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Detroit Engines: Trusted Performance, Built for What's Next

The Detroit® Gen 6 engine platform proves that real progress doesn’t require a complete redesign. Built on 20 years of trusted technology, these engines are designed for efficiency, stronger performance, and greater reliability than before. And they do it all while complying with 2027 EPA standards on every mile.

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Newsby StaffNovember 17, 2020

Fleet Safety Experience Continues with Award-Winning Safety Program, New HOS Rules

The all-virtual Fleet Safety Experience, a counterpart of Fleet Safety Conference, will continue to bring you more medium- and heavy-duty-focused sessions this week, including a session on an award-winning fleet safety program and one on the ins and outs of the latest Hours of Service updates.

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Newsby StaffNovember 16, 2020

Non-Profit, Fleet Partners Launch Truck of the Future Initiative

Non-profit Together for Safer Roads (TSR), along with a collective of fleets including Anheuser Busch InBev, PepsiCo, and Republic Services, recently announced the Truck of the Future project, a program to reduce large truck collisions.

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Newsby Jack RobertsNovember 13, 2020

Daimler Showcases Second-Generation Autonomous Freightliner Cascadia

Daimler Trucks zeros in on driver safety and freight efficiency as its main autonomous technology goals.

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Articlesby Jim ParkNovember 10, 2020

The Clock is Ticking on Canadian ELD Compliance

American carriers that operate into Canada are running out of time to procure an electronic logging device that complies with Canadian regulations.

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Articlesby Jim ParkNovember 6, 2020

ELDs Enhance Productivity, Driver Satisfaction

Productivity and efficiency can be greatly enhanced through better and closer management. That once cost time and money; then ELDs came along.

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ArticlesNovember 6, 2020

4 Ways to Know if Personal Conveyance is Being Used Correctly

Carriers are right to be concerned about managing personal conveyance, and drivers who misuse personal conveyance are essentially creating false logs.

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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 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 Deborah LockridgeOctober 30, 2020

Daimler Partners with Lidar Company on Autonomous-Truck Development

Daimler announced a strategic partnership with Luminar Technologies, a provider of automotive lidar hardware and software technology, to address a key enabling technology for autonomous truck operation, or what Daimler calls "highly automated" trucks.

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