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Green Continental truck tire.
Fuel Smartsby Jack RobertsMay 28, 2024

Will Future Truck Tires Be Made From Dandelions and Rice Husk Ash?

Finding environmentally friendly substitutes for the materials that go into commercial truck tires is a challenging proposition. But tire makers are pushing the limits of science to find them. Learn more in the second installment of The Quest for Greener Truck Tires.

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Goodyear experimental tire.
Equipmentby Jack RobertsMay 17, 2024

The Quest for Greener Truck Tires

Environmentally friendly heavy-duty truck tires are a tough proposition, both from a manufacturing and usage standpoint. Here's how two global tire companies are working to make tires cleaner and greener.

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Graphic Illustrating Decoding Decarbonization in Trucking
Fuel Smartsby Deborah LockridgeMay 13, 2024

What Are Scope 3 Emissions And Why Should Trucking Companies Care?

A trucking fleet’s Scope 1 emissions are part of a shipper’s Scope 3 emissions.

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Graphic Illustrating Decoding Decarbonization in Trucking
Fuel Smartsby Deborah LockridgeMay 10, 2024

Why Sustainability Matters for Trucking Success

If you're a trucking fleet and your customers haven't asked you yet for information about sustainability and ESG, now's a great time to start preparing answers to the questions that will come.

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Volvo VNL sleeper cab.
Equipmentby Jack RobertsMay 10, 2024

Electric APUs Make Inroads in Trucking

Auxiliary power units on heavy-duty trucks are getting greener, cleaner and more essential for driver recruiting and retention — and they are increasingly electric.

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Three Arka Express tractor-trailers, Freightliner, Volvo, and Peterbilt

How This Fleet's In-Cab Tech Update Enhances Driver Experience

How a change in in-cab technology is saving Arka Express truck drivers time, reducing stress, and improving safety.

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Haim Kanter, vice president, Upstream
Fleet Managementby Jim ParkMay 7, 2024

Q&A: How Hackers Can Exploit Fleet Vehicles

Software-defined vehicles and insecure APIs and mobile services have opened new attack vectors for the bad guys to exploit, from cars to heavy-duty trucks. The threat is real, and it will have a huge impact for fleets. Find out why from cybersecurity expert Haim Kantor.

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Daimler Rizon Class 4-5 electric truck
Equipmentby Jim ParkMay 1, 2024

Daimler's Electric Rizon Truck Does the eCanter Proud

Rizon Trucks made its Canadian debut in April. HDT’s Jim Park was there to take the new medium-duty electric truck for a spin.

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Green Nikola hydrogen fuel cell truck at Hyla fueling station
Fuel Smartsby Deborah LockridgeApril 26, 2024

Nikola’s Hydrogen-Truck Fueling Strategy

Nikola’s Hyla Energy division is using modular hydrogen refueling stations to help bridge the chicken-and-egg gap between supply and demand for fuel-cell-electric trucks.

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Equipmentby Jack RobertsApril 24, 2024

Great American Trucks: The Mack B Series

World War II was over. The American economy was booming. Mack Trucks needed a workhorse truck fleets could rely on to do any number of jobs. What they delivered became an icon.

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