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In 2015, Heavy Duty Trucking Magazine made an effort to increase video content so online readers could have high-quality, hands-on looks at some of the year’s most important equipment and technologies.
With the Ultimate Test Drive video series, featuring tests of 2015's newest trucks, and our Focus On... series, HDT produced original videos made for the people who live and breathe trucking.
Here is a list of the 5 most popular videos of the year:
In this video, we test Mack's 13-liter MP8 engine. It may be small in stature, but it's big on performance. It delivers 505 horsepower and 1,860 lb-ft of torque, which is more than enough to pull 138,000 lbs through the mountains on B.C.'s Vancouver Island.
Equipment Editor Jim Park takes the new Western Star 5700XE to the Nevada desert to put the truck through its paces on tough roads and steep grades.
The Walmart Advanced Experience concept truck may be futuristic-looking but by using many of the latest efficient technologies, it gives us a glimpse of what could be possible today.
Peterbilt showed off its take on autonomous vehicle technologies to reporters at the Texas Motor Speedway. The "advanced driver assist systems" are the "cruise control of the future" and a "stepping stone to autonomous vehicles."
In this "Focus On" video, HDT Equipment Editor Jim Park gets a front-seat feel of Daimler Trucks North America's concept Inspiration Truck and the Highway Pilot autonomous control system in action.
When the unexpected happens, how you react to, and deal with operational blind spots is critical. Here’s how to keep you recovery on track, when nothing is normal.
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As fleets adopt artificial intelligence for routing, maintenance, and load matching, new security risks are emerging. Learn where the vulnerabilities are and how to put the right controls in place.
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The long-awaited registration system promises a single portal — and tighter fraud controls.
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CargoNet reports fewer supply chain crime events to start 2026. But losses hold steady as organized crime shifts tactics toward impersonation schemes and high-value goods.
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Heavy Duty Trucking is searching for forward-looking leaders at trucking fleets as nominations for HDT’s Truck Fleet Innovators 2026. Deadline is May 15.
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Cargo theft rings plant operatives as drivers inside legitimate, fully vetted carriers, then execute coordinated thefts that look like a traditional straight theft from the outside.
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A modest sequential increase capped the strongest quarterly performance in years, signaling continued freight momentum in early 2026.
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More than 300 carriers across 26 states have been sent to collections as the Ohio Turnpike cracks down on toll evasion and delinquent payments.
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The American Transportation Research Institute will examine driver coaching, regulatory impacts — including the "Beyond Compliance" concept —and weather disruptions that shape trucking operations.
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Fleet Advantage's Brian Antonellis says it's time for fleets to get back to the fundamentals of good maintenance practices. And that includes replacing older, inefficient equipment.
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