What Car Shipping Customers Should Watch This Year

Industry roundups like to announce a new era. Customers have a shorter list. Can a truck take this lane on these dates, and what are you signing?

What is worth watching

Seasonal crowding on snowbird and summer-move lanes. That changes windows. It is described without fake percentages on seasonal rates and when rates move.

Electric vehicles as a normal quote, not a special ritual, with a few real differences. See EVs versus gas cars.

Paperwork that was always the protection: carrier authority, the insurance certificate, and the bill of lading. Technology demos do not replace them. Autonomous truck tests are put in their place on self-driving trucks.

What is not a customer trend

A ranking of brokers, a claim that reviews are under attack, or a media logo we cannot show you. Those are not guides. The research steps stay on how to research a company.

Get A Quote for the shipment in front of you. The trend that applies is the one on your route this month.

Questions people ask

Is the industry getting more expensive every month?

Not on a schedule this site will publish. Your quote can differ from last season because of the lane and the vehicle. Compare quotes on the same facts.

Do I need a new kind of insurance because the industry is changing?

You need the assigned carrier’s cargo certificate, and you should know what your own auto policy does or does not cover while the car is on a truck. Ask your insurer. We will not summarize your policy for you.

Where do broader industry cycles show up?

A careful version, without invented statistics, is is auto transport recession-proof.