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Download The Next-Gen DVIR: Beyond Paper and ELDs to learn why many companies are turning to mobile apps for inspections, and the benefits they offer drivers, managers, and mechanics once implemented.View the full article -
Leveraging fleet telematics and data to boost safety performance will be covered in the third and final installment of the Safety First webinar series from the editors of Heavy Duty Trucking.View the full article
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As containers pile up, the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles announced new measures to improve freight movement and reduce delays.View the full article
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ICYMI: A roundup of global trucking industry news from Volvo, Westport, DHL, Volta and more.View the full article
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Having a digital presence and making the buying process easier for fleets is increasingly important as fleets have a wide variety of places from which to source parts, explains HDT’s Aftermarket Contributing Editor Denise Rondini.View the full article
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The City of Hyattsville’s BYD 6R Class 6 refuse truck is one of several medium-duty fully-electric or hybrid vehicles in the city’s fleet and the first commercially deployed Class 6 refuse truck in the country.View the full article
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On Sept. 23, 2021, Western Star introduced the 47X vocational truck, a lighter-weight complement to the Western Star 49X. The introduction extends the Western Star X-Series into entirely new vocational applications.View the full article
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How tolls are collected is changing fast. Is your fleet up to speed on the advantages of moving to automatic toll collection instead of sticking with license-plate scanning?View the full article
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Kenworth and WAVE will participate in the U.S. Department of Energy’s electrified powertrain project to develop a 1-megawatt wireless charging system for Class 8 electric trucks.View the full article
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With the acquisition of MoLo, ArcBest will double its available capacity and become a top 15 U.S. truckload broker with access to over 70,000 carrier partners, ArcBest officials said.View the full article
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The American Transportation Research Institute released research that describes a framework for electric vehicle taxation to support transportation infrastructure.View the full article
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Trucking News: The Changing World of Alternative Fuels
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HDT Editor in Chief Deborah Lockridge looks back on how interest in alternative fuels has waxed and waned since she began covered the trucking industry in 1990.View the full article -
New entry-level driver training requirements go into effect on Feb. 7, 2022. Motor carriers that provide CDL training need to prepare now.View the full article
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Daimler Truck and Torc Robotics are in their third year of partnership, and are working toward commercialization of the first scalable, profitable Level 4 autonomous truck.View the full article
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For refrigerated haulers, telematics introduces a first-ever capability — the ability to monitor and control transport refrigeration equipment from a central location.View the full article
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Trucking News: How Telematics is Transforming Trailers
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The telematics push into trailers has been slow coming. But, experts say, this cutting-edge technology will soon change trailer maintenance and freight management forever.View the full article -
Allison Transmission’s 3414 Regional Haul Series (RHS) has been integrated into Daimler Trucks North America’s Class 8 Freightliner Cascadia day cab models.View the full article
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New York State requires that come 2045, the only new medium- and heavy-duty trucks for sale in the state will be zero-emission vehicles.View the full article
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The survey found students attending programs accredited by ASE were more likely to feel well-prepared for their careers, go on to earn ASE credentials, and enter the industry versus their counterparts from non-accredited programs.View the full article
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The Truckload Carriers Association and CarriersEdge named Illinois-based Nussbaum Transportation and Massachusetts-based Boyle Transportation the Best Overall Fleets in the Best Fleet to Drive For contest. View the full article
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Given the ongoing kinks in the global supply chain and the rise in domestic freight demand, OEMs won’t catch up with demand until 2023, according to FTR's Don Ake. That’s why FTR’s equipment outlook calls for pent-up demand to continue into 2022 — and possibly into 2023.View the full article
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Despite all the attention being given to electric drivetrains, diesel engines still have a long future ahead of them. Engineering, design and innovation centers have never been busier.View the full article
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Trucking News: Q&A: Kodiak's Next-Gen Autonomous Truck
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In an interview with HDT, Kodiak Robotics CEO Don Burnette discusses the company’s plans to more than double its fleet with its newly unveiled fourth-generation autonomous truck, complete with a modal, discreet sensor suite.View the full article -
The partnership between Goodyear and Gatik, an autonomous technology company serving short-haul logistics, shows the need for remote diagnostics and component monitoring when autonomous transportation comes to pass.View the full article
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Volvo says it’s a step closer to production of autonomous trucks in North America with the unveiling of a prototype Volvo VNL long-haul model integrated with Aurora Driver technology.View the full article
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