Mahle provides aftermarket business update, looks toward future
In a recent online address, Mahle Aftermarket provided a business update and charted its mapped out a course for the coming years. The German supplier describes itself as “resuming the growth course of the preceding years” after the market hitches caused by COVID-19. Mahle says its focus is on four strategic areas: the digitalization of
Time to take truck data rights seriously
Let’s get a hard data truth out of the way: You probably don’t own your truck’s data. You know those giant end-user license agreements (EULAs) that you scroll through and accept? Yeah, those are reason you don’t own your truck data. But you should have a say (a BIG say) in how that data is
Finding focus in your truck data usage
Truck data and telematics can be overwhelming. The chaos of the road is transcribed in digital zeroes and ones that appear on your telematics dashboards, and if you don’t know what challenge you need to overcome, the data overload is real. The first step in finding your fleet management focus is taking a deep breath.
How the new offerings from Mack Trucks aim to meet demand in both the present and the future
Amid a year fraught with challenges, Mack Trucks managed to make a splash in two areas of the truck market in 2020: with the LR Electric refuse truck, and its re-entry into the medium-duty market with the MD6 and MD7 lines. Jonathan Randall, Mack Trucks senior vice president of North American sales and commercial operations,
Traton Group, Navistar complete merger
The Traton Group has successfully completed its merger with Navistar and now holds all Navistar common shares, the companies announced. Navistar is to be delisted and deregistered with the SEC during the month of July. A strategic alliance has been in place between Traton and Navistar since 2017, and as a new brand of the
The impact of electric trucks, technology on service
Electric trucks might grab all the attention, but the question of how the truck service process is evolving reaches beyond battery electric equipment. There will be changes as electric trucks enter the market, to be sure, but change has already taken hold of the truck service process—from increasingly advanced remote diagnostics to complex logistics systems
Detroit DD13 Gen 5 engine offers uptime-focused features for vocational and on-highway
The Detroit DD13 engine is now available with new features and power ratings with changes to the engine focused on efficiency, robustness and thermal management, all of which contribute to a low total cost of ownership (TCO) and maximum uptime, according to the manufacturer. As such, the 13-liter DD13 is suited for both on-highway and
Conversations that connect to trucking solutions
Understanding the latest truck technology and how data can be used to better your fleet practices is difficult. Here’s my trick: I talk with a lot of people who know way more about it than I do. Have enough of those conversations and some of that expertise tends to rub off on you. You start
How the right vocational truck suspension spec can improve driver comfort
Given the amount of time drivers of vocational trucks spend in their vehicles, ride quality is critical to keeping them comfortable, notes Bryan Redeker, power suspensions product manager at SAF-Holland. “Some vocational trucks spend the majority of their operating time traversing uneven and rough roads, so poor ride quality can lead to discomfort, back issues
Peterbilt GM Jason Skoog talks next-gen 579 truck technology, fuel efficiency
The technology you can’t see in today’s trucks is just as important as the technology you can. The next-gen Peterbilt 579 first impression is striking—from the improved aerodynamic design that offers a 7% fuel efficiency gain over the previous iteration when spec’d with a PACCAR powertrain, according to the OEM, to the 15-in. digital driver
