PacLease introduces new fuel program partnership with personalized planning
PacLease announced a partnership with Multi Service Fuel Card for its co-branded fuel card, called PacFuel. With Multi Service Fuel Card as the PacLease fuel card partner, PacFuel says that its full-service lease and contract maintenance customers are provided custom one-on-one consulting to map out the best fuel strategies, and potential savings, the company says.
TuSimple, Liberty Mutual partner to study safety benefits of autonomous trucks
TuSimple and Liberty Mutual Insurance are partnering to assess the comparative safety of autonomous trucks. TuSimple and Liberty Mutual say they will work together to better understand how autonomous technologies perform in comparison to the same types of trucks driven manually by human drivers. TuSimple’s autonomous freight network operates a fleet of 50 L4 autonomous
Lubricant companies are preparing for the future of trucking
If you watch movies like Blade Runner and Back to the Future Part II, set in 2019 and 2015, respectively, you know that the future has come and gone. Congratulations, we’ve made it. Ridley Scott and Robert Zemeckis might be great directors, but seeing as how there are no signs of flying cars draped in
How to increase diesel truck sustainability, efficiency via lubricants
Cleaner air. A better future for our children. Conservation of resources. Meeting regulation standards! You’ve heard it all before. Fleet managers want to be more sustainable too, but for someone running a fleet of trucks, you know being more sustainable typically comes at a cost. Instead of hearing those advantages, you hear: “Another trip to
Class 8 orders remain strong in April
FTR reports preliminary North American Class 8 net orders for April were 34,600 units, continuing to exhibit strength above normal trends. It was the best April order activity since 2018. Orders were down 15% m/m but 30,500 units above April 2020. Class 8 orders now total 403,000 units for the previous 12 months, FTR says.
Volvo Trucks, Lytx partner on video telematics
Onboard technology from Lytx is now available on all model-year 2022 or newer Volvo trucks as a factory-installed option. Utilizing machine vision and artificial intelligence technology, the Lytx DriveCam event recorder helps to monitor and evaluate driver performance by accurately identifying behaviors such as failure to wear a seatbelt, following distance and lane departure, the
Optronics develops new MCL16 LED marker/clearance lights
Optronics International has introduced its new 1 1/4-in. MCL16 LED marker/clearance light to the market. Nebraska-based trailer builder Timpte, Inc. will be the first to use the new light on its dry bulk commodity trailers, and Optronics lighting will now come standard across the board on all Timpte trailers, including the 2022 Super Hopper model
Ford opens E-Transit registration website
Ford has opened its new registration website for those who want to register their interest in learning more about E-Transit, the company’s first full-size all-electric van ahead of order banks opening by July. Along with the registration site, E-Transit has updated pricing, with a targeted starting MSRP of $43,295 for the cutaway – lower than
Watch: How to start bringing retread savings to trucking
Fleets that decide to spec retread tires will oftentimes save money without sacrificing performance. But to see maximum value, it all starts with selecting the right casing. Click here to watch more of FE’s On the Road video series. Here is a transcript of the video: The value proposition of retreading holds true whether you
Snap-on releases new master pressure tester sets
Snap-on has released new complete master pressure tester sets: the 1,000 PSI Wireless Diesel Pressure Tester Set and the 500 PSI Wireless Pressure Tester Set. To make diesel pressure testing on Power Stroke, Cummins, Duramax and other light- and medium-duty trucks more convenient, Snap-on followed its original 500 PSI gasoline engine version tester with this
Five truck trend takeaways from April
We know it’s not easy to keep up with everything that happens in the world of trucking. So here are the biggest stories from April focused on the latest truck trends, all in one place. 5. Kenworth launches new medium-duty truck lineup Kenworth has introduced a new medium-duty conventional truck lineup ranging from Class 5
Daimler Trucks NA launches Detroit eConsulting, Detroit eFill Chargers
Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) has announced new products and services from Detroit to support fleets and customers in the deployment of all-electric trucks. Detroit eConsulting services provide experienced know-how to fleets and are offered in three varying levels of support, DTNA says. Similarly, the Detroit eFill line of electric commercial vehicle chargers provide an
