Continental develops sensor-based digital load monitoring for commercial vehicles
Continental has developed an On-Board Weighing System (OBWS) that records and displays the weight of commercial vehicles, including trailers and semitrailers. The company says further functions make it possible to increase efficiency beyond the specifications of EU Directive 2015/719, which will go into effect in May 2021. The directive requires EU member states to measure
Volvo names new head of global truck production organization
Jens Holtinger has been appointed as head of Volvo‘s global truck production organization and member of the Volvo executive board. He will replace Jan Ohlsson, who will retire. Holtinger will take on his position as of Oct. 1. Holtinger began his career at the Volvo Group in 1995. He has held many senior positions within
Dependable Highway Express pilots Volvo VNR electric heavy-duty trucks
Dependable Highway Express (DHE) has received two Volvo VNR Electric trucks, the first battery-electric Class 8 trucks to join DHE’s fleet in southern California. The electric trucks will be added to DHE’s existing fleet of more than 500 Volvo trucks operating across North America. Deployed as part of the Volvo LIGHTS (Low Impact Green Heavy
TruckSuite now offering Noregon TripVision Uptime application
TruckSuite LLC is now offering Noregon’s remote diagnostic application, TripVision Uptime. Noregon just launched TripVision Uptime powered by its own proprietary on-board hardware device called the ND2. TruckSuite says Noregon has been working with the company to make sure that its customer base would have easy access to the remote diagnostic application once it was
Omnitracs announces intent to acquire SmartDrive
Omnitracs, LLC and SmartDrive have entered into a definitive agreement for Omnitracs to acquire SmartDrive. “By integrating SmartDrive’s unparalleled transportation intelligence platform, video safety hardware and risk analysis service offering with the Omnitracs One platform, we can deliver a converged solution built on AI and ML that redefines the future of commercial transportation today. Real-time
Answering your tire pressure management questions
You’ve heard the stats: tires are the second-highest annual cost for the average fleet, behind fuel; and a major component of that is tire pressure. But why is that, and what can you do about it? FE spoke with many major players in the truck tire industry to answer your biggest questions about tire pressure
An overview of the TPMS and ATIS offerings
There is a wide variety of tire inflation technology available, both in TPMS and ATIS form. Let’s take a quick look at some of the offerings.
Maximizing trailer capacity: Time is the crucial factor
For delivery fleets that make multi-stop runs, a constant challenge is to meet all daily delivery requirements while making the least number of trips possible—a benefit that keeps costs low and customer satisfaction high. Trailer utilization is, of course, key to achieving this goal, but an unfortunate reality is that fleet managers often underestimate the
Fleet Profile: Queen Transportation & Logistics
Since 2006, the family-owned Queen Transportation & Logistics has been focused on providing shippers with trucking and logistics services they can always trust, notes Daniel Queen, the fleet’s vice president. “Our customers appreciate our ‘whatever-it-takes’ spirit and our expertise in meeting their transportation needs,” Queen says. “What really sets us apart from the competition, however,
Inside the truck data integration: Volvo Trucks, Geotab
Every truck data integration is different. That’s true whether you’re integrating your own data with new telematics service providers (TSPs) or OEMs are integrating with TSPs, which has been a growing trend over the past couple of months. TSPs are receiving data direct from OEM-installed hardware, but how does it work and what does it
