How video telematics can provide truck operation insight beyond what you see
As more Stay at Home orders are issued by states and the quarantine continues, the trucking industry keeps rolling forward. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), which executes the Secretary of Homeland Security’s responsibilities, stated that employees supporting or enabling transportation functions, including truck drivers, bus drivers, dispatchers, maintenance and repair technicians, warehouse workers,
Asset management ideas to meet delivery demand with Volvo Trucks
No script? No plan? No problem. Welcome to Fleet Equipment Unscripted—the video interview series that connects you with the greatest minds in the heavy-duty trucking world. Meeting customer delivery expectations is always a top trucking fleet priority, but with the Coronavirus pandemic creating huge demand for necessary supplies and the entire world watching, making on-time
Taking the first electric truck step together with Volvo Trucks
Volvo Trucks North America knows that it takes more than an OEM, a customer or a supplier
to make electric trucks a reality. It takes everyone.
Geotab talks electric vehicle strategies, working during the pandemic
No script? No plan? No problem. Welcome to Fleet Equipment Unscripted—the video interview series that connects you with the greatest minds in the heavy-duty trucking world. For our first episode, I connected with Matt Stevens, vice president of electric vehicles at Geotab, to see how Geotab continues to support its customers in these strange pandemic
Goodyear to suspend Americas manufacturing due to Coronavirus
In response to the sudden decline in market demand resulting from the rapid spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company plans to suspend Americas manufacturing through at least April 3 or until further notice. A phased shut down will begin across the company’s tire, retread and chemical plants in Brazil, Canada,
While the world self-quarantines, trucks keep rolling
You deliver what the world needs, we’ll deliver the information you need.
Behind the brands: How DTNA decided it was time for a market strategy change
“They’re going to know that a major change is coming.” That thought nagged the minds of Daimler Trucks North America’s (DTNA) executives last August as David Carson, then president of Western Star, stood between a gleaming red Western Star 4700 chassis and a Freightliner EM2 upfitted for utility applications, and addressed the North American trucking
Inside the new decision maker-directed over-the-air engine updates from Volvo Trucks
After the fleet manager has given permission for the updates to be pushed to the trucks, the driver can make the updates at their convenience.
Three takes on getting started with trailer telematics
The growing technology segment is getting complicated. Here are tips for navigating it.
Could an air-free commercial truck tire be a reality?
What if you didn’t have to worry about inflation at all? What if your tires were ready to roll any time?
Behind Meritor’s strategy to meet evolving fleet demands
Push a button, get what we want. That’s our expectation as consumers, and we bring that expectation to work with us.
When the truck service problem is that you don’t know what the problem is
“There’s something wrong with this truck.” That’s the driver’s complaint, but the real problem is that there’s nothing wrong with the truck, according to the diagnostics. No fault codes, no dash lights, nothing. The driver can describe the symptoms, but now your tech has to hunt for the cause of the problem before she can