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Commercial freight transportation is a machine-based business. Highly technical equipment and advanced engineering are at the center of supply chain and require constant innovation. Transport Topics equipment coverage focuses on the machines and other physical assets that make delivery possible. It looks closely at available truck, trailer, and chassis models, developments in the engineering space, and maintenance innovations and best practices. 

Business, Equipment, Breaking News

Class 8 Sales in November Slip

Class 8 U.S. retail sales in November reached 17,803, down 4% compared with 18,545 a year earlier, WardsAuto.com reported.

Roger Gilroy | Senior Reporter
December 10, 2020

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Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety, Logistics

US Trucking, Logistics Sectors Ready to Mobilize for Vaccine Distribution

For the trucking and logistics industry, the challenges of COVID-19 vaccine distribution are just beginning. Hundreds of millions of doses will need to be shipped around the world and in the United States, and the process is just now getting underway.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
December 10, 2020
Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety, Autonomous, TCA

GMC Sierra Goes Hands-Free

GMC says it will offer its hands-free driver-assistance feature Super Cruise on its Sierra pickup sometime in 2022.

Henry Payne | The Detroit News
December 9, 2020
Business, Equipment, Logistics, Top 50, Top 100

Penske Announces Fleet Upgrade Leasing Program

Penske Truck Leasing launched a program that lets carriers sell their old trucks so they can lease a new one, the company announced Dec. 7.

December 7, 2020
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment

Arkansas’ Mobile Job Simulator Promotes Industry

Be Pro, Be Proud, a workforce development initiative, puts students behind the wheel of a truck driving simulator inside a tractor-trailer.

Steve Brawner | Special to Transport Topics
December 7, 2020
Business, Equipment, Fuel

VTNA Unveils Plan for Launch of VNR Electric Sales

Volvo Trucks North America announced a far-reaching plan for the launch of its heavy-duty VNR Electric model.

Roger Gilroy | Senior Reporter
December 3, 2020
Business, Equipment

Class 8 Orders Surge to Fourth-Highest Monthly Volume Ever

North American Class 8 orders reached 51,900 in November, according to ACT Research.

Roger Gilroy | Senior Reporter
December 3, 2020
Business, Technology, Equipment, Autonomous

Assembling the Autonomous Truck

Truck makers and tech startups continue to make progress in their pursuit of autonomous trucks, but moving this elusive technology past the testing and development phase to broad commercialization will require a great deal of integration work.

Seth Clevenger | Managing Editor, Features and Multimedia
November 30, 2020
Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety

Can On-Demand Freight Really Work for Trucking?

In theory, the idea of an on-demand freight marketplace sounds great. In fact, there has been a big push and a great deal of investment made into automating freight brokerage or non-asset logistics.

Eric Spearin | President, Transervice Integrated Solutions
November 30, 2020
Business, Technology, Equipment

Trailer-Sharing Startup vHub Expands Marketplace

Digital trailer-sharing company vHub has been expanding its collaborative marketplace since introducing the service in the United States earlier this year.

Gregory Van Tighem | Special to Transport Topics
November 30, 2020