Author: Vitaliy Dadalyan

Sponsored: How to keep high-mileage fleet vehicles on the road

Jon Woetzel, Technical Services Manager, CHS

Even when everything runs smoothly, maintaining a fleet of high life-cycle, heavy-duty trucks is no easy (or inexpensive) task. However, with the API category change from CJ-4 to CK-4, high-lifecycle heavy-duty rigs using CK-4 oils can stay on the road longer by reducing the amount of costly downtime, extending oil drains and, most important, enhancing fuel economy.

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Bendix: Truck technology implementation is the real struggle

While a host of safety and semi-automation systems available to fleets, getting it implemented correctly is the critical issue, not the technology itself, component and system supplier argues.

If there is one lesson the trucking industry should take away from the Tesla car crash last year that occurred when the vehicle was on autopilot, it's that technology itself might not be the issue – it is how technology gets implemented and ultimately used on a day-to-day basis.

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Chevin reports 47% growth in North America

Chevin Fleet Solutions, which provides of fleet management software, reported 47% increase in business across its North American region over the past year.

The company attributed the growth to product developments, awards, customer service, and expanding its regional teams. The growth, the company said in a Sept. 26 announcement, surpassed last year's target and is forecast to continue into the new fiscal year.

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