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Continental shows off ContiConnect digital tire monitoring platform

Continental displayed its ContiConnect digital tire monitoring platform at the North American Commercial Vehicle show. The remote tire monitoring system allows fleet managers to see tire pressure and temperature data for the entire fleet in a single web portal, every time trucks return to the fleet yard. Identifying and resolving tire issues immediately upon return

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Bendix previews Intellipark automatic parking brake technology

This scene is more common than you might think: A driver steps down from a big rig and walks away. Moments later, out of his view, the truck starts to roll backward because of a failure to properly set the parking brake. Unless the driver sprints back, jumps in, and stops the vehicle, risking potential

Bendix updates side object detection system

The first major update in a decade to the Bendix BlindSpotter Side Object Detection System will feature a new, more effective radar unit and integration capability with Bendix Wingman Fusion, the company’s advanced driver assistance technology, the company announced during the North American Commercial Vehicle show. “We’ve gotten a lot of great feedback from fleets

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International Truck launches severe service HV Series

International Truck launched the International HV Series at the North American Commercial Vehicle Show. HV Series is the first severe service truck available with the International A26 12.4L big bore engine and designed to deliver power, improved driver-features, and reliability for a range of vocational applications, the OEM stated. The HV Series interior was crafted

Volvo Trucks overhauls VHD Vocational Series interiors

Volvo Trucks North America debuted new interiors for the Volvo VHD series, bringing improved driver comfort and productivity features to its vocational lineup. Volvo VHD 300 daycab and VHD 400 regional sleeper model interiors feature LED lighting and extensive connectivity points to support a driver’s daily work. “Design of the VHD’s new interiors was guided

Mack Trucks makes Bendix Wingman Fusion standard on new Anthem

Mack Trucks new Mack Anthem highway models will come standard with Bendix Wingman Fusion, a camera- and radar-based driver assistance solution, the OEM announced at the North American Commercial Vehicle show. Wingman Fusion is installed at Lehigh Valley Operations in Macungie, Penn., where all Mack truck models for North America and export are assembled. Fusion

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International Truck enhances LoneStar features

International Truck announced major enhancements to the International LoneStar truck. According to International, the LoneStar was designed with uptime in mind with new features that improve reliability and serviceability, as well as functionality. For example: • The new single-canister aftertreatment system is not just 60% smaller and 40% lighter, but is also simplified for quicker

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Detroit Connect Analytics Safety Reporting to be available with Detroit Assurance

Detroit announced that the Detroit Connect Analytics safety reporting feature will be included at no charge for five years with the purchase of the Detroit Assurance suite of safety systems on the new Freightliner Cascadia. Detroit Assurance 4.0 seamlessly integrates into the new Cascadia. The safety reporting feature will be available beginning in October 2017

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Daimler Trucks tests platooning systems on U.S. highways

Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) has been testing platooning systems on test tracks and select U.S. highway to demonstrate how the new technology can improve fuel efficiency, driver productivity, convenience and safety. The first step of platooning is called “pairing” where two trucks travel in tandem at distances closer than what is possible under manual

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Freightliner Trucks, Hendrickson partner on liftable forward tandem axle

Freightliner Trucks has partnered with Hendrickson to offer a Hendrickson OPTIMAAX 6×2 liftable forward tandem axle exclusive to the new Freightliner Cascadia. The new OPTIMAAX design will help carriers with diminishing loads, like bulk haulers and delivery vehicles that may have empty back hauls after carrying items such as groceries, livestock, beverages and fuel, Freightliner

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Western Star details new product options

Here’s the rundown of the newly available options announced for Western Star trucks. Forward lighting option for 4700 models, 4800 and 4900 models The Western Star 4700 can now be spec’d with factory-direct H4 halogen headlight bulbs. The bulbs provide a brighter light than regular incandescent bulbs for better visibility. The cost-efficient H4 bulbs are

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We drove an electric truck

Electric trucks are getting truckloads of headlines today, making electrification a reality in the near term. Though electrification is getting the spotlight now, it’s been on Fleet Equipment‘s radar for quite some time. Case in point—we hopped behind the wheel of the Mitsubishi Fuso eCanter seven months ago at the Work Truck Show. In case

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