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Perspectives: Page 20

Business
Managing toll violations 101
If/when you receive a toll violation, there are things you can do to manage it and ensure it’s been rightfully issued.
April 27, 2023
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Alternative power
Technology woe is me
Playing a technology out as some maligned, forgotten underdog may strike some sympathetic chord with a marketplace.
April 25, 2023
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Cybersecurity
Protect your cargo from cyberattack
Cargo transportation offers a huge potential payoff for hackers.
April 21, 2023
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Perspectives
'Mandate madness' over electric trucks will fire up used truck market
The Biden administration's recently proposed emissions regs which favor electric truck adoption will make used diesel trucks king of the road and in turn may invite even tougher emissions laws.
April 19, 2023
Recruiting & retention
Carriers should consider forming a committee to focus on recruiting the next generation of drivers
Here are six steps to guide your company in establishing committees, whether the focus is on recruiting and retention or technology or diversity and inclusion.
April 18, 2023
Young truck driver
Equipment
Current emissions regs simply hope for an unlikely best
Trucking has a proven track record of collaborating with government and achieving real emissions results, but the industry's input on new rules has been largely ignored.
April 14, 2023
Roadside sign for CO2 emissions
Perspectives
Maximize ROI by predicting optimal asset replacement windows
Maintaining thorough vehicle history on trucks and vans leads to more optimum times for replacement.
April 12, 2023
Alternative power
Fat fingers and rules of thumb
Combined with hours of service limitations, the freight hauled per-truck and per-driver has been effectively capped for decades.
April 12, 2023
FedEx triple trailers
Technology
How technology is working to prevent your yard from becoming a trucking graveyard
There are hardly any metrics a truck produces that aren’t available in real time now with the right technology.
April 10, 2023
Volvo truck with crashed headlight
Safety
You don't know what you don't know
The general public doesn't understand trucking's problems and may not know they exist, but a recent survey shows them sympathetic once their eyes are opened.
April 10, 2023
trucks parked
Alternative power
Know when to fold ‘em
The evolution from steam to fossil fuels to natural gas to... battery electric? Hydrogen? What's in store for greener trucking?
April 5, 2023
five people playing poker
Business
Aerodynamic mud flaps offer surprising savings if you spec the right ones
Some fleets have had bad experiences with 'fly swatters,' but with aerodynamic mud flaps you get what you pay for.
April 3, 2023
Mesilla Valley Transportation with Eco Flaps installed
Maintenance
In-house versus outsourced maintenance
Twenty percent of fleets do maintenance in-house, 46% use outsourced service providers and 34% use a combination of both.
March 24, 2023
Outsourced fleet maintenance involves hiring a third-party provider to manage these tasks and is often favored by companies with multiple OEM’s, a multi-location footprint, or those leasing their equipment prefer outsourcing.
Battery electric
More candid talk on EVs please
While commercial electric vehicles continue to be the darlings of trade shows, experts are getting more vocal about taking the necessary steps to ensure their success and yours.
March 24, 2023
Not our first rodeo. Winter testing of an EV dates back to the 19th century. A United States Postal Service carrier is shown above with a Winton Electric in 1899. Concerns with range and long charge times led USPS to embrace internal combustion. Over 100 years later the agency is working to deploy 66,000 EVs by 2028 making it one of the largest EV fleets in the nation. Here's to hoping that they've clearly thought through range, charging infrastructure and battery lifecycle management.
Perspectives
Three pain-free steps to propane vehicle adoption
Roush CleanTech explores propane fleet adoption in three easy steps.
March 22, 2023
Technology
Highway thru technology hell
I’ve come to the conclusion that one of the biggest challenges facing the array of new trucking technologies is that the developers really don’t grasp that trucks crash and need to be repaired.
March 22, 2023
cabover with a bull bar
Driver management
Custom driver apps have become must-have tech
Custom mobile apps are available to most fleets without the expensive IT resources and extended timeline that have traditionally kept them out of reach for most carriers.
March 22, 2023
Truck driver looking at a tablet
Autonomous
The dangers of over-promising and under-delivering autonomous trucks
The transportation sector is an example of an industry that may be over-promising and under-delivering on the concept of putting autonomous vehicles on the nation's open highways.
March 20, 2023
Ai Truck By Jezebel Black
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Business
Knight-Swift backs rail mega merger
A proposed merger between Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern is gaining powerful trucking allies.
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Cybersecurity
NMFTA warns of Chinese components in trucking technology
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