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UPS: The future of powertrains is electric, but…
Carlton Rose, UPS president of global fleet maintenance & engineering, is sure that all-electric powertrains are the future. Getting there, however, will take some work. By Rose’s own admission, UPS has 1,000 electric vehicles versus 6,000 natural gas trucks that are running over 1 million miles a day. UPS has also had some challenges with EVs. […]
March 5, 2019
Trucks
Despite Waymo woes, Pronto’s Levandowski feeling embraced by trucking industry
Anthony Levandowski, who early last year settled a highly publicized lawsuit with former employer Waymo, is focusing on the road ahead with a new business dubbed Pronto which he recently founded with his longtime friend and business partner Ognen Stojanovski. While allegations of intellectual property theft brought on some tough headlines for Levandowski, he was […]
March 5, 2019
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Google, Otto and Uber expat Levandowski discusses his latest autonomous venture
Anthony Levandowski does not give up easily and continues to make strides in his autonomous technology venture. Learn more about his background here on CCJ.
March 4, 2019
Business
Transmission issue prompts recall of more than 26,000 Kenworth, Peterbilt, Volvo, Mack trucks
According to documents from the NHTSA, a number of recalls have been announced by DTNA, Paccar, Volvo, Mack and Great Dane. More on Commercial Carrier Journal.
March 4, 2019
Trucks
Anthony Levandowski talks about Pronto AI & challenges, successes of autonomous tech
Anthony Levandowski doesn’t give up easily. At UC Berkeley roughly 15 years ago he led a group of fellow engineering students to build a self-driving motorcycle. Levandowski, who developed the bike’s software, often worked through the night and eventually led his team to conquer what appeared to be the impossible. Ghostrider, as it was called, […]
March 3, 2019
Business
Report: Early electric truck infrastructure will be private
Electric truck charging in the future is going to be private – either at a depot, or within a return-to-base operation. Get more details right here on CCJ.
March 1, 2019
Trucks
Whiteout causes 70-vehicle pile-up
So how cold is it? And more importantly, how dangerous is it on the roads? Drivers in Barrie, Ontario, Canada got a tough punch from from Old Man Winter this week as high winds kicked up a whiteout that caused roughly 70 vehicles to collide on Highway 400 north of Toronto on Monday. Several injuries […]
February 28, 2019
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International delivers its first CV medium-duty truck
Major industry players converged today in Denton, Texas where International delivered its first CV medium-duty truck. Rush Enterprises’ Custom Vehicle Solutions played host to the event where the CV dually, upfit with a Godwin dump body, was delivered to Team Fishel, a nationwide provider of utility engineering, construction and network installation services. “The Navistar family, […]
February 28, 2019
Trucks
Close call as wild turkey breaks through truck’s windshield
Bugs are one thing, but turkeys? Dash cam video below shows the fowl-brained moment Wednesday when a turkey flew through a truck’s windshield on I-75 about 50 miles south of Tampa, Fla. in Sarasota County. The driver wasn’t hurt and the bird, which crashed through the passenger side of the windshield, survived, according to wfla.com. […]
February 28, 2019
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Ritchie Bros. enjoys largest auction yet in Orlando
Ritchie Bros. reported its largest auction ever this past week in Orlando, Fla. What began as a sea of equipment stretching out over 220 acres ebbed away as thousands of buyers placed winning bids over six days on more than 13,350 assets for a record $297 million, a seven percent increase over last year’s total of […]
February 26, 2019
Trucks
To help meet demand Ford’s F-59 chassis builder will take on Motiv’s all-electric F-59
Motiv Power Systems today announced a commitment from Detroit Custom Chassis to install Motiv’s all-electric EPIC chassis on the base Ford F-59 platform. Assembly of Motiv’s EPIC chassis at Detroit Custom’s affiliate Detroit Chassis Plant enables more efficient and cost effective production and reduced build times to meet growing customer demands for zero emission commercial truck offerings. […]
February 26, 2019
Business
Endurant 12-speed trans gets dual PTO option
The new dual PTO option has two mounting locations: an 8-bolt bottom mount and a 4-bolt rear mount with a combined 95 horsepower capability. Read more on this.
February 26, 2019
Business
OTA updates: Where smartphone and ‘smart truck’ technology diverge
During a truck re-flash, the piece that’s being updated is the code that runs the engine, he says, not the code that runs the ECU – what would be considered the truck’s operating system.
February 26, 2019
Trucks
Accident between pickup and semi avoidable?
Weather, road conditions, lighting, traffic…taking a closer look at accident investigations can lead to safer driving. To that end, Commercial Carrier Journal, a partner publication of Hard Working Trucks, recently published a video that’s an adaption of a scenario from CCJ’s Preventable or Not manuals. It is presented via a partnership between CCJ and Instructional Technologies. In this […]
February 25, 2019
Business
OTA engine updates give fleets uptime flexibility
Over-the-air engine updates are tweaking engine operating parameters without having to go to a dealership, turning a process that can take a day or more in the service bay into something that can be completed much quicker.
February 25, 2019
Business
Stakeholders form group to develop, test hydrogen fueling hardware for HD trucks
Hyundai, Nikola Motor, & Toyota with Shell, Air Liquide, & Nel Hydrogen Fueling plan to test hydrogen heavy-duty vehicle fueling hardware for Class 8 trucks.
February 21, 2019
Business
Trailer orders slide in January
According to the FTR, Trailer orders declined 5 % from the previous month to 26,300 units, a 39 % dip year-over-year but higher than expected.
February 20, 2019
Trucks
Volvo Trucks rolls out its first electric trucks
Volvo Trucks delivered its first all-electric vehicles Tuesday – a refuse truck to waste and recycling company Renova, and a distribution truck to the logistics company DB Schenker and partner hauler TGM, operating in Sweden. The Volvo FL Electric trucks are part of a pre-series developed in collaboration with selected customers. Series production of the […]
February 19, 2019
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