Each year, Heavy Duty Trucking editors, with the help of a panel of fleet executives, managers and owners, choose the best new and significantly improved products reported on during the year. At the 2026 Technology & Maintenance Council annual meeting in Nashville, Editor and Associate Publisher Deborah Lockridge presented the Top 20 Product trophies to the honorees.
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HDT Honors the Best New Products of 2025 at TMC [Photos]
Junior Barrett, Global Director of Business Development for Clarios, accepts the Top 20 Products award for IdleLess with Battery Manager from Heavy Duty Trucking Editor and Associate Publisher Deborah Lockridge.
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Sam Brackett, Head of Digital Solutions, Americas, at Continental, center, and Trey Thompson, Senior Account Manager, Digital Solutions, accept the Top 20 Products award for Continental's Trailer Tire Monitoring Integration with Samsara from Heavy Duty Trucking Editor and Associate Publisher Deborah Lockridge.
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Lyndon Jones, Vice President, Cummins Engine Business North America Sales and Customer Support, left, and Mark Ulrich, Cummins Director of Customer Support, accept the Top 20 Products award for the 2027 Cummins X15 Engine from Heavy Duty Trucking Editor and Associate Publisher Deborah Lockridge.
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Heavy Duty Trucking Editor and Associate Publisher Deborah Lockridge presents the Top 20 Products award to Hyundai Translead for its upgraded LinkVue trailer camera system.
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Todd Potter, VP of Customer Service for Lite-Check, accepts the HDT Top 20 Products award for the Lite-Check Stryker 1000 trailer diagnostic tool from Heavy Duty Trucking Editor and Associate Publisher Deborah Lockridge.
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Paul Fry, Solutions Architect for McLeod Software, accepts the HDT Top 20 Products award for McLeod's AI-Powered Version 25.2 TMS from Heavy Duty Trucking Editor and Associate Publisher Deborah Lockridge.
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Irene Estrada, Senior Marketing Director, B2B On-Road for Michelin North America, right, accepts the HDT Top 20 Products award for X Line Grip D drive tire from Heavy Duty Trucking Editor and Associate Publisher Deborah Lockridge.
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Paige McIlmoil with Motive accepts the HDT Top 20 Products award for Motiv AI Answers from Heavy Duty Trucking Editor and Associate Publisher Deborah Lockridge.
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Pramod Akkarachittor, Chief Product Office for Netradyne, right, accepts the HDT Top 20 Products award for the Driver•i D-810 from Heavy Duty Trucking Editor and Associate Publisher Deborah Lockridge.
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Jason Hedman, JPro Commercial Vehicle Diagnostics Product Manager, accepts the HDT Top 20 Products award for Noregon's JPro Clean Truck Check Pre-scan from Heavy Duty Trucking Editor and Associate Publisher Deborah Lockridge.
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James Grier, Director of Fleet Service at Nussbaum Transportation, accepts the HDT Top 20 Products award on behalf of Nussbaum Technology for its BidRight pricing automation and intelligence platform, presented by Heavy Duty Trucking Editor and Associate Publisher Deborah Lockridge.
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Meagen Eisenberg, Chief Marketing Officer for Samsara, right, accepts the HDT Top 20 Products Award for Samsara's CARB Clean Truck Check (CTC) Manager for Fleet Compliance from Heavy Duty Trucking Editor and Associate Publisher Deborah Lockridge.
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Dominic Hand, Vice President, Digital, at Trane Technologies, accepts the HDT Top 20 Products Award for Thermo King TracKing Smart Trailer Telematics from Heavy Duty Trucking Editor and Associate Publisher Deborah Lockridge.
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Madeline Sullivan, Product Marketing Manager for Volvo Trucks North America, right, accepts the HDT Top 20 Products Award for VTNA's side curtain air bags from Heavy Duty Trucking Editor and Associate Publisher Deborah Lockridge.
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