With the driver shortage putting pressure on fleets to employ drivers and keep them in their seats, OEs are offering premium reward trucks as an equipment-based solution to entice drivers to their business. Kenworth’s limited edition Icon 900 is definitely an eye-catching, head-turning, chromed-out killer of a trucker’s truck, but what does it offer a fleet looking to improve its bottom line? Watch to find out.
How much of the AI craze will result in real help for fleets?
If you’ve been on the internet in the past year - and I’m going to go ahead and assume that you have - you’ve probably heard entirely too much about AI. Artificial intelligence has been a concept in computing for decades and decades, but use of the term really multiplied with the release of generative AI programs like Chat GPT. It’s got everybody talking about AI, and everybody wanting to release products that heavily feature AI.
This week, On the Road is living up to its name as we report from the road at the Work Truck Show.
The wheel bearings are, quite simply, what keep your wheels turning, and with minimal friction.
Sheer data is no good to you on its own. You need to understand what you can do with it, and the ways in which it can help your fleet.
For the right fleet, wide base tires may be what you’re looking for. But this only applies to a specific slice of the market.
As the International S13 powertrain rolls out to customers, the OEM also rolled its new engine, transmission and aftertreatment package out to TMC, held earlier this month in New Orleans. David Crowe, S13 integrated sales manager at International Trucks, walked us around the powertrain that is characterized by its dual overhead cam engine design, which
Dodge heavy-duty dilemmas, delays and downtime by making sure your online order is right the first time.
Cummins talks us through launch of the X15N engine and what fleets are saying about natural gas powertrains.
Better fuel economy can lower costs, minimize environmental impact and improve sustainability — thoughtful engineering can help see those results.
