Seeing the Solution: Volvo Trucks North America President Peter Voorhoeve is focused on producing the right tool for the job
The former head of Volvo Group Australia, Peter Voorhoeve, was named Volvo Trucks North America President last September, and he was thrown into an industry where today’s talking points include electric trucks and automated driver assistance systems that will lead to higher levels of self-driving technology.
Self driven: Dr. Wilfried Achenbach leads DTNA’s engineers into the automated unknown
Dr. Wilfried Achenbach has a unique perspective on developing advanced safety systems. But it’s not the one you might expect from Daimler Trucks North America’s senior vice president of engineering and technology.
Are you retreading your tires? Maybe you should be
The fact of the matter is that while 90% of fleets with 1,000 or more trucks retread tires, at the other end of the spectrum, only 34% of fleets with one to four trucks and 55% of fleets with five to 24 trucks retread.
DTNA Pres., CEO Roger Nielsen stops talking about truck technology ‘What if’ and starts talking about ‘What is’
Had Roger Nielsen been holding a microphone, he might as well have dropped it at the end of his presentation. Instead, he’s wired up with one of those hands-free, barely-there microphones that live on a TED Talk stage, which is fitting because the bevy of announcements that Daimler Trucks North America’s (DTNA) president and chief
Hino Trucks positions its XL Series in the Class 7, 8 markets for continued growth
Stepping into Hino Trucks’ new corporate office in Novi, Mich., feels more like walking through the doors of a slick Silicon Valley operation than a typical truck manufacturer. Employees collaborate on curved couches and congregate around a long kitchen-like table near the espresso machine, which is no doubt fueling conversation. An open wooden slat staircase takes
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
Truck data opportunities, the challenges of reality and what it all means with Geotab CEO Neil Cawse
What it all means In the telematics world, data is data. The difference is how you use it. “The problem with telematics today is that it gives you reams of information at the end of every month—how fast trucks traveled to customers; how much time they spent there; even how often the drivers wore their
Geotab CEO Neil Cawse on data and how connectivity goes beyond the digital
Sit down with Neil Cawse, Geotab’s chief executive officer, and suddenly a world of possibilities opens up before you as the conversation spins through heady stuff like how babies’ brains develop or how the stars in a galaxy relate to each other and how that all corresponds with trucking. Clearly, Neil isn’t thinking just one
Spend a day in the life of Meritor’s DriveForce customer support team
Paul Kosciolek starts his day juggling schedules. The fleet customer he had lined up for an 8:30 a.m. meeting won’t be ready until 10:00. So he thinks of an alternative.
New truck, new Class: Hino Trucks XL Series makes its Class 8 market debut
For Hino Trucks, coming into the Class 8 market was a decision that was not made lightly. “There haven’t been a lot of new players in the Class 8 market in a long time; there’s a well-established product offering in the marketplace today,” said Glenn Ellis, senior vice president of customer experience for Hino Trucks,
Visions of the Future: Kenworth’s Mike Dozier weighs in on today’s truck equipment trends
There is no magic bullet. Whether it’s the most advanced equipment and technology of today or the dreamed-up solutions of tomorrow, not a single piece of equipment or technology is going to solve all of a fleet’s challenges. Trucks are, and continue to be, specialized tools. You buy a hammer when you need to pound
Inside the UPS Rolling Laboratory
UPS will try anything once. With trucks of all sizes sporting its signature brown in applications that start at the first mile and end at the last mile, UPS has been building business cases for the latest and greatest equipment since its founding in 1907. Instead of waiting for equipment manufacturers to ask, “What do
