Every December at Fleet Equipment we write a “Trend of the Year” piece summing up the year in trucking, and of course, in 2020 the mind immediately leaps to the COVID-19 pandemic. There’s no way around it: Between shutdowns, travel restrictions and affected businesses, the pandemic has shaped everything about this year, both in and out of the business world.
Through it all, trucks had to keep on trucking, and one of the major ways they did that was through an increased reliance on telematics—from tracking to cameras to route planning. That positive development has made for 2020’s truck trend of the year: telematics and visibility.
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