Volvo Trucks North America announced its Volvo Blue Contract service offering, a premium plan for new trucks.
July 27, 2021Fleet Equipment News
Commercial freight transportation is a machine-based business. Highly technical equipment and advanced engineering are at the center of supply chain and require constant innovation. Transport Topics equipment coverage focuses on the machines and other physical assets that make delivery possible. It looks closely at available truck, trailer, and chassis models, developments in the engineering space, and maintenance innovations and best practices.
VTNA Introduces New Premium Service Offering
Rush Enterprises Rides Parts, Truck Sales to Higher Earnings
Truck dealership Rush Enterprises reported decidedly higher net income and revenue for the second quarter as the nation’s economy and the company’s markets bounced back.
July 27, 2021US Senators Introduce Bill to Repeal Excise Tax on New Trucks
Two U.S. senators proposed repealing the excise tax on new trucks as an effort to modernize the freight industry.
July 26, 2021CARB Approves Amendments to Onboard Diagnostic System Regulations
California Air Resources Board members have unanimously approved amendments to light-, medium- and heavy-truck onboard diagnostic system regulations that will require more data to be stored by the OBD systems, and address issues regarding several malfunction monitors.
July 26, 2021XL Fleet, eNow Partner on Refrigerated Trailers
XL Fleet Corp. announced an agreement and an investment in eNow Inc., a provider of solar and battery power systems that enable fully electric transport refrigeration units for commercial vehicle trailers.
July 23, 2021Introducing Calibrate, Our New Publication
The trucking industry is in a constant cycle of change, but it’s not so much a change as it is a calibration, an adjustment. So too it is in publishing. The Transport Topics quarterly Equipment & Maintenance Update is now Calibrate.
July 23, 2021Fleets, OEMs Invest in Seat Technology to Improve Driver Comfort, Safety
Since truck drivers spend so much of their professional lives sitting behind the steering wheel, the driver’s seat is a crucial part of the vehicle spec.
July 23, 2021Daimler Posts Q2 Earnings, Revenue Surge Despite Headwinds
Daimler AG reported higher earnings and revenue as it sold 736,385 passenger cars and commercial vehicles in the second quarter, up 36% compared with 541,833 a year earlier. Truck sales alone jumped by an even higher percentage.
July 23, 2021Minneapolis Approves Amended Truck Parking Ban
Trailer Rental/Lease Study Examines the Reach of Technology Solutions
Some fleets are turning to third parties to provide the manpower to monitor, analyze and decide when to move a trailer, where to move it, when to have it maintained.
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