Fleets Move Toward Predictive Maintenance to Prevent Breakdowns, Reduce Expenses
Predictive maintenance is still in its early stages, and questions about warranties and other issues must be answered before a widespread shift in industry practices can occur.
March 9, 2020Daily Briefings from Transport Topics
Transport Topics has partnered with Spoken Layer to make one-minute daily briefings available on all your smart devices. Simply say “Alexa, play Transport Topics” or “Okay Google, talk to Transport Topics” to get the day’s biggest trucking headlines.
DTNA Launches Second Program With Customers to Test Electric Trucks
Daimler Trucks North America announced six heavy-duty Freightliner eCascadias and two medium-duty eM2 106 all-electric trucks were included in the launch of its customer experience fleet initiative as part of its electric truck program.
March 6, 2020Parsing Data to Better Understand Risk
Dozens of data sets go into using predictive analytics to determine a truck driver’s risk of being in an accident.
March 6, 2020The Shame Police: Google Toys With Penalizing Slow-Loading Websites
Internet search goliath Google is toying with the idea of shaming slow-loading websites by displaying a “Usually loads slow” splash screen in place of a homepage when someone is trying to visit such sites.
March 6, 2020While Self-Driving Car Hype Decelerates, Automated Trucks Grab Attention at CES
LAS VEGAS — Even as automated vehicle developers tamped down inflated expectations for fully self-driving passenger cars at CES 2020, several companies continued to tout the market potential for highly automated commercial vehicles.
March 6, 2020Fleets Turn to Predictive Analytics to Prevent Crashes, Reduce Driver Turnover
A trucking company’s success and reputation depend directly on its drivers’ safety performance, but it’s not so easy to determine which drivers are most likely to be involved in a crash or incur a safety infraction.
March 6, 2020How Smart Tire Technology Is Changing Fleet Management
Bob Herr can’t do it alone. Neither can the 85 drivers and the 90-vehicle fleet he manages at food service distributor Feesers Inc. For Herr and other fleet managers, intelligent tires are helping to prevent those costly and time-consuming tire failures.
March 6, 2020Taking Truck Technology Mainstream
Highlighting the role of technology in freight transportation could broaden the industry’s appeal to a new generation of workers and entrepreneurs who just might consider careers in this essential business.
March 6, 2020Volvo Trucks Redesigns Four Key Heavy-Duty Models
Volvo Trucks announced driver-focused redesigns on four heavy-duty cabover models, calling the effort its — and the industry’s — biggest product launch ever.
March 5, 2020What Developments Will Impact Your Business This Year?
PrePass discusses five trends that will have a big impact on trucking in 2020: Increasing marijuana use, changing truck driver demographics, connected vehicles, the internet of things (IOT) and trucking data security.
March 5, 2020