Digging into Fleet Data Unlocks Greater Efficiency and Profitability
Going beyond canned reports and digging deeper into your fleet data is the key to unlocking the doors to greater efficiency and profitability.
Merger Creates One of Largest Freightliner, Western Star Truck Dealers
Tag Truck Centers and the Lonestar Truck Group have merged into a new company called TNTX, creating one of the largest Freightliner and Western Star dealers in the country, according to Daimler.
ELD Mandate Pushes Fleets to Order Record Number of Trailers
Trailer orders in the U.S. are expected to hit an all-time high of 47,000 units for December 2017, pushed by tightening capacity that FTR attributes to the ELD mandate.
FMCSA Updates SMS Website with December Results
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has updated its CSA Safety Measurement System website with the Dec. 29, 2017 crash preventability results.
Penske Logistics Joins Blockchain in Transport Alliance
Penske Logistics has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance, a group dedicated to setting standards for blockchain technology applications developed for transportation.
TAG Truck Centers, Lonestar Truck Group Merge
TAG Truck Centers and the Lonestar Truck Group have merged into a new company called TNTX. The two companies will align under the TNTX entity in the coming months.
DOT forming policy to ‘remove barriers’ of autonomous vehicle deployment
Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao on Wednesday announced the U.S. DOT is seeking public input on policies to hasten the deployment of self-driving trucks, buses and passenger cars, including vehicles that require no human input to operate.
Will they go round in circles?
“A ‘song that ain’t got no melody’ makes a pretty good analogy for my personal thoughts on the current plans for autonomous and self-driving commercial vehicles.”
Trucker Path acquisition by global company Renren to bring navigation, more to the trip-planning app
Meet Renren CEO Joseph Chen, who drove truck for a time as a young man and says the Trucker Path acquisition is intended to take the app and its affiliated services “to the next level,” Chen says. “I think that the next 20 years will be most exciting f…
FCA Relocating Ram Heavy Duty Truck Production to U.S.
FCA is relocating production of its next-generation Ram Heavy Duty truck from a production location in Mexico to an assembly plant in Michigan, a facility that the automaker is investing more than $1 billion in to modernize as well as add 2,500 new jobs.