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What the right data can tell you about aftertreatment issues

You start to realize the power of data analysis when it starts to make your life easier, your decisions clearer. So let’s start with one of your biggest service pain points: aftertreatment systems. The words alone probably makes your stomach sink and your skin crawl, but they don’t have to. With the right data, you

Integrated heavy-duty truck service data

You’re already collecting a huge amount of truck service data—the problem is that it’s often siloed. It’s like filling up four kiddie pools instead of a nicely constructed in-ground pool in the backyard. To improve your service operation, you’re going to need to mix all the data together to see what insight bubbles to the

Quick advice for integrating service data within your fleet

Integrating operational and efficiency data points into your heavy-duty truck service software can make the difference between a heavy-duty truck being down for hours instead of days. Check out this rundown of quick data-centric advice to boost your service process. And click here to read our in-depth integrated truck service data story if you missed

From data’s role in decision-making to the machine learning of tomorrow: What it all means

Make no mistake: There is no technology that will allow your fleet to manage itself. Just as a driverless truck likely won’t be seen within our lifetimes, there won’t be a magical “manage my fleet” button to push so that you can sit back and monitor data dashboards. Technology might make fleet management more efficient,

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Volvo Group Venture Capital invests in wireless electric charging

Volvo Group Venture Capital AB, a subsidiary of the Volvo Group, has invested in Momentum Dynamics Inc., a a Philadelphia-based company developing and commercializing high-power inductive charging for the automotive and transportation industries, especially suitable for commercial electric, autonomous and connected vehicles. “Momentum Dynamics’ technology and competence within inductive bi-directional transmission of electrical energy and

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LithiumHub.com announces new jump starter battery for diesel engines up to 16 liters

LithiumHub.com has introduced the JumpBooster JP30 a new jump starter battery that the company says is designed specifically to jump start heavy-duty diesel trucks instantly. The unit weighs in at 11 lbs. and produces a full 3,000 peak cranking amps, more than enough to start any diesel truck engine up to 16 liters in displacement according

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Navistar CEO Troy Clarke on market strategy, new truck technology and meeting customer needs

Results. Sit down with Troy Clarke, Navistar’s president and chief executive officer, to talk about anything and everything from Navistar’s strategy for grabbing more market share to developing next-gen truck equipment to the growth potential of Navistar stock and it all comes back to a single simple statement: “Helping our customers make more money.” “Let’s

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PacLease added 17 new locations in 2018

PacLease reports a strong year in 2018, having opened 17 new leasing locations. According to Mike Willey, PACCAR Leasing’s assistant general manager, this past year saw PacLease grow its market share in the lease/rental market, adding 30% more medium- and heavy-duty units. A strong rental market indicates positive growth in 2019, the company added. “Seventeen new

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Freightliner Trucks touts new vocational truck option paired with Cummins X12 engine

Freightliner Trucks will showcase a new option for the first time at World of Concrete: The Freightliner 114SD concrete mixer spec’d with the new Cummins X12 engine. Up to 600 lbs. lighter than other medium-bore engines in the 10-13 liter category, the Cummins X12 engine is made to increase payload and productivity, the OEM reported.

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Navistar’s CEO Troy Clarke on the Traton strategic alliance

Last year, Navistar and Traton Group (then known as Volkswagen Truck and Bus) closed their strategic alliance, which included an equity investment in Navistar by Traton Group and framework agreements for a procurement joint venture and strategic technology and supply collaboration. We’ve seen the fruits of that partnership already in the International A26 engine, a

Fuel-saving equipment continues to pay off

As diesel prices stabilized around $3 per gallon last year and the driver shortage started to show its full impact on the industry, operational costs have trended toward increasing wages and bonuses to attract qualified drivers. The driver shortage continues to be the top-ranked issue in American Transportation Research Institute’s (ATRI) Top Industry Issues report.

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Peterbilt shows off all-electric medium-duty Model 220EV

At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Peterbilt Motors Co. pulled the curtain off of its all-electric medium duty Model 220EV. The zero emission 220EV is powered by two TransPower battery packs with a total of 148 kWh and a Meritor Blue Horizon two speed drive eAxle. It features a range of 100 miles and