Navistar SuperTruck, the CatalIST, hits 13 mpg
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Hubb’s filter wins Design Excellence award
Hubb Filters announced its breakthrough performance filter has earned a Gold Award in the 2016 International Design Excellence Awards Competition, an initiative of the International Design Society of America (IDSA).
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Driverless trucks: Where they’ll work, where they won’t
The mistake many make when predicting adoption rates for autonomous vehicle (AV) technology in the freight business is that trucking is not a “homogenous” industry, stressed Richard “Dick” Metzler, chief marketing officer for online delivery firm uShip Inc.
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Penray and Allied Oil partner
Penray and Allied Oil & Tire Company have linked up to offer what they call a “one-stop shop” full range of testing, treatment, maintenance, and remediation services for diesel fuel storage tanks.
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Lytx Offers Always-On Video Telematics With Unisyn Platform
Lytx has introduced the Unisyn platform, a video telematics platform that lets users see, understand and act on fleet and field operations safety and efficiency challenges.
The Unisyn platform features always-on access to up to seven days of cloud-connected video. Users can access, review and manage video from their fleets and field operations either in real-time or at a later date.
The Unisyn video telematics platform works in conjunction with Lytx's DriveCam video-based driver safety system. DriveCam and Unisyn are designed to complement each other, using DriveCam's exception-based video to help prevent collisions through programmatic coaching and Unisyn's always-on video to track, monitor and act on fleet and field operations.
The captured video and corresponding telematics data can be accessed from the cloud in real time or on demand from most cloud-connected devices, including iOS and Android mobile devices.
“For some fleets, safety may be balanced against operational efficiency and/or security priorities, which can be addressed through the ability to observe and track vehicles in all aspects of their day,” said Brandon Nixon, Lytx chairman and CEO. “In DriveCam, we're focusing on the driver, and with Unisyn our primary focus is the fleet operations.”
A combination of hardware and wireless network technology allows the Unisyn platform to integrate and synchronize high-definition video from one or more camera angles and options including:
Forward-facing to capture what's in front of the driverSide view to capture activity adjacent to the vehicleSide-mirror to capture activity both adjacent to and near the front of the vehicleRear view to capture activity behind the vehicleCargo interior to capture activity within the cargo holdDock/warehouse to validate activity in the presence of the vehicleInterior to capture situations of security concern within the vehicleWith this flexibility, each fleet can configure their own solution and tailor Unisyn to its own needs, according to Lytx. Organizations can start ...Read the rest of this story
Ministers discuss ELDs, systems to protect road users
Making more mobile connections in trucking
It's certainly no secret that mobile technology is basically upending how we conduct almost every daily task in modern life – from how we work to how we communicate with one another, even how we shop and buy stuff.
[And it's not necessarily all for the better, as this story illustrates.]
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