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Seth Clevenger

Managing Editor, Features and Multimedia

@sethclevenger

Seth Clevenger is managing editor of features at Transport Topics. He plans, writes and edits news features for Transport Topics’ weekly newspaper, supplemental publications and TTNews.com. 


Business, Technology

Omnitracs Parent Solera Set to Acquire Trailer-Tracking Firm Spireon

Solera Holdings, the parent company of Omnitracs, has agreed to acquire asset-tracking firm Spireon Inc. in the latest example of consolidation in the trucking industry’s technology market.

Seth Clevenger | Managing Editor, Features and Multimedia
February 1, 2022
Business, Technology, Equipment

Daimler’s Richard Howard Envisions Transformation of Truck Financing

As technology continues to transform the commercial truck market, Daimler’s Richard Howard sees a similar evolution underway on the financial services side of the industry.

Seth Clevenger | Managing Editor, Features and Multimedia
January 25, 2022
Business, Technology, Logistics, Autonomous, Top 100

J.B. Hunt, Waymo Form Long-Term Alliance on Autonomous Trucking

J.B. Hunt Transport and Waymo have entered into a long-term, strategic alliance to commercialize autonomous driving technology in the trucking industry.

Seth Clevenger | Managing Editor, Features and Multimedia
January 14, 2022
Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety, Fuel

DTNA to Unveil SuperTruck II Concept This Year

Daimler Trucks North America offered an early peek into the engineering and design work behind its SuperTruck II concept vehicle, which the manufacturer plans to unveil later this year.

Seth Clevenger | Managing Editor, Features and Multimedia
January 11, 2022
Business, Technology, Autonomous

Autonomous, Electric Trucks Show Progress at CES 2022

LAS VEGAS — Rapid progress in the development of autonomous and electric-powered commercial trucks stood out as one of the top themes at a technology show known for everything from consumer electronics to advanced robotics.

Seth Clevenger | Managing Editor, Features and Multimedia
January 6, 2022
Business, Technology, Equipment

The Value of Choice

Clevenger: With each passing year, the trucking industry’s technology market expands with more products and services designed to give fleet managers, dispatchers and drivers access to more information.

Seth Clevenger | Managing Editor, Features and Multimedia
November 24, 2021
Business, Logistics, Top 50

UPS, FedEx Swap Places Atop Global Freight Carriers List

Although it remains unclear when the flow of international freight will return to normalcy, the companies on the Transport Topics 2021 Top 50 Global Freight Carriers list are doing their part to ensure that cargo continues to move via ship, truck, train and aircraft.

Seth Clevenger | Managing Editor, Features and Multimedia
November 12, 2021
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment

Isaac, Trimble Among First to Receive ELD Certification in Canada

A handful of electronic logging devices have now received certification for Canada’s federal ELD mandate.

Seth Clevenger | Managing Editor, Features and Multimedia
November 10, 2021
Business, Technology, Equipment

Volvo’s Voorhoeve Sees Growing Market for Electric Trucks, Driver-Assist Tech

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Volvo Trucks North America CEO Peter Voorhoeve sees expanding opportunities for electric-powered trucks and further growth for driver-assistance technologies in this time of transformation for the commercial vehicle market.

Seth Clevenger | Managing Editor, Features and Multimedia
November 2, 2021
Business, Technology

ATA Addresses Key Issues at MCE

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Trucking industry leaders addressed key challenges including a worsening labor shortage and supply chain bottlenecks and looked forward to a long-sought win on infrastructure funding during American Trucking Associations’ 2021 Management Conference & Exhibition.

Seth Clevenger | Managing Editor, Features and Multimedia
October 28, 2021