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IoT Device Management for Today's Connected Fleet

Effective IoT management can improve fleet efficiency, empower drivers to save time and money on the road, and make hardware purchases more cost-effective. Please join Samsung and Platform Science to learn best practices for managing IoT in today's world of connected fleets.

April 23, 2020
BusinessLogisticsPerspective

Perspective: The Power of Leveraging Logistics

As shippers strategically prepare for the future, it’s worth asking how they will value logistics. Will logistics be a source of competitive advantage or a reliable utility?

August 26, 2019
Technology

5 Service Industry Fleet Challenges That Telematics Can Fix

In this white paper from MiX Telematics, we look at the unique challenges service fleets have to overcome and the specific ways in which a telematics solution can fix these.

June 5, 2019
Business

Fleets Must Understand Fuel-Efficiency Testing Options, NACFE Report Says

Fleets face a multitude of fuel-efficiency testing methods, each with unique contexts and applications, making comparisons challenging and confusing, and extrapolation to the real world even more so, the North American Council for Freight Efficiency said in its latest report.

January 28, 2016
BusinessFuel

European Truck Fuel Efficiency Stalls as US Continues to Tighten Emissions Standards

Trucks in the European Union are no more fuel-efficient than they were more than a decade ago, according to a report released Dec. 3, as calls increase for emissions from heavy-duty vehicles to be regulated in the same way as cars.

December 4, 2015
BusinessFuel

Consumers Support Increased Fuel Economy in Heavy-Duty Trucks, Study Finds

Almost three quarters of American consumers support requiring truck manufacturers to raise the fuel economy of heavy-duty trucks, according to a recent report.

August 11, 2014
Business

Obama Orders Another Round of Greenhouse-Gas Rules for Trucks

Speaking at a Safeway Inc. distribution center in Maryland on Feb. 18, President Obama ordered his staff to develop a proposed rule further tightening greenhouse-gas emissions by heavy- and medium-duty trucks by March 2015 and to complete the process a year after that.

February 18, 2014
PerspectiveBusiness

Opinion: Addicted to Hauling Partial Loads

The trucking industry is addicted to hauling air. Trailers that ideally should be rolling down the road filled to capacity are burning precious fuel just to carry a couple of skids 1,000 miles.    

January 20, 2014
Special CoverageBusiness

‘PedalCoach’ Driver Tool Aims to Save 5¢ a Mile on Fuel

ORLANDO, Fla. — A fledgling company showcased a new product here it said could save trucking companies a nickel a mile in fuel costs, while helping to retain drivers.

October 19, 2013
Business

Truck Efficiency Rule Sent to White House

The first-ever heavy-truck fuel-efficiency proposal has been sent to the White House Office of Management and Budget for review.

June 13, 2011

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