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Blockchain is a much-discussed, but poorly understood technological platform that its advocates say could revolutionize trucking and logistics by sweeping away many of the inefficiencies that plague fleet operations.
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Starting January 2020, fleets that employ commercially licensed drivers will be required to use the FMCSA's new Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse. What will be required and when? How much will it cost? HDT answers these and other questions.
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Despite efforts to improve heavy vehicle safety, an analysis of U.S. crashes shows that heavy vehicle crash rates continue to rise.
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There’s no question that battery-electric commercial vehicles are on the horizon and John Bennett, the vice-president and chief technology officer at Meritor, says exact predictions about the growth of electric trucks are not important.
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Blockchain technology has been a hot topic at many industry conferences over the last few years.The technology offers loads of promise for the supply chain, but we’re not quite there yet.
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At its Technology Summit, Volvo Trucks North America highlighted a number of new products and upgrades, including a glimpse of an all-electric Class 8 VNR slated for production next year.
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Mismatched duals on truck drive axles and trailers can chew up tires and a fleet’s bottom line. Luckily, the fix is fairly simple.
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Trucking Under the Influence is an investigative series by Heavy Duty Trucking examining the impact of illegal drug use by drivers amid current trends of marijuana legalization, opioid addiction, a rise in cocaine use, and changes in driver drug-testing regulations and technology.
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A recent study found a higher rate of drug use by prospective drivers than was previously believed to be the case. Part three of HDT's Trucking Under the Influence series on drugs and the trucking industry.
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The interest in truck-mounted concrete pumps continues to grow amid the push for ever-higher productivity gains on modern construction sites.
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