Leaner and meaner: Cummins readies the X12 engine for the road
Late last summer, just before Cummins unveiled its Class 7 all-electric concept truck, the engine OEM took journalists through a tour of its technical center, an incubator for the hatching the next generation of powertrain technologies. We walked through corridors of testing bays. The rumbling of super-secret prototype engines being put through rigorous testing procedures
Truck-Lite releases Roadmax LED headlights for medium-duty trucks
Truck-Lite Co. LLC has added the Roadmax headlight system for the medium-duty market to its line of custom LED headlight products. The Roadmax system is now available as a factory-installed option on new Freightliner M2 models 106 and 112 and the Thomas Built C2 bus, and as a retrofit on previous generations. Truck-Lite’s LED headlights
PacLease strengthens PacCentral emergency roadside assistance program
PacLease, the full-service truck rental and leasing division for Kenworth and Peterbilt trucks, has strengthened its emergency roadside assistance program, PacCentral. The program is evolving into a proactive service to reduce and keep downtime to a minimum for PacLease customers, the company says. “With remote diagnostics that have been provided in our customers’ vehicles since
Writing the rules of the autonomous road
Welcome to 2017—the future is coming fast and furiously. In the trucking industry, automated truck technology has gone from sci-fi-esque, space age technology to an equipment reality. The next challenge is how to bring that technology to today’s highways. Last September, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) published its “Federal Automated Vehicle Policy: Accelerating
Zonar introduces Connect, an ELD-ready tablet
Zonar has introduced Connect, a rugged ELD-ready tablet for fleets which, according to Zonar, delivers management tools for commercial vehicle operations including compliance, safety and efficiency monitoring. According to Zonar, Connect is always connected whether it is docked or undocked representing a significant milestone in smart fleet management. For example, a driver can submit a completed EVIR inspection back to
MiX Telematics launches ELD-ready solutions for oil and gas industry
MiX Telematics has introduced ELD-ready solutions for U.S. oil and gas companies. MiX Telematics’s fleet management platform, MiX Fleet Manager, is ELD-ready and supports the FMCSA’s current requirements for performance, design and technical specifications. It combines with the company’s recently launched MiX Journey Management, a journey risk management solution for US oil and gas companies that’s integrated with a
Watch: FE’s On the Road Season 1 Supercut
Last year, Fleet Equipment traveled the globe to take stock of the latest and greatest equipment in the trucking industry, and we gave you a passenger seat view. Cameras in tow, we detailed the spec’s and talked to the men and women who were responsible for bring today’s truck technology to life. Check out our
Volvo VHD model to help evaluate U.S. roads
Beginning this month, researchers at the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI) will use a Volvo VHD 430 vocational model outfitted with highly specialized instrumentation to help evaluate the safety of highway surfaces in several U.S states. The project, funded by the Federal Highway Administration, will analyze continuous stretches of pavement to determine whether improving highway
Detroit Radiator Corp.’s truck tour hits the road
Detroit Radiator Corp., a Romulus, Mi.-based distributor of aftermarket cooling products for trucks, has launched what it’s calling the “Party with DR-Cool” event. DR-Cool is the company’s 18-wheeler that is being put to use as a mobile marketing unit. The truck goes all over the country to industry trade shows, and serves as a showcase for
Are you ready for the ELD mandate? This infographic might help
Omnitracs LLC has created an educational infographic, entitled “ELD Benefits Beyond Compliance,” to provide fleet managers and drivers with pivotal information about the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) highly-anticipated electronic logging devices (ELD) mandate. In advance of the mandate publish date, the easy-to-read infographic sheds light on benefits of the pending government regulation, while
