Endurant automated transmission: A league of its own
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Trucking ignores technology at its own peril
The headline above comes courtesy of John Larkin – managing director and head of transportation capital markets research for Stifel Capital Markets – who made that comment to illustrate a key issue now facing truckers large and small; whether one likes or dislikes technology, be it automated manual transmissio
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Old Cars At Old Car City, USA Part 1
HDT Senior Editor recently stopped in at Old Car City, USA, north of Atlanta during an International LoneStar test drive, and came away with these photos of classic cars out to pasture.
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Blockchain in trucking: What about the middlemen?
It's no mystery how freight gets moved from point A to B every day. It takes a shipper, a carrier, and often times several intermediaries in between. But what about a future where those intermediaries – or middlemen – might become irrelevant and disappear?
Enter blockchain technology.
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WABCO introduces new safety technologies
Commercial vehicle component supplier WABCO is bringing two new safety systems to market that can be ordered for new trucks and trailers as well as retrofitted to existing equipment.
The first is OnSide, a radar-based blind spot detection system for commercial trucks and trailers – a system WABCO said provides a 160-degree field of view and coverage for up to 65% of a standard 53-foot trailer.
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QuikQ introduces new fuel payment card and programs
QuikQ LLC is adding to its full-service fuel payment offerings, adding a fuel card and merchant agreements with truck stop chains Love's Travel Stops, TravelCenters of America, and Pilot Flying J.
Those new merchant agreements, combined similar deals previously hammered out with independent truck stops, give QuikQ a nationwide footprint for its fuel card program, the company said.
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Chevin starts to roll out new FleetWave user interface
Chevin Fleet Solutions, a global provider of fleet management software, just launched the first phase of its new user interface development for its flagship FleetWave product.
FleetWave is used to simplify fleet, driver and maintenance management – from the financial overview of vehicles and equipment to policy and supervision of drivers, technicians, and shops.
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