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Volvo’s self-driving truck at work in Brazil
Volvo Trucks has developed a new self-steering truck designed to improve productivity for Brazilian sugar-cane growers. The truck, which is used to transport newly harvested sugar-cane, is steered autonomously with great precision through the fields in order to avoid damaging the young plants that will form the following year’s crop (see video below). Currently, about […]
June 8, 2017
Vocational
U.S. Army looking for its next dump truck
The U.S. Army is shopping around for its next armored dump truck. One OEM will eventually be awarded a seven-year contract to build 683 M917A3 armored dump trucks. The last trucks were purchased in 2000 through Freightliner. The Army’s looking for a dump truck with removable underbody blast protection and plenty of payload capacity. “The […]
June 7, 2017
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Rand McNally releases 2018 Motor Carriers’ Road Atlas
Stories of truckers hitting low overpasses and ending up on roads where they really don’t belong keep popping up around the country. To avoid becoming the next headline, reach for Rand McNally’s latest Motor Carriers’ Road Atlas. This best-selling atlas for over-the-road commercial drivers features truck-navigable roads, trucking regulations and low-clearances. The new edition is […]
June 7, 2017
Business
Tesla working with carriers on electric semi design
Tesla CEO wants all hands on deck when it comes to the design and development of the electric semi truck. See how trucking companies are involved here on CCJ!
June 7, 2017
Vocational
WorkStar gets new axle option
International’s WorkStar 7400 and 7500 models will feature a Fabco FSD-20K right-hand offset axle as a new option. The addition of the Fabco axle, Mark Stasell, vice president of International Trucks’ vocational truck business says, is part of the company’s plans to continue investment into International’s vocational truck line this year. “Listening to [customers] and […]
June 6, 2017
Business
Volvo intros Genuine Painted Parts Program
Volvo debuts its Genuine Painted Parts Program. The program is beneficial for the dealer and customer as they can order dozens of parts for different models.
June 6, 2017
Business
International WorkStar getting new axle option
Two WorkStar models will have a Fabco axle as an option. The addition of the axle is part of the company's plans to invest into its vocational truck line.
June 6, 2017
Trucks
Natural gas road rally targets diesel
Several heavy-duty trucks and other vehicles powered by natural gas began a coast-to-coast road trip today that will span from Long Beach to Washington, D.C. Locally, the natural gas semi-trailers are being used to demonstrate one way to improve Southern California’s air quality. The event, called ‘Road Rally Across America,’ was kicked off by representatives […]
June 5, 2017
Trucks
Truck gets stuck in Seattle tunnel
You don’t want to end up like this guy. A tractor/trailer hauling an oversized generator became trapped in Seattle’s Battery Street Tunnel on SR 99 Friday, June 2. Media reports say the truck’s load was too tall and got wedged inside the tunnel, causing a massive traffic jam. Eventually the tires on the trailer were […]
June 5, 2017
Business
May truck orders slide for first time in seven months
May truck orders fell 31% from April which resulted in snapping a long and impressive streak for truck orders. Get the details on Commercial Carrier Journal!
June 5, 2017
Trucks
Army advancing autonomous truck testing on Michigan highway
While the focus in autonomous truck development is often on private companies, the U.S. Army has also remained diligent in pursuing self-driving tech. The U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) has been successful for the past year testing communications systems during truck platooning runs on Interstate 69 in St. Clair and […]
June 4, 2017
Trucks
Google parent company enters self-driving truck race
Google parent company Alphabet Inc.’s autonomous driving unit, Waymo, is developing a self-driving truck platform the company confirmed Thursday. In a statement emailed to online news outlet BuzzFeed, Waymo says it will lean on its “eight years of experience in building self-driving hardware and software and conducting a technical exploration into how our technology can […]
June 3, 2017
Vocational
Test drive: Volvo’s all-new VNR
Volvo bills its new VNR tractor, which debuted publicly in April as the heir apparent to the VNM, as “the future of regional haul.” Regional trucks rarely get the same attention to fuel economy and driver comfort as their long-haul siblings, but in the future – with lengths of haul shrinking and drivers’ cries for home-time increasing […]
June 2, 2017
Trucks
Chuck Norris to promote FCA’s European commercial vehicles
Raise your hand if you want to see Chuck Norris in a TV commercial kicking a competitor’s truck out of frame. It could happen—but it won’t be an FCA truck he’ll be booting. Fiat Professional, FCA’s commercial brand in Europe, has hired the legendary martial […]
June 2, 2017
Business
Google parent company enters self-driving truck race
Waymo is currently in a legal dispute with Uber over charges about stolen trade secrets in regards to self-driving trucks. Get more fleet industry news on CCJ!
June 2, 2017
Vocational
Dump truck driver busted for smuggling illegal aliens
When you think of dump trucks, you normally don’t think of human smuggling. But think again. Border patrol agents in Southern California recently arrested a dump truck driver along with 14 illegal immigrants he was trying to smuggle into the U.S. under a tarp in the bed of his truck, according to U.S. Customs and […]
June 1, 2017
Vocational
Ford compares 2017 F-650, F-750 with competition
Ford released a comparison guide today that pits its redesigned 2017 F-650 and F-750 against similar trucks from major competitors like Freightliner, Hino and International Durastar. In “Ford F-650/F-750 vs. the Competition” the automaker compares specs on engines, transmissions, axles, suspension, frames, GVWR, cabs, cab interiors, cab access and windshields. “The 2017 F-650/F-750 has been […]
June 1, 2017
Trucks
Cummins announces compatibility with renewable diesel
Cummins announced that its B4.5, B6.7 and L9 engine platforms are compatible with paraffinic renewable diesel fuels meeting the EN 15940 specification. Both On-Highway and Off-Highway versions of the B6.7 and L9 platforms and all vintages are approved to use paraffinic diesel fuels in North America. “As with our announcement in September on our Euro […]
June 1, 2017
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