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Safety & Complianceby News/Media ReleaseJanuary 26, 2024

IIHS: Better Detection of Large Trucks Would Improve Front Crash Prevention

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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Safety & Complianceby News/Media ReleaseJanuary 26, 2024

Western Star Adds Safety Features to its Vocational Trucks

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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Equipmentby Deborah LockridgeJanuary 25, 2024

TuSimple U.S. Exit Clouded by Autonomous Secrets Scandal

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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Aftermarketby News/Media ReleaseJanuary 25, 2024

ZF Aftermarket Expands [pro]Academy Training

ZF Aftermarket said it is expanding its ZF [pro]Academy training and will be adding 40 new modules this year.

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Fleet Managementby StaffJanuary 24, 2024

Samsara Suit Alleges Patent Infringement by Motive

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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Fleet Managementby Deborah LockridgeJanuary 24, 2024

Cautious Optimism for a Better 2024 for Trucking

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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Fleet Managementby News/Media ReleaseJanuary 23, 2024

ATRI Asks Carriers, Owner-Operators to Participate in Detention Survey

The American Transportation Research Institute is surveying motor carriers and owner-operators to detail the consequences of driver detention.

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Fuel Smartsby News/Media ReleaseJanuary 23, 2024

Wave to Deploy 500kW EV Charger in Cold Climates

Wave Charging will deploy its 500kW ultra-fast BEV wireless charging system in the Midwest in a cold climate.

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Equipmentby Jack RobertsJanuary 23, 2024

'Reimagined' Volvo VNL to be Platform for Future Truck Technologies

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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Fleet Managementby News/Media ReleaseJanuary 23, 2024

Ryder and Kodiak Open Truckport for Autonomous Trucks in Houston

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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