicle utilization and energy resilience.
Rivian CEO Says Connected, Electric Commercial Vehicles Are Already Penciling Out
— Rivian founder and CEO RJ Scaringe said the commercial case for electric vehicles is no longer theoretical, pointing to cost savings, connected fleet tools and large-scale deployments as evidence that EVs are becoming a practical business decision for fleets.
Autonomous Trucking Leaders Say Virtual Drivers Are Ready for Scale
— During “The Virtual Driver Revolutionizing Trucking and Logistics,” speakers discussed how autonomous freight is moving from pilots and technology validation toward commercial deployment.
ABB E-mobility Launches OM X-Series for Megawatt-Scale Fleet Charging
— ABB E-mobility used ACT Expo 2026 to launch the OM X-Series, a distributed charging system designed for the highest-duty-cycle fleet applications, including transit depots, logistics hubs and public charging corridors.
Volvo Trucks Unveils 2027-Compliant Engine, Expands VNR Electric Capabilities
— Volvo Trucks North America used ACT Expo to highlight a broad product update that includes a new engine designed to meet 2027 U.S. EPA emissions standards.
Mack Trucks Spotlights EPA 2027-Compliant MP13 Engine
— Mack Trucks used ACT Expo 2026 to highlight a new version of its MP13 engine, positioning the powertrain as a bridge between tougher emissions regulations and the performance demands of highway and vocational fleets.
Greenlane Expands Electric Truck Charging Network Into Texas
— Greenlane Infrastructure is expanding its commercial electric truck charging network beyond California with new high-power charging sites planned in Dallas and Houston.
Powertech Labs Unveils High-Capacity Hydrogen Tube Trailer
— Powertech Labs introduced a new hydrogen distribution solution designed to address one of the biggest challenges facing the hydrogen transportation market: moving more fuel at a lower delivered cost.
State of Sustainable Fleets Report Finds Diversification Driving Fleet Resilience
— The 2026 State of Sustainable Fleets Market Brief frames today’s commercial transportation market as one defined by disruption, uncertainty, and the need for fleets to spread risk across multiple powertrain and energy pathways.
Mack Trucks’ Roy: Software-Defined Trucks, Multi-Technology Sustainability Shaping the Next Era of Freight
— Stephen Roy used his ACT Expo mainstage keynote to make the case that the trucking industry is no longer defined only by steel, engines and drivetrains, but increasingly by software, data, connected systems and a broader view of sustainability.
FedEx Freight Incoming CEO: Sustainability Must Be Built on Business Reality
— FedEx Freight incoming CEO John Smith delivered a clear message to the industry: clean transportation progress depends not on promises, but on practical, scalable solutions that work inside real freight networks.
ACT Expo Opens with Focus on ROI, Market Discipline and a Shifting Clean Transportation Landscape
— ACT Expo 2026 opened with a message that the commercial transportation industry is moving into a more disciplined phase, as fleets, OEMs and technology providers navigate tighter capital conditions, shifting regulations, higher fuel costs and continued pressure to invest in cleaner vehicle technologies.
