April 2022

How Do Autonomous Trucks “See” the World?

How do driverless trucks know where they are and what’s around them? We look at the pros and cons of lidar/camera/radar-based and GPS/camera-based ADS.

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In This Issue

For Central Oregon Truck Company, safety is all-encompassing. It begins with an extensive new...

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How Central Oregon Truck Company Stays on Top of Safety

100 Years of Covering Trucking: '40s Through the '60s

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100 Years of Covering Trucking: '40s Through the '60s

Autonomous truck are coming, but not fast, despite what some headlines promise.

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Autonomous Trucks Will Roll in Slow [Commentary]

Traton’s goal is for 50% of its long-haul trucks to be zero-emission by 2030 — provided the...

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Global News Roundup: Europe Urged to Accelerate Move to Carbon-Neutral

Backed-up trucks waiting on repairs can be a major bottleneck.

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Truck Triage: Creating Order Out of Chaos

Whether you set rates by hours or miles, set them based on your trucking business.

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Are You Setting Your Trucking Fleet's Rates the Right Way?

Navistar exceeded its goal of 20 Fleetrite store openings in 2021 and is on track to have 50...

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Navistar Increases Focus on the Aftermarket

Maxed out at 140,000 lbs., this Peterbilt Model 567 was the perfect test bed for the new Paccar TX-18 Pro automated transmission. - Photo: Jack Roberts

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Driving Paccar’s TX-18 Transmission: An Iron Fist in a Velvet Glove

To combat the parts shortage, Rihm looked outside her normal part procurement channels to...

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Top Dealers Face Challenges, Look to the Future

Some economists are skeptical that the Fed’s moves to address inflation will work, because the...

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Trucking’s Inflation Worries Go Beyond Fuel

HDT Editor in Chief Deborah Lockridge explores the factors driving fuel spikes.

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What’s Behind High Fuel Prices? [Commentary]