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Fleet Managementby Jack RobertsAugust 1, 2024

AI: The Ultimate 'Plug and Play' Technology for Trucking?

In Part 2 of HDT's "Rise of the Robots" series on artificial intelligence in trucking, we look at how easy AI is to use — in fact, you've probably already been using it for years.

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Fleet ManagementCover Storyby Jack RobertsJuly 22, 2024

Understanding AI in Trucking

The first in a series of stories detailing the rise of artificial intelligence in the trucking industry looks at the basics: What is AI? How does it work? What does it do?

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Fleet Managementby StaffJuly 11, 2024

Drop the Data Silos: How Fleet Managers Can Find Actionable Insights

When data is fragmented and in silos, it can lead to data paralysis. Find out how today's unified fleet management/telematics platforms can unlock insights for heavy-duty trucking fleets.

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Kelly Ratchinsky with Calstart.
Fuel Smartsby Jim ParkJuly 5, 2024

Q&A: Hydrogen Infrastructure Funding with Calstart

Calstart's technical project manager for hydrogen infrastructure, Kelly Ratchinsky, talks to HDT about the organization's role in jump-starting truck hydrogen fueling capacity and infrastructure in California.

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Fuel Smartsby Jim ParkJuly 2, 2024

5 Tips for More Efficient Refrigeration of Cargo

How can motor carriers reduce energy consumption while maintaining the temperatures required for safe transport of perishable products by truck or tractor-trailer?

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Fleet Managementby Jonathan Colbert, VolteraJuly 2, 2024

The Economics of Commercial Fleet Electrification: Balancing Cost and Sustainability

Jonathan Colbert, VP marketing at Voltera, offers insights from ACT Expo 2024 on factors affecting electric-vehicle total cost of ownership for commercial vehicle fleets, why the use case matters, and the role of incentives in driving adoption.

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Equipmentby Katerina Jones, Fleet AdvantageJuly 1, 2024

From Drive-Thrus to Highways: Understanding Dynamic Truck Pricing

How today’s data technology can help fleets understand the best times to procure — or to sell — trucks at the best pricing.

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Green UNFI tractor-trailer with refrigeration unit (TRU)
Equipmentby Jim ParkJuly 1, 2024

Trends in Truck Transport Refrigeration Units

For refrigerated haulers, reducing GHG emissions means changes to transport refrigeration units, not just trucks.

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Fleet Managementby Deborah LockridgeJune 28, 2024

Turning a Private Fleet Into a Best-of-Class Motor Carrier

Volker Bargenda was given a mission when hired by the company that would become Standard Logistics: Take a well-run private fleet and grow it into a best-in-class trucking operation hauling for outside customers as well as traditional private-fleet freight.

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HDT Truck Fleet Innovator Kyle Neumann with Foodliner truck in background
Fleet Managementby Deborah LockridgeJune 26, 2024

Creating the Next-Generation Tank Trailer

If your fleet operates dry bulk or tanker trailers, there’s a good chance that you might be using some innovative technology and options that Foodliner's Kyle Neumann worked on developing. Learn more about this 2024 HDT Truck Fleet Innovator.

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