Highway fatality numbers are down overall except in cases involving large trucks. According to the latest Department of Transportation statistics, there were 673 fewer highway deaths in 2017 than in 2016.
SambaSafety/Vigillo is developing a new CSA Scorecard that the company will make available to its customers ahead of the FMCSA's eventual rollout of a revised Safety Measurement System for its Carrier Safety Accountability enforcement regime.
Honda has invested $750 million into Cruise, a company focused on building autonomous vehicles. Cruise also has the backing of General Motors.
An independent, third-party study on the Cummins Westport ISX12N 400 hp natural gas engine recently demonstrated that the engine meets and exceeds California Air Resources Board’s (CARB) optional Low NOx standard of 0.02 g/bhp-hr.
The California Air Resources Board has penalized LKQ Corporation for selling used diesel particulate filters, which is illegal in the State of California.
Heavy Duty Trucking magazine is offering a free webinar with experts from Transervice and Trimble Transportation about using data to gain a comprehensive view of fleet maintenance and measuring its impact on fleet operations.
Ford's 2019 Transit Connect wagon improves combined fuel economy by more than 13% with gasoline over the outgoing model, and achieves 30 miles per gallon on the highway when equipped with a new diesel engine, Ford has announced.
“Business has been really good for everyone this year. Everyone has all the freight they can handle. So what do you do with that?” That’s the question McLeod Software President Tom McLeod posed to a crowd of customers in opening remarks at McLeod’s 2018 User Conference in Birmingham, Alabama.
Bendix has acquired the ProSteering steering component remanfuacturer brand from JM Engineered Products, a move that could eventually contribute to advanced driver assistance systems.
Operational costs increased to their highest levels since 2014, driven by rising fuel prices and pay and benefit increases for drivers, according to a new report from the American Transportation Research Institute.
The high- tech, 25,000-sq.-ft.-building in Mecklenburg County replaces the temporary R&D office Yokohama has utilized in Concord, N.C., since 2016.
The new trilateral free-trade deal announced on Sept. 30 is allowing North American trucking operations to breathe easy again.
“Extreme connectivity” is the buzzword at McLeod Software, said President Tom McLeod at the company’s 2018 user conference, whether that’s helping its fleet and broker customers connect with load matching, working with truck makers on how to connect autonomous trucks to real-world fleet business, using blockchain to automate payments, or connecting with products that haven’t even been developed yet.
McLeod Software announced new software integrations with its PowerBroker and LoadMaster fleet management platforms at the company’s Software User Conference in Birmingham, Alabama.
Mike Manley, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles new chief executive, has realigned his leadership team to appoint Reid Bigland to lead the Ram brand of trucks and vans. Bigland returns to a role he held in 2013 and 2014, when the brand saw a nearly 50% growth in sales.
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