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Fleet Management•by Jonathan Colbert, Voltera•July 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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Equipment•by Katerina Jones, Fleet Advantage•July 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)
Equipment•by Jim Park•July 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 Management•by Deborah Lockridge•June 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 Management•by Deborah Lockridge•June 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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Fleet Management•by Deborah Lockridge•June 24, 2024

Bringing Fresh Eyes and New Technology to LTL

HDT Truck Fleet Innovator Nathaniel Klein is using data analytics, artificial intelligence, and other technology to first- and last-mile less-than-truckload operations at Sun Logistics.

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Shane Blanchette, Quality Custom Distribution, HDT Truck Fleet Innovator 2024
Fleet Management•by Deborah Lockridge•June 21, 2024

Electric Trucks a Fit for Innovator Blanchette at QCD

Quality Custom Distribution is adding 45 Volvo VNR Electric trucks and a solar-powered microgrid to its southern California operations, headed up by HDT Truck Fleet Innovator Shane Blanchette.

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Fleet Management•by Deborah Lockridge•June 20, 2024

Custom Software Helps Roehl Stay Ahead

John Paape has overseen the digital transformation of Roehl Transport. The 2024 Truck Fleet Innovator had a tech background and had never worked in transportation logistics before.

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Mercedes-Benz hydrogen-powered Actros truck.
Fuel Smarts•by Jim Park•June 19, 2024

Fuel Cell Trucks: Is Liquid Hydrogen the Way to Go?

Daimler Truck and industrial gas producer Linde have developed a liquid hydrogen storage and fueling technology that will cut weight and add range to hydrogen powered trucks.

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Fleet Management•Cover Story•by Deborah Lockridge•June 17, 2024

Meet HDT's 2024 Truck Fleet Innovators

If you’re doing things the way they’ve always been done, it’s time to ask if there’s a better way. That’s the attitude that has led HDT’s 2024 Truck Fleet Innovators to success.

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