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Fuel Smartsby Deborah LockridgeJune 11, 2018

Daimler Trucks Demonstrates Truck Platooning

Daimler Trucks North America demonstrated “pairing” of two trucks, what is commonly known as two-truck platooning, at the Capital Market and Technology Day June 6. This fuel-saving technology is also a step on the path to more highly automated vehicles.

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Fleet Managementby David CullenJune 8, 2018

Senate Advances DOT Funding Bill with No Trucking Riders

The Senate version of the THUD bill does not contain any of the riders that trucking interests have been flogging on Capitol Hill, such as provisions for waivers of the electronic logging device rule or to prevent states from pre-empting federal law on meal and rest breaks for truckers

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Maintenanceby StaffJune 8, 2018

TA Brings Retreading to Truck Service Tire Network

TravelCenters of America LLC has purchased a retreading facility in Bowling Green, Ohio — a first for the company that two years ago launched a commercial tire network.

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Equipmentby StaffJune 8, 2018

CFI Accelerates Fleet Modernization Plan By Upping Order for Kenworth T680s

CFI now plans to order 600 new Kenworth T680 over the road long-haul tractors, after revising its 2018 fleet purchase plan up from 500.

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Fuel Smartsby StaffJune 8, 2018

Nikola Starts Hiring Staff for Arizona R&D Center

Nikola Motor has started hiring for its Arizona Research & Development Center that is slated to open in November.

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Driversby StaffJune 8, 2018

Maverick Transportation Offers Student Drivers a Pay Increase

Maverick Transportation has announced a pay raise for student truck drivers as well as a pay plan that takes experience into consideration.

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Driversby StaffJune 7, 2018

KLLM Hikes Pay for Solo, Team Drivers

For the second time this year, KLLM Transport Services has announced a pay increase for company truck drivers, pushing up the pay scale 30% in the past eight months.

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Fleet Managementby StaffJune 7, 2018

Driver Turnover Rises at Large Truckload Carriers

The turnover rate at large truckload carriers increased in the first quarter of 2018, reflecting how fleets are struggling to retain and recruit new drivers as freight demand rises.

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New Connectivity Features from DTNA Boost Access to Truck Data

Two new connectivity-related services from Daimler Trucks North America will allow fleets to create their own electronic logging systems, develop driver scoring apps, and directly access to data on a truck for their backend systems.

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Equipmentby Deborah LockridgeJune 6, 2018

Daimler Trucks North America to Build Electric Cascadia, M2 Trucks

Freightliner Trucks premiered two fully electrified commercial vehicles, a Freightliner eCascadia and a Freightliner eM2 106, during the Daimler Trucks Capital Market and Technology Day.

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