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Daimler Truck and Torc Robotics are in their third year of partnership, and are working toward commercialization of the first scalable, profitable Level 4 autonomous truck.

Volvo Autonomous Solutions and Aurora have developed a prototype on-highway autonomous truck for the North American market.

Greensboro-based Volvo Trucks North America is partnering with innovative Silicon Valley startups at its Innovation Lab to develop the charging infrastructure for its VNR Electric truck, as well as other industry advancements.

It was the “technology” portion of ATA’s Technology and Maintenance Council’s namesake that took center stage at its 2021 Fall Meeting recently held in Cleveland. While that should come as no surprise, the focus of the technology might: trailers. From electrification to service to telematics, trailers saw a huge focus in boosting fleet productivity.

Decisiv Inc., a provider of Service Relationship Management (SRM) solutions, announced a new VMRS encoding for fleets solution. VMRS encoding analyzes individual service operations using machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) to interpret information captured during the creation of a repair order and assigns appropriate VMRS codes to completed operations.

Decisiv announced an automated encoding system for fleets using Vehicle Maintenance Reporting Standards.

Two new benchmarking reports show fleets are running more miles between breakdowns or unscheduled repairs, while the cost of parts and labor for those repairs is up. The reports were released during the American Trucking Associations’ Technology & Maintenance Council meeting in Cleveland, Ohio.

Volvo Trucks says it has received an order for 16 Volvo VNR Electric Class 8 trucks, the largest commercial order of the only battery-electric Class 8 model available in North America.

Longtime Mack Trucks dealer Nextran Truck Centers acquired Westfall-O’Dell Truck Sales, making the acquisition one of the largest by a Mack dealer in the past five years.

The largest commercial deployment of battery-electric trucks in North America is ramping up in Southern California for an eight-year run, state officials announced Aug. 31 during the Advanced Clean Transportation Expo.

Citing a “sense of urgency,” Volvo Trucks took a leadership position in the fight against climate change at the 2021 Advanced Clean Transportation Exhibition.

Hino unveiled a hydrogen fuel-cell-electric prototype version of its Class 8 XL8 truck at the 2021 ACT Expo in Long Beach, California, Aug. 31.

Volvo Trucks North America has delivered the first of five all-electric VNR Electric heavy-duty trucks to New York City-based beer and beverage distributor Manhattan Beer Distributors. This will use the electric trucks to serve customers throughout New York City, Long Island and surrounding areas.

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy filmed a White House Weekly Conversation video in the cab of a Kenworth fuel-cell electric truck.

Karmak recently partnered with Gateway Truck & Refrigeration and Mack and Volvo Trucks to host a summit for Fusion clients.