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Components
Clarios bringing  supercapacitor production in U.S. market
Battery solutions provider's system provides advanced energy storage for next-gen vehicles that require high-power burst applications
June 17, 2025
Federico Morales-Zimmermann, vice president & general manager, global OEM customers, products and engineering at Clarios, during a media address earlier this year at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
Maintenance
Electronic brake systems offer safety boost, ease of maintenance
Many new heavy trucks ditch traditional airbrake knobs for electronic switches for better safety and simplified maintenance.
June 7, 2025
Accident Skid
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Maintenance
Are your truck and trailer tires up for summer's heat?
Heat is a tire’s number one enemy and temps are on the rise.
June 6, 2025
1044 Heavy Duty Truck Tires Summer Heat
Maintenance
Maintenance realities
Deferred maintenance is kicking the can down the road and hoping it doesn’t bite you in the ass.
April 29, 2025
Broken Down Semi
Components
Clarios brings new idle reduction battery technology to North America
Real-time battery monitoring system helps drivers maximize battery draw, reduce fuel consumption for hotel loads.
April 28, 2025
Clarios' IdleLess idle reduction system relays battery health to the cloud and alerts driver during hotel load when the engine should be turned on.
Components
Transtex introduces lithium-ion powered eAPU
Transtex says its new battery solution for eAPUs improves reliability, increases run times and lowers weight compared to traditional APUs.
March 9, 2025
Martin Duffy, head of Transtex's DClimate division, discusses the benefits of the company's new lithium-ion eAPU.
Components
Clarios leverages machine learning and AI to monitor battery performance
New machine learning and AI features promise predictive maintenance and idle reduction opportunities for fleet managers.
January 6, 2025
Clarios CES 2025
Maintenance
Importance of tire air pressure during winter months
Cold weather affects tire air pressure and leads to potential consequences for underinflated or overinflated tires.
November 21, 2024
Kelly Barwick checking tire pressure
Maintenance
Tips to improve the life of commercial truck tires
Various studies have found that around 10% of fleets are running underinflated tires, with about 5% of tires more than 20 psi under.
November 20, 2024
commercial truck tire retread on the side of the road
Alternative power
Legacy and future torque delivery: Central drive and e-axles
Within the BEV space, there are two major options for transferring power to the wheels.
August 22, 2024
axles
Components
Tips to avoid brake violations as Brake Safety Week looms
Experts share tips for Brake Safety Week, which is scheduled for Aug. 25-31.
August 21, 2024
Commercial vehicle inspection
Components
How well do you know the 20% rule for brake violations?
An often misunderstood rule can keep a truck and/or trailer with certain brake violations on the road.
August 15, 2024
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Maintenance
Vehicle recalls will keep the maintenance profession viable for generations
Every apocalyptic automated future transportation universe requires maintenance people.
July 11, 2024
truck on a wrecker
Maintenance
Parts and labor expenses continue to fall
The cost of repair fell for the second consecutive year, but an ongoing labor crunch continues to spike labor rates.
July 3, 2024
technicians looking at the undercarriage
Components
The trucking industry could show the rest of the U.S. a thing or two about recycling
Just more than 30% of all consumer trash is recycled, but just one trucking component routinely is more than times that.
June 3, 2024
recycling
Maintenance
Get dinged during Roadcheck? Know your rights
Out of service criteria is fairly black and white and not open to interpretation, but inspectors do make mistakes.
May 16, 2024
truck driver with police
Components
How to ensure your tires pass roadside DOT inspection
From tread depth to road gators, tires are a big problem during DOT inspections.
May 2, 2024
flat semi truck tire
Maintenance
How to ensure your lights pass roadside DOT inspection
The top equipment violation last year, with somewhere around 300,000 nationwide, was lighting devices.
May 2, 2024
Semi truck with headlights on
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Gallon-based user fee provides sustainable infrastructure funding
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California doubles down on emissions regulations, starts work on next generation rules
ABF Freight has expanded its fleet of terminal trucks from Orange EV. After an initial deployment of four trucks in June 2022, ABF has since increased its fleet to nine and has purchased five more for 2025 deployments.
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