Industry Trends & Drivers

When looking for ways to reduce costs and save time in work truck fleet management, digitizing your documents should be one of your first stops.

The ability to predict parts failures and to develop VIN-specific preventive maintenance programs are two benefits that fleets can achieve if harnessing the power of connectivity.

The self-driving technology company Waymo Via will pilot Peterbilt 579 trucks on runs from Dallas to El Paso and Houston.

Companies are already testing driverless trucks on America’s roads. The technology will bring untold profits, but it may cost thousands of truckers their livelihoods.

The appearance of COVID-19 may have slowed down the trucking industry, but the electrification of trucks continues to push forward through the pandemic.

The right ELD can collect an array of telematics data beyond just engine hours, helping fleets do more than simply comply with hours of service requirements.

The COVID-19 pandemic has not significantly affected Daimler Trucks North America’s work on medium- and heavy-duty battery-electric trucks, and despite production shutdowns due to the pandemic, the company is back to building vehicles at the same rate it was before the pandemic hit.

The state of Michigan and some private partners are taking steps toward building or assigning dedicated lanes for automated vehicles on a 40-mile stretch of highway between Detroit and Ann Arbor.

While diesel and gasoline engines will still be the main power source for commercial vehicles for the next decade, fleets are now testing and buying sustainable vehicle technologies in record numbers.

Locomation and Wilson Logistics have completed a trial of their new semi-autonomous truck-convoy technology, which transported 14 commercial loads between Portland, Oregon and Nampa, Idaho.

Nikola Corp. and Republic Services are partnering to design and produce a battery-electric refuse recycling-collection truck based on the Nikola Tre chassis.

Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. will be adding nine service centers in new and existing markets during the first half of 2020.