As a licensed commercial driver, HDT senior editor Jack Roberts often reports on ground-breaking technical developments and trends in an industry being transformed by technology. With more than two decades covering trucking, in Truck Tech he offers his insights on everything from the latest equipment, systems and components, to telematics and autonomous vehicle technologies.
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Kevin Baney, Kenworth’s new general manager, is determined to stay focused on customers, even in a time of great technological disruption.
Much of the talk around self-driving trucks has focused on safety enhancements lately. But Waymo's CEO made it clear that trucking nonstop and around-the-clock remains the Holy Grail of tech developers.
Integration and data analytics are turning telematics into a valuable, customizable tool that can improve every part of a fleet’s operations.
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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.
Swedish truck OEM Scania has unveiled an autonomous concept truck without a cab or any accommodation for a driver.
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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.