Midtronics Inc. announced its DSS-5000 HD Battery Diagnostic Service System is available for commercial truck and fleet applications.
February 28, 2020Equipment
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Government, Business, Equipment
Sparks fly from a blast furnace at steel plant in Duisburg, Germany. Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg
Appeals Court Upholds Trump’s 25% Steel Import Tariffs
Sparks fly from a blast furnace at steel plant in Duisburg, Germany. Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg
President Donald Trump acted within his authority when he imposed a 25% tariff on certain steel imports effective March 2018, a U.S. appeals court ruled Feb. 28.
February 28, 2020
Business, Technology, Equipment, Fuel, Autonomous, Top 50
An electric cable charges a StreetScooter outside the Ford factory in Cologne, Germany. (Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg)
Deutsche Post Scraps Its Electric Delivery Van Built With Ford
An electric cable charges a StreetScooter outside the Ford factory in Cologne, Germany. (Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg)
Deutsche Post AG will stop producing its electric delivery vehicle called StreetScooter, bringing to an end a much-hyped venture that was once seen as a possible disrupter to conventional van makers such as Volkswagen AG and Daimler AG.
February 28, 2020
Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety, Autonomous
Chris Lee, vice president of engineering at Great Dane Trailers by John Sommers II for Transport Topics
Connected Vehicle Experts Discuss OEM Role, Safety
Chris Lee, vice president of engineering at Great Dane Trailers by John Sommers II for Transport Topics
ATLANTA — Original equipment manufacturers have an important role to play in the adoption of connected vehicle technology, according to Chris Lee, vice president of engineering at Great Dane Trailers.
February 27, 2020
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment
2020 TMC Recap: Collaboration Rules the Day
Joe Howard, Transport Topics executive editor, gives his take on the TMC annual conference this year.
February 27, 2020
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety, Fuel
Traffic on a Los Angeles highway. (Jamie Rector/Bloomberg News)
Trucking Mostly Supports EPA Emissions Plan, but Small Fleets Skeptical
Traffic on a Los Angeles highway. (Jamie Rector/Bloomberg News)
Stakeholder comments on the Environmental Protection Agency’s plans to aggressively reduce oxides of nitrogen emissions generally were positive, but with some caveats.
February 27, 2020
Business, Equipment
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers
Used Class 8 Prices in January Fall as Sales Drop
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The price of the average Class 8 truck in January, typically the weakest sales month of the year, came close to falling below $40,000 for a fourth consecutive month, ACT Research reported.
February 27, 2020
Business, Equipment
A construction site in downtown Nashville in 2019. (Eilon Paz/Bloomberg News)
Orders for US Business Equipment Jumped at Start of Year
A construction site in downtown Nashville in 2019. (Eilon Paz/Bloomberg News)
Orders placed with U.S. factories for business equipment increased in January by the most in a year, representing a respite in the corporate investment slowdown that weighed on the economy last year.
February 27, 2020
Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety
Volvo to Share Fleet Performance Tool With Dealers
TT Senior Reporter Roger Gilroy recaps Volvo's announcement at TMC 2020 that it will share an internal tool for reviewing fleet operational performance with dealers.
February 26, 2020
Business, Technology, Equipment
Steven Ernest (right), Jacobs Vehicle Systems' vice president of engineering, discusses his company's brakes with an attendee on the exhibit floor at TMC. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics)
Jacobs Looks to Cylinder Deactivation to Reduce Emissions
Steven Ernest (right), Jacobs Vehicle Systems' vice president of engineering, discusses his company's brakes with an attendee on the exhibit floor at TMC. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics)
ATLANTA — Jacobs Vehicle Systems has completed testing of its cylinder deactivation technology with a third-party laboratory funded by the Environmental Protection Agency, the company announced Feb. 25.
February 26, 2020Pages
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