Geotab Drive for Mack Trucks enables cloud-based ELD compliance
Mack Trucks announced that Geotab Drive for Mack Trucks leverages cloud computing via Geotab to deliver reliable Electronic Logging Data (ELD) and compliance services.
Mack Trucks extended chassis fairings boost Anthem fuel efficiency
Mack Trucks aims to further increase the Mack Anthem model’s fuel efficiency with the addition of an all-new extended chassis fairing option. Integrated into the Anthem model’s existing fairings, the new option directs air more smoothly around the rear axles to improve fuel efficiency by up to 0.5%, according to the OEM.
Watch: Mack Trucks talks truck sales, technology
Jonathan Randall, senior vice president of sales and marketing for Mack Trucks, took the stage at the ATA MCE in San Diego to provide a market and Mack product update.
Volvo Trucks, Geotab partner to streamline ELD compliance
Volvo Trucks has partnered with Geotab to provide an integrated electronic logging device (ELD) solution for all Volvo-powered trucks model-year 2015 and newer.
Watch: Volvo Trucks North America President gives industry update
At the American Trucking Assications’ Management Conference & Exhibition in San Diego, Calif., Volvo Trucks North America President Peter Voorhoeve gave an industry and heavy-duty truck market update.
Watch: Peterbilt 579 Epiq Ultraloft Blackout exterior package walk-around
Fleet Equipment had the chance to walk through the Peterbilt 579 Epiq package Ultraloft decked out with its Blackout exterior package at the PACCAR engine plant in Columbus, Miss.
Watch: Peterbilt 567 ride-along
At the PACCAR engine plant in Columbus, Miss., Tony Sablar, Peterbilt Motors Co.’s vocational marketing segment manager, takes us for a ride in a Peterbilt 567 dump truck powered by a PACCAR MX-13 engine, sporting air disc brakes and a Bendix advanced collision mitigation system. Sablar talks through the feature benefits and highlights the growing
Photo gallery: Inside the PACCAR engine plant
The Columbus, Miss., PACCAR engine manufacturing plant opened in 2010 and began producing 25 MX-13 engines a day. Today, the plant churns out approximately 180 engines a day, with the bulk of the builds made up by the MX-13, and approximately 25 MX-11 engines per day. Fleet Equipment went behind the scenes, camera in hand,
Drivers’ reactions to video and technology
Historically, drivers have been painted as technology adverse. Is that the case today? Also, video seems to be the new frontier in telematics—what’s driving that?
The people piece of the technology puzzle
As new technology and change enters the workplace, what are some managing tips that help ease those growing pains?
Trimble experts talk transparently about your toughest trucking questions
Fleet Equipment has gathered strategy experts from all throughout Trimble Transportation to answer your toughest questions about data, privacy, artificial intelligence and more.
Improving your communication with dealer service locations to reduce downtime
As a fleet manager, you’ve probably asked your service provider dozens of questions already today, and the only answer more frustrating than the answer you didn’t want to hear is not hearing an answer at all.
