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Perspectives: Page 16

Growth strategies
Methods of measuring fuel economy
In a tight margin business environment with low rates and higher fuel costs, one’s operational efficiency is the key to business survival, let alone thriving.
September 20, 2023
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Regulations
Commoditizing trucks
We regularly celebrate today’s million-mile drivers. We need to start including million-mile trucks and 10- or 20-year warehouses, or 10- or 20-year fueling and charging infrastructure.
September 14, 2023
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Regulations
Keep telling the trucking story
Once the nation understood the essential nature of the trucking industry in 2020, everything seemed to change... briefly.
September 11, 2023
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Regulations
Increasing gross vehicle weight and the future of transportation
A pivotal rationale behind advocating for a Gross Vehicle Weight increase lies in its potential to advance emissions targets.
September 6, 2023
Oversized semi truck
Battery electric
Plugged in: How electric fleets can predict maintenance issues with data
Manufacturers have been perfecting diesel engines for 130 years while viable electric trucks have only been around for the last 10.
September 6, 2023
hand plugging into an outlet
Regulations
Wheels on the truck
Discussing trucking weight seems to invariably highlight that many people believe all trucks operate at maximum weight, all the time, and they all go long distances every day carrying that weight.
September 1, 2023
flatbed truck
Regulations
Licensing standards should extend to personal vehicles
More than half of all states don't require drivers of heavy recreational vehicles to obtain any license other than a basic drivers license.
September 1, 2023
Crashed semi truck
Cybersecurity
Startling truck hacking demonstration set for October
It shouldn’t be easy to hack into a truck, but it is because the trailer brake controllers use code from the 1980s.
August 31, 2023
computer hacker at a computer
Perspectives
Benefits of commercial fleet leasing
Vehicle leasing can free a company up to focus on bigger priorities and provide a competitive edge.
August 30, 2023
Battery electric
Charging forward with electric truck charging stations
California isn’t the only state offering rebates, incentives, tax credits, and other growth opportunities for electric truck public charging station installation.
August 29, 2023
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Alternative power
Tire particulates
The argument on tire dust is that battery electric vehicles (BEVs) weigh more than their internal combustion counterparts so the tires wear much faster.
August 25, 2023
tire tracks on the road
Perspectives
Looking for your next Henry?
No one knew what Henry could do behind a camera.
August 25, 2023
Never know where life will take you like doing a tow test with an orange 2023 Toyota Tundra and an orange Kubota tractor. Shortly after taking this a photo a guy stopped in his Ford F-150 and said Kubota orange was a close match to Toyota's solar octane. Have to admit the two look good together and got plenty of looks going down the road.
Perspectives
Analytics critical during market woes
The greater problem isn’t the lack of parts, technicians, or even inflation. It’s strategy.
August 23, 2023
Recruiting & retention
Smart strategies to retain drivers
The impact of driver turnover isn’t limited to increased recruitment costs.
August 23, 2023
truck drivers wanted sign
Economic trends
A little bit of trucking history and perspective
An outdated growth strategy in the truckload segment has caused the capacity imbalance that we're currently living with.
August 21, 2023
Old semi truck
Technology
The new transportation epoch
Now is a period of time worthy of a name just as significant as the Industrial Revolution, the Bronze Age or the Iron Age.
August 18, 2023
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Pay and benefits
Turning truckers into Swifties
Taylor Swift gives a generous bonus of $100,000 to each of the truck drivers who drove during her Eras Tour.
August 16, 2023
Taylor Swift
Technology
Metrics fleets can track with toll management
With toll management services, you can learn several important pieces of information about your business and its operating costs in relation to toll usage and other related costs if you use it.
August 11, 2023
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