
Research by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has found that most front crash prevention systems do not work as well at preventing crashes when the vehicle about to be impacted is small, like a motorcycle, or large like a medium- or heavy-duty truck.
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Western Star is now including added safety features as standard equipment on its vocational trucks, the 47X and the 49X. Detroit Assurance Active Brake Assist and a backup safety system are now added.
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Autonomous-truck-tech company TuSimple is in the process of shutting down its U.S. business and pulling back to its China operations, but a shareholder lawsuit is seeking to block it from leaving with what it alleges are stolen corporate trade secrets, some vital to national security.
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ZF Aftermarket said it is expanding its ZF [pro]Academy training and will be adding 40 new modules this year.
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Samsara Inc. has filed a lawsuit claiming that Motive Technologies Inc. has been illegally copying its intellectual property, from copying its connected-vehicle and dashcam technology to mimicking its branding messages. Motive denied the allegations.
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As the U.S. economy stuttered along in 2023 toward a hoped-for “soft landing,” trucking struggled. But many economic and trucking industry analysts believe 2024 is looking up.
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The American Transportation Research Institute is surveying motor carriers and owner-operators to detail the consequences of driver detention.
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Wave Charging will deploy its 500kW ultra-fast BEV wireless charging system in the Midwest in a cold climate.
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Volvo calls its new VNL Class 8 tractor a “completely reimagined” truck, with improvements in fuel efficiency, driver comfort and productivity, safety, uptime, and connectivity.
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Kodiak’s first freight transfer point at a Ryder facility enables the planned deployment of driverless trucks to and from Houston, Texas.
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