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Commercial freight transportation businesses rely on data, intelligence, and novel solutions for operational efficiency. Transport Topics technology coverage investigates available technologies, real-world applications of business solutions, and the strategies necessary for advancement. News topics focus on the latest applied science, and issues range from autonomous vehicle and robotics innovations to management software, tracking and transparency, data analytics, blockchain, and the internet of things.

Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety, Logistics, Autonomous

How Consolidation Is Reshaping Trucking’s Technology Sector

Consolidation has dramat­ically reshaped trucking’s technology market over the past decade, with dozens of software and telematics companies joining forces to create larger organizations with expanded capabilities and broader reach.

Seth Clevenger | Managing Editor, Features and Multimedia
February 19, 2021

Best Trucking Accounting Software 2024

If you’re simply looking for a bookkeeping tool, you can stop reading here, and look no further than QuickBooks. If you’re embracing the notion that trucking accounting goes far beyond that, or want to have a more expansive trucking accounting system of which QuickBooks is a key part, then read on.

Business, Technology

Google Penalties Coming in May

Google is promising to double down on its policy of penalizing poorly designed websites with lower rankings in search engine returns with its next update, slated for May.

Joe Dysart | Webology 101
February 19, 2021
Government, Business, Technology, Safety

Massachusetts Bond Bill Includes Funding for Roads, Bridges and Transit

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker recently signed a $16 billion transportation bond bill, which includes funding to modernize various modes of transportation.

Eleanor Lamb | Staff Reporter
February 19, 2021
Technology, Autonomous

Apple in Discussions With Suppliers for Lidar

Apple Inc. is in discussions with multiple suppliers of self-driving car sensors known as lidar, according to people familiar with the matter, a key milestone toward development of its first passenger vehicle.

February 19, 2021
Business, Technology, Fuel

Nel Launches Modular On-Site Hydrogen Generators

Nel Hydrogen Electrolyzer announced it launched the MC250 and MC500 containerized Proton PEM electrolyzers, its modular on-site hydrogen generators.

February 19, 2021
Technology, Equipment, Safety

How Drivers Are Using Mobile Apps to Make Life on the Road Easier

Today’s professional truck drivers are using mobile apps to help manage many facets of work and life on the road.

Stephen Bennett | Special to Transport Topics
February 19, 2021
Business, Technology

Trucking Explores Augmented Reality to Enhance Training, Operations

The adoption of immersive technologies such as augmented reality and virtual reality by the freight and logistics industry has accelerated amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Jerry Hirsch | Contributing Writer
February 19, 2021
Business, Technology

Trucking’s Shifting Technology Landscape

Motor carriers and logistics providers have been applying the latest technologies to help solve old challenges, such as driver recruiting and retention, regulatory compliance and moving freight more efficiently while ensuring highway safety.

Seth Clevenger | Managing Editor, Features and Multimedia
February 19, 2021
Business, Technology, Fuel

Daimler Posts Income Increase, Revenue Dip in Q4

Daimler AG reported a dip in revenue and a gain in net income in the fourth quarter compared with a net loss a year earlier.

Roger Gilroy | Senior Reporter
February 18, 2021
Business, Technology, Equipment, Fuel

DTNA’s Outgoing CEO Roger Nielsen Reflects on Industry’s Transformation

Roger Nielsen’s four years as CEO of Daimler Trucks North America coincided with a time of rapid change in the commercial vehicle industry, highlighted by the introduction of electric-powered trucks and the continued advance of automated driving and connected vehicle technologies.

Seth Clevenger | Managing Editor, Features and Multimedia
February 18, 2021