Not that it will evoke much sympathy from truckers, but it’s been a tough year for ELD manufacturers.
Over the past 18 months, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has placed an emphasis on cleaning up its approved list of electronic logging devices by removing non-compliant units.
“We will continue to take decisive enforcement action to ensure that only compliant, reliable devices are used on our nation’s roadways,” FMCSA Administrator Derek Barrs said in a statement. “Accurate hours-of-service records are essential to protecting public safety, supporting fair enforcement, and ensuring accountability across the commercial motor vehicle industry.”
FMCSA has delivered on that promise, placing 45 devices on the revoked list so far in 2026. Now, you can add ten more to that total.
On Thursday, July 9, the agency announced the following electronic devices had been removed from the approved list:
- Ontime Logs iosix (Model Number: OTL101; ELD Identifier: 24b11f)
- LAST MINUTE ELD (Model Number: 360-LM; ELD Identifier: LMN932)
- Porter ELD (Model Number: Porter 1; ELD Identifier: POR247)
- Zee HOS Compliance (Model Number: TTELD101; ELD Identifier: F594EF)
- EV ELD IOSIX (formerly known as EVO ELD IOSIX) (Model Number: EV 2 (f/k/a EVO 2); ELD Identifier: G711H3)
- Light and Travel ELD (Model Number: LNTRA; ELD Identifier: LNT780)
- PREMIERRIDE LOGS (Model Number: 1RIDE; ELD Identifier: PRD391)
- 2BRO ELD (Model Number: 2BRO002; ELD Identifier: 2BRELD)
- 305 ELD (Model Number: 305002; ELD Identifier: 2BR305)
- TT ELD 40 (Model Number: PT40; ELD Identifier: TTAH49)
According to FMCSA, the ten devices were added to the revoked list for “failure to meet the minimum requirements” outlined in Title 49 CFR Appendix A to Subpart B of Part 395, which establishes functional specifications for all electronic logging devices. FMCSA did not disclose the exact reason for the revocation.
Truckers using any of the now-revoked devices will have until Sept. 8 to replace their units with compliant devices from the agency’s approved list. Failing to do so by the deadline will result in a “no record-of-duty” status and being placed out of service. There are currently 955 electronic logging devices on the FMCSA’s approved list.
Prior to the September deadline, the agency said that drivers using revoked devices should “revert to using paper logs or logging software” to record their hours-of-service data.
Devices can be added back to the approved list if “the ELD provider corrects all identified deficiencies.” Despite this, the agency said it “strongly encourages” carriers to proactively replace their current devices if electronic logging device providers do not address the deficiencies.
One of the ten revoked devices, PREMIERRIDE LOGS, was revoked by the FMCSA in January but reinstated a week later. It is unclear whether or not that will be the case again.
In May, Barrs said the agency was taking decisive action… to protect the integrity of the ELD program, vowing to “continue to identify and remove any device that falls short” of federal standards. Since the start of 2025, the agency has placed 82 devices on the revoked list.
In addition to removing non-compliant devices, FMCSA has also announced a “complete overhaul” of the vetting process for electronic logging devices. According to the agency, the self-certification process for ELDs – which has been in effect since Congress mandated the devices in 2017 – has made it easy for companies to register non-compliant devices or re-register devices that had been revoked.
It remains unclear how the new vetting process will work, and FMCSA has not said whether it plans to fully eliminate self-certification. LL
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