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Guest Voices September 16, 2025

The Hidden Costs of 'Free' Smart Trailer Tech Installations [Commentary]

Free installation of smart trailer technologies may sound good on paper, but you could end up paying down the road.

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Hyundai Translead at TMC's 2025 Annual Meeting.
Newsby Jack RobertsMarch 24, 2025

Hyundai Translead Showcases New Trailer Tech at TMC

Hyundai Translead debuted a new lineup of innovative features and technology for truck trailers at the 2025 TMC Annual Meeting.

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David Gal, vice president, products and engineering, Samsara.
Newsby Jack RobertsMarch 10, 2025

Samsara Smart Trailers Brings Trailer Insights to Fleets

Samsara’s Tractor-Trailer Mismatch Alert allow fleets to halt costly mispulls in minutes by receiving real-time notifications whenever the wrong trailer is pulled.

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Experimental ZF powered truck trailer.
Articlesby Jack RobertsSeptember 11, 2024

The Promise of Powered Trailers Part 2

The potential for smart, connected, power-generating trailers encompasses everything from power for TRUs, air systems and even electric drive axles that can extend range on battery-electric tractor-trailers or reduce fuel consumption and exhaust emissions on diesel-powered units.

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ConMet powered trailer crossing a bridge.
Articlesby Jack RobertsAugust 29, 2024

The Promise of Powered Trailers

New powered trailers can make diesel-powered tractor trailers cleaner and more efficient than ever before, as well as help with adoption of zero-emission trucks.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseApril 16, 2024

Stoughton Trailers Unveils Automatic Trailer Air and Connection Line System

Developed with Electrans Technologies, the new Auto Connect system automatically connects truck and trailer air, seven-way electrical and communication lines in seven seconds.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseMarch 21, 2024

Uber Freight Takes Power-Only Solution National

Uber Freight has gone national with its Powerloop power-only service, as it says there’s growing demand for the drop-and-hook capacity solution. It's also added smart trailers and other enhancements.

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Newsby Jack RobertsMarch 15, 2024

Phillips Industries Unveils T/T Pair Smart 7-Way Socket

The T/T Pair 7-way smart socket establishes uses a PLC transceiver to immediately identify and communicate tractor-trailer pairings to any BLE integrated ELD or trailer telematics device.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseAugust 23, 2023

Phillips Announces Tractor-Trailer Connectivity Solution

Phillips Industries says it has a solution for the challenge of smart-trailer connectivity with the tractor.

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Newsby Hillary WeissJune 26, 2023

New Tech Offerings to Improve Fleet Operations

Samsara launched four new product offerings to assist fleets in improving efficiency.

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