Volvo Penta has developed an electric powertrain to put into fire trucks produced by Rosenbauer. The name of the electrified fire truck is “Revolutionary Technology.”
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Decisiv Telematics API Lowers Costs and Reduces Downtime For Service
Bringing actionable, real time commercial vehicle data from SRM Ecosystem partners to the point of service improves asset service event management
Locomation Working with Nvidia on Human-Guided Autonomous Truck Convoys
Locomation announced it will leverage an autonomous vehicle computing platform from Nvidia for the commercialization of self-driving trucks starting in 2022.
Hino Announces Zero-Emission ‘Project Z,’ Including Battery Electric and Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles
Hino Trucks has announced “Project Z,” outlining its plans to develop and release several zero-emissions vehicles over the next few years. The project includes both battery electric and fuel cell electric trucks.
ATA Projects Long-Term Freight Growth
Despite contractions in 2020, ATA projects that the long-term trend for trucking, as well as for the overall freight economy, is positive.
Bruckner’s Dealership Moving to Tulsa West Location
Bruckner Truck Sales, a Volvo and Mack Trucks dealer, announced the move of their Tulsa East operation to their existing Tulsa West dealership on Oct. 5, 2020, with future plans to break ground on a new facility in 2022.
What Penske Learned About Charging Electric Trucks
Penske’s involvement with the Freightliner Electric Innovation Fleet has taught it a lot about electric truck charging.
Mack Trucks’ Lehigh Valley Operations Completes Renovation
Mack Trucks’ Lehigh Valley Operations (LVO) in Macungie, Pa., has completed an $84 million renovation project dubbed “Reborn,” which revitalized the facility’s infrastructure, equipment, systems and processes.
Calculating the Total Cost of Ownership for Electric Trucks
Green technologies in the trucking industry bring many promises, including the potential for lower costs. A big piece of learning about the technology is determining total cost of ownership, or TCO, to justify the expenditure. For this, there are many factors to take into consideration.
Remote Training Is Proving Highly Valuable For Service Operations
Decisiv expands a more cost effective and faster virtual program for onboarding and training service providers and fleets in the use of its SRM platform.
A New Reality: AR Changes How Technicians Work and Learn
As the maintenance pool diminishes and modern vehicles become more complicated, augmented reality creates a different way to look at fleets.
First Mack LR Electric Begins Service in NYC
The Mack LR Electric, based at the New York City Department of Sanitation’s Brooklyn North 1 garage, will conduct an in-service trial on local collection routes, evaluating operating range, payload capacity, regenerative braking and overall functionality.
Milestone in Scania’s Electrification – Introduces First Commercial Electric Truck Range
Scania commercially launches its range of electric trucks, a milestone in its aim to be leading in the transition to a sustainable transport system. The high-performance plug-in hybrid and fully electric trucks initially focus on urban applications, including distribution to retailers.
Fleet Electrification Lessons Learned
Planning for future EV growth, working closely with suppliers and utilities, and understanding specialty parts availability will help fleets overcome some of their electrification challenges and potentially lower their total cost of ownership.
Truck Driver Employment Surges in Canada
After an initial contraction in truck driver employment at the beginning of the pandemic, there has been a significant recovery in employment over the past few months, according to Trucking HR Canada.