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Our team of enterprising editors bring years of experience covering the fleet industry. We offer a deep understanding of trends and the ever-evolving landscapes we cover in fleet, trucking, and transportation.  

Newsby StaffNovember 5, 2020

Pride Group Enterprises Reserves 150 Tesla Semis

Pride Group Enterprises recently reserved 150 Tesla Electric Semis with the option to increase the order to 500 trucks.

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Newsby StaffNovember 4, 2020

FMCSA Wants Fleet Perspective on Autonomous Trucks

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration wants to learn more about how the trucking industry might integrate trucks with autonomous technology into fleets.

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Newsby StaffNovember 4, 2020

Platform Science, Samsung Work to Improve Tablet-Based In-Cab Solutions

Fleets that want to provide drivers with ruggedized mobile devices, instead of having them use their own smartphones or rely on in-vehicle computers, are the target of the next phase of a collaboration between Platform Science, an internet-of-things fleet management platform, and Samsung Electronics.

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Newsby StaffNovember 4, 2020

Mack Adds Apple CarPlay, Updated Seats to Anthem, Pinnacle, Granite Models

In an effort to improve driver comfort and productivity, Mack Trucks is now adding the availability of Apple CarPlay and Mack Premium Comfort 2.0 seats in Anthem, Pinnacle, and Granite models.

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Newsby StaffNovember 3, 2020

October Class 8 Orders Jump Higher

According to separate ACT Research and FTR reporting, October’s preliminary North American Class 8 orders jumped to 38,900 units and 40,100 units, respectively.

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Newsby StaffNovember 3, 2020

Electric-Truck Pilot in Sweden Slashes Carbon Footprint

A Swedish oat drink company reported it reduced its carbon footprint by 87% on selected routes in its first month using Einride’s electric trucks and freight mobility platform.

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Newsby StaffNovember 3, 2020

All-Electric Peterbilt 579EV Available for Customer Orders

Peterbilt’s battery-electric Model 579EV is now available for customer orders with the OEM’s SmartSpec dealership sales tool.

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Newsby StaffNovember 3, 2020

Survey: Fleets Facing Hours of Service Challenges

A recent survey conducted by the J. J. Keller Center for Market Insights shows that fleets are facing challenges from the recent hours-of-service (HOS) rule changes, while also identifying some benefits to the new rules.

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Newsby StaffNovember 2, 2020

PrePass Grows Alerts to Nearly 2,800 Safety Notifications

The PrePass Safety Alliance announced that PrePass Alerts are now available across the lower 48, with nearly 2,800 notifications that appear in-cab on the PrePass Motion weigh-station bypass app.

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Newsby StaffOctober 30, 2020

Cummins CARE Pushes for Racial Equity

Cummins Inc. has launched Cummins Advocating for Racial Equity, or CARE, highlighting the company’s intent to take a role in undoing systemic discrimination against the Black community in the U.S.

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