Gorilla Safety enhances GPS technology in its app
Gorilla Safety has developed Gorilla Trax, a technology capable of tracking trucks and trailers, and has added this technology to its fleet-tracking mobile app. According to the company, the technology was developed in an effort to combat inherent limitations of location tracking capabilities in smartphones, which only track users’ locations. Gorilla Safety is also rolling out
Permatex highlights Spray Nine heavy-duty cleaner/degreaser
Permatex highlights its Spray Nine heavy-duty cleaner/degreaser for use in a wide range of tough and hard-to-clean applications on heavy-duty commercial and industrial equipment. According to the company, this cleaner is effective in removing dirt, grease, and tough soils from all types of equipment from off-road construction vehicles to farming and manufacturing equipment, and cleans, degreases, and disinfects
How to ensure top performance from ride control technology
Ride control technology, in the form of shock absorbers, struts, and related products, contributes to ride quality in vehicles. This technology can be specialized to vehicle type and end use to ensure top performance across the wide range of vehicle applications.
Weather Telematics launches E-Horizon weather alert service on Geotab Marketplace
Weather Telematics has announced the E-Horizon Road Weather Hazard Alert Service, which will be available on the Geotab Marketplace. This add-in provides customers with a proactive accident avoidance system that transmits verbal and visual warnings of weather-related road hazards to both dispatchers and drivers. E-Horizon is designed to provide a full toolkit for fleet managers
Detroit readies the DD5 engine for production
Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) announced that it will begin production of Freightliner M2106 trucks equipped with the DD5 engine beginning in October. The DD5 is the newest Detroit engine to be released, and was first announced in late 2014. Detroit also announced that the DD5 engine has received EPA certification, meaning that it has met the 2017
Photo gallery: The 2017 Ford Super Duty
At an event this month in Denver, Colo., Fleet Equipment was given the opportunity for extensive test drives of Ford’s new 2017 Super Duty. The 2017 edition of the Super Duty is the first that the company has designed from the ground up in 18 years. FE Associate Editor Alex Crissey took the new trucks for a
Cummins eyes the future with new X15 Big-Bore diesel engine line
With 2017 looming large, Cummins became the first heavy-duty diesel manufacturer to launch its next generation of big-bore engines at a press event at the Transportation Research Center’s test track and facilities outside of Columbus, Ohio. Cummins gave journalists a sneak-peek at its X15 engines late last year, with the company’s director of on-highway communications,
Autonomous Evasive Maneuver Assist in action: ZF Innovation Truck
Autonomous truck technology is not a fad. ZF, a supplier of driveline, chassis and safety technology, showed off the next step in autonomous technology evolution with its Innovation Truck. Taking autonomous technology to the next level was the unveiling of Evasive Maneuver Assist. A partnership between ZF and WABCO birthed a level two autonomous system
Verizon to acquire Telogis, Fleetmatics
Verizon Communications Inc. has announced that it has signed an agreement to purchase California-based telematics company Telogis Inc. “With a comprehensive enterprise product portfolio and partnerships with some of the world’s leading vehicle and equipment manufacturers, Telogis brings a world-class software platform and new distribution relationships to Verizon Telematics’ already expansive suite of connected vehicle solutions for consumers
Goodyear introduces Armor Max Pro Grade MSD tire
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. has introduced its new Armor Max Pro Grade MSD tire for construction, cement, dump and coal field trucks. “Part of the Goodyear Total Solution for fleets, the Goodyear Armor Max Pro Grade MSD builds on the toughness of the popular Goodyear G177, while providing enhanced traction, miles to removal
