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Fuel SmartsCover Storyby Jim ParkOctober 2, 2023

Electric Truck Progress Report

It would be fair to say, in 2023, that battery-electric Class 8 trucks haven’t exactly taken the market by storm. Why aren't there more battery-electric trucks on the road?

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Safety & Complianceby Deborah LockridgeOctober 2, 2023

Innovation is a State of Mind

If innovation is a state of mind, then these transportation leaders have their heads in the game, says Deborah Lockridge in this commentary.

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Fuel Smartsby Jack RobertsSeptember 29, 2023

What Penske is Learning at its Electric Truck Test Bed

Penske Leasing’s Ontario, California, logistics depot is the company’s premier test facility for light-, medium- and heavy-duty electric trucks.

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Safety & Complianceby Wayne ParhamSeptember 26, 2023

Insurtech: Fleets Reap Insurance Savings, Improve Safety

In recent years, insurers have begun tapping into technology to better understand broad risk profiles of the trucking industry as well as risk associated with their insured fleets. For fleets, insurtech now can lead to reductions in insurance costs.

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Fuel Smartsby Jack RobertsSeptember 22, 2023

Is Renewable Diesel Trucking's Fuel of the Future?

Like biodiesel, renewable diesel uses feedstocks, soybean oil, waste cooking oils and greases as its base ingredient. Unlike biodiesel, it is actually a refined fuel — just like conventional diesel fuel.

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Fleet Managementby Deborah LockridgeSeptember 22, 2023

How Estes is Using Data and AI to Revamp its LTL Operations

Estes Express Lines is using artificial intelligence and near-real-time data to optimize its LTL operations, from first-and-last-mile to linehaul to dock operations.

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Fuel Smartsby Annalloyd Thomason, Natural Gas Vehicle InstituteSeptember 19, 2023

Upgrading Refuse Fleets to CNG: Three Considerations Beyond Economics

Refuse fleets are one of the fastest growing markets for compressed natural gas, primarily because of the significant fuel cost savings that can be realized. The Natural Gas Vehicle Institute offers these key factors refuse fleets need to examine when considering upgrading to CNG.

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Fleet Managementby Deborah LockridgeSeptember 19, 2023

Why Now is the Time for Fleets to Prepare for Transformation

The last few years have been a rollercoaster for the trucking industry, with the Covid-19 pandemic sending the typical freight cycle into unprecedented territory. But now may be the perfect time to prepare your company to be ready, not only for the next freight upswing, but also to take advantage of exponential changes in technology.

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Equipmentby Jim ParkSeptember 18, 2023

Q&A: The State of Autonomous Vehicle Development

Where is the autonomous/self-driving truck industry today? How much longer will we have to wait for Level 4 to mature? What's the holdup? HDT took these questions to autonomous-technology experts from Daimler Trucks and Torc Robotics.

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Fleet Managementby StaffSeptember 15, 2023

How Wilson Logistics Slashed Comebacks With Communications Tech

A new means of communicating has empowered drivers, technicians and fleet managers alike at Wilson Logistics.

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