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Fleet Managementby StaffFebruary 19, 2019

ATA Truck Tonnage Index Rebounds in January

ATA's seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index rebounded from small drop in December, increasing 2.3% for the month of January.

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Fuel Smartsby StaffFebruary 19, 2019

Volvo Delivers First Electric Trucks to Customers in Sweden

Volvo’s promised FL Electric trucks have finally made their way to customers in Sweden in refuse and delivery applications.

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Equipmentby Jim ParkFebruary 19, 2019

Daimler Trucks North America Sold Out for 2019

In a seeming repeat of last year's performance, Daimler Trucks North America said it is effectively sold out for the remainder of the 2019 model year. The company sold a record 175,950 units in 2018. It was the largest year ever for retail sales in the history of the company, said Richard Howard, DTNA’s senior vice president – sales and marketing.

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Fuel Smartsby StaffFebruary 15, 2019

Smart Hybrid Trucks to Silently Deliver to McDonald’s Locations in Stockholm

The city of Stockholm, Sweden, banned trucks from making deliveries at night to reduce noise levels. But a new pilot program will test quieter hybrid trucks for overnight deliveries to McDonald's restaurants in the area.

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Fuel Smartsby Jim ParkFebruary 15, 2019

AeroX Package Boosts Freightliner Cascadia Fuel Efficiency by 5%

With new aerodynamic options and upgrades, the New Cascadia tractor is now 35% more fuel-efficient than the first-generation Cascadia rolled out in 2007.

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Fleet Managementby Jack RobertsFebruary 14, 2019

Q&A: NACFE Celebrates a Decade of Profiling New Technologies

Mike Roeth, executive director of the North American Council for Freight Efficiency, sat down and talked to HDT about what the last 10 years have been like showcasing and validating new trucking technology and what he thinks the next decade will bring.

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Equipmentby StaffFebruary 14, 2019

HDT Announces Top 20 Products for 2019

Heavy Duty Trucking magazine announced its 2019 Top 20 Products, highlighting the most innovative, significant, and useful new product announcements from last year.

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Fleet Managementby StaffFebruary 13, 2019

NFI Acquires Intermodal Brokerage Company SCR

Supply chain solutions provider NFI has acquired SCR, an intermodal focused brokerage company in a move to enhance its suite of end-to-end supply chain solutions.

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Fleet Managementby StaffFebruary 13, 2019

International Makes Bendix Wingman Fusion Standard on All On-Highway Tractors

International Truck is now offering the Bendix Wingman Fusion collision mitigation technology as standard equipment across its entire lineup of on-highway tractors, including the International LoneStar, LT Series, and RH Series trucks.

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Driversby Deborah LockridgeFebruary 13, 2019

When Labor Rules and Trucker Hours of Service Collide

Drivers could be entitled to earn minimum wage for all hours worked – even during waiting periods officially entered as "off duty" or “sleeper berth” in log books – depending on the outcome of a case that could eventually have national implications.

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