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Perspectives: Page 25

Perspectives
Steering your fleet through an economic downturn
As troubling economic signs continue, NEXT Trucking Vice President Corey Riggins offers advice on getting your fleet through challenging market conditions.
October 12, 2022
NEXT Trucking drayage truck loading
Perspectives
HVAC fleet enjoys over $106K in fuel savings with propane
Fueling up on propane can lower a fleet's carbon footprint while delivering significant fuel savings.
October 12, 2022
McAbee Trucking’s 26 F-750 propane trucks travel 8,000 miles per month while saving fuel and reducing emissions.
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Maintenance
How low-viscosity lubricants can boost your organization’s bottom line
Changing your fleet to lower-viscosity lubricant formulations can dramatically lower the total cost of ownership of equipment and help everyone from the maintenance bay to the executive suite.
October 12, 2022
engine oil
Business
How to succeed in sales without really trying
I grew up in the trucking industry, the machine shop industry and the "hell no we won't co" anti-war movement.
October 11, 2022
handshake
Workforce
Feedback helps catch turnover issues you didn't think to ask about
Two simple questions can lead to a powerful culture change that reduces driver turnover.
October 10, 2022
angry truck driver
Equipment controls
The autonomous bigfoot
I’ve been reading for months about all the autonomous vehicle (AV) testing going on in Texas and I can finally confirm that they do exist.
October 7, 2022
driverless truck in Texas
Perspectives
Four simple, scalable paths for sustainable fleet management
Improved approaches to sustainability not only help the environment, they may even reduce cost and make your business money.
October 5, 2022
Quest Second Blog Photo
Technology
How robotic process automation can help workers be more human, boost retention
Office workers and drivers alike want to fulfill their job titles and not get buried in a mountain of paperwork every time a customer changes its systems around. Far from killing jobs, automating this boring work frees up workers to do their jobs.
October 3, 2022
female dispatchers
Business
Lessons to be learned in disaster recovery, even if it's not 'your' disaster
A tornado forecast in Alabama used to be white noise on television.
September 30, 2022
Hurricane evacuation route
Perspectives
Summer school: California, Texas pass along tough EV lessons
Bad timing? During the summer the pro EV states of California and Texas asked residents to throttle back on electricity usage at a time when both states are backing EV expansion.
September 28, 2022
Texas electric grid meter
Regulations
Big money blues
The U.S. people are not very forgiving of either waste or fraud, and auditors and investigators eventually succeed in discovering both.
September 26, 2022
the U.S.S. Olympia
Maintenance
Keeping drivers cool while fuel prices remain hot
A typical long-haul truck idles about 1,800 hours per year, consuming about 1,500 gallons of diesel.
September 23, 2022
truck driver in a sleeper berth
Alternative power
Summer growing pains for EV faithful in California and Texas
As rising energy costs and summer grid constraints create concerns around EV expansion, California and Texas can provide some important lessons moving forward.
September 22, 2022
Sign of the times. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which controls the state grid, posts a grid status meter front and center on their website (shown above). Though the grid was fine this week, that wasn't the case in July when ERCOT twice asked residents to scale back on power.
Companies
Exciting times at TCA
In the past six months, TCA has continued to experience record membership growth and retention.
September 16, 2022
I Love Trucks buttons
Business
Business trend: Weathervaning
The business winds of change produce an effect called weathervaning, where companies tend to pivot in the direction of the flow, but it can also be "herd mentality," and it's not always for the best.
September 15, 2022
weathervane
Business
8 ways to improve fuel efficiency
The greatest influence in increasing in fuel efficiency is the motivation for drivers to actually care about it.
September 14, 2022
filling up a fuel tank
Alternative power
Is there a fight for parking between CEVs and other types of commercial trucks?
With less than 1% of the U.S. commercial fleet made up of electric vehicles, would the charging stations they require take away valuable parking spaces that conventional commercial trucks need?
September 13, 2022
semi-truck parked at night
Business
Want free diesel fuel?
Just a 1% improvement in fuel economy can equate to more than 3 days worth of 'free' fuel.
September 9, 2022
trucks at a fuel island
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Regulations
CARB rips EPA's 'sloppy and amateurish' effort to repeal GHG regs
CARB charges that the EPA is ignoring decades of its own science to repeal greenhouse gas regulations, putting public health and the economy at risk.
Blue road sign showing electric vehicle charging station symbol near trees
Regulations
Truck makers' challenge to Clean Truck pact a response to a bad deal
Red semi-trucks and passenger vehicles driving on a highway through green forested landscape
Regulations
Clean Truck group asks truck and engine OEMs to drop lawsuit
Line of big rig semi trucks with loaded semi trailers standing on the at the weighing station with scales for weighing along the axes.
Regulations
Group launches campaign against heavier truck limits
White semi-truck parked in front of stacked shipping containers in industrial yard
Business
Multimodal group established to modernize freight movement
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