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Ford Commercial Solutions offers a step up from third-party telematics
All technology has a shelf life. For Ford Commercial Solutions, it was the complaints they kept hearing from fleets about third-party, OBD-II plug-in telematics devices that helped lead them to create new products that rely on Ford embedded modems. āThey are notoriously unreliable and they can be hard sometimes to update over the air,ā Lee [ā¦]
June 7, 2018
Trucks
Driver survives after his box truck is obliterated by a train
Recently released video below shows a box truck in Northern California becoming the first vehicle to be struck by aĀ Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) train. The truckās driver is shown going around the railroad crossing arms before being slammed by the train last Thursday in Santa Rosa. Though the truck was obliterated, the driver, 68-year-old [ā¦]
June 7, 2018
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Daimler plans Automated Truck Research and Development Center near Portland
Daimler Trucks plans to openĀ an Automated Truck Research and Development Center at its Swan Island, Ore., headquarters the company announced at its Capital Market and Technology Day Wednesday. The new research development will joinĀ a full-scale heavy-duty truck wind tunnel on Swan Island and the High Desert Proving Grounds nearby in Madras, Ore. DTNA Vice President [ā¦]
June 7, 2018
Business
FTR: Class 8 orders held high in May amidst āred-hot marketā
Class 8 truck orders in North America in May "continued to show exceptional strength,"says FTR, who reported preliminary truck orders 35,200 for the month.
June 7, 2018
Trucks
Allisonās medium-duty presence expanding with transmission offering in new Fuso truck
Allison Transmissionās presence in the Class 4 and Class 5 truck market has recently expanded with Mitsubishi Fuso Truck of America unveiling its new FUSO FE Gas series cabover work trucks. āWe are excited to offer our customers a choice of a gasoline-powered truck with the trusted commercial-grade Allison transmission in a market where demand [ā¦]
June 6, 2018
Trucks
Freightliner debuts two new electric trucks
Freightliner Trucks debuted two electric trucks on Wednesday during the Daimler Trucks Capital Market and Technology Day in Portland, Ore. The eM2 straight truck features up to 480 peak horsepower. The batteries provide 325 kWh of usable capacity, giving it a range of up to 230 miles. A 60-minute charge will get the batteries up [ā¦]
June 6, 2018
Trucks
Penskeās new Fleet Insight website designed to save fleets time & money
Penske Truck LeasingĀ announced the launch ofĀ Fleet Insight, a proprietary website designed exclusively for Penske customers to save them time and provide visibility and control. Fleet Insight is part of Penskeās overall connected fleet suite of products, offering customers a connected, streamlined and customizable home for their data. āThe launch of Fleet Insight is part of [ā¦]
June 6, 2018
Business
Freightliner debuts two new electric trucks
Freightliner tossed its hat into the electric truck ring, debuting two fully electric commercial trucksĀ during the Daimler Trucks Capital Market & Technology Day.
June 6, 2018
Business
Daimler plans Automated Truck Research and Development Center near Portland
Daimler Trucks plans to openĀ an Automated Truck Research and Development Center at its Swan Island, Ore., headquarters the company announced. Click for details.
June 6, 2018
Business
Navistar posts $55 million profit in second quarter
Navistar announced a second quarter 2018 net income of $55 million. Navistar's 2nd quarter profit was up more than $130 million from the same quarter a year ago
June 6, 2018
Business
Shell releases Starship freight ton efficiency results from cross-country test run
While the Starshipās fuel economy averaged 8.94 mpg, it achieved a freight ton efficiency average of 178.4 ton-miles per gallon. Read more on this.
June 6, 2018
Trucks
Marine turned trucker saves trooper during roadside attack
A trucker is credited with saving the life of a Wyoming State Trooper Monday who was being attacked by a suspect by the side of I-80. Media reports say trucker and 12-year Marine Corps veteranĀ Darren Phillips, a tanker driver for a Utah company, saw the suspect and the trooper wrestling, stopped his truck and ran [ā¦]
June 5, 2018
Class 3-6
Lower costs, better efficiency & telematics attracting more fleets to XL hybrid trucks and vans
XL announced this week that itās upfitting a combined 38 hybrid and plug-in hybrid electric trucks and vans for the City of Seattle, Los Angeles County and the City of Long Beach to improve fleet efficiency, increase MPG and reduce CO2 emissions. The municipalities expect to see a 25 percent increase in MPG on hybrid [ā¦]
June 5, 2018
Trucks
Shell Starship truck: Impressive freight efficiency, MPG following cross-country trip
The aerodynamic and fuel-sipping Starship Initiative truck recently completed its cross-country test drive and now has some impressive numbers to report. Shell Lubricants and the AirFlow Truck Company teamed up to build the truck and became the first to take a prototype like this across the U.S. The 2,300-mile trip through the southern U.S. included [ā¦]
June 5, 2018
Trucks
New in-cab fleet technology monitors for distracted driving
Nauto, based in Palo Alto, Calif., has been in business for three years. For the last 12 months it has been deploying its first product, an intelligent driver safety and risk management system, in commercial fleets. The product, Nauto Coach, uses a dual-facing in-vehicle camera device and a collection of sensors and proprietary algorithms that [ā¦]
June 5, 2018
Business
International, Freightliner issue recalls on Class 8 tractors
Two recalls announced last month affect more than 1,200Ā Freightliner Cascadia tractors and potentially more than 18,500Ā International trucks. Click for details.
June 5, 2018
Business
e-commerce changing how fleets spec trucks
See what several prominent trucking industry professionals had to say about the rapidly changing business environment. Details on Commercial Carrier Journal.
June 5, 2018
Trucks
Uber Freight introduces āfleet modeā in app
TheĀ Uber FreightĀ appĀ launched a little over a year agoĀ as an application offering individual independent owner-operators a streamlined way to book loads within the tech-enabled brokerageās universe of freight, geared toward eliminating much of the high-touch negotiation process. Today, the company has updated the app with a āfleet modeā geared toward fleets up to about 15 trucks, [ā¦]
June 4, 2018
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