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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.

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Aperia Unveils Latest Version of Tire Management Platform

ORLANDO, Fla. — Aperia Technologies unveiled the latest version of its tire management platform March 8 during the Technology & Maintenance Council 2022 Annual Meeting & Transportation Technology Exhibition.

March 9, 2022
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Toyota Reconsiders Production Plans as Disruptions Grow

Toyota Motor Corp. is reviewing its production plans as mounting global disruptions hinder the automaker’s attempts to boost output.

March 9, 2022
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Continental Pours Cold Water on Breakup Speculation

Continental AG is signaling it will stop short of making further drastic changes as Europe’s second-biggest car-parts supplier doubles down on a restructuring to improve disappointing performance.

March 9, 2022
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Hyundai Translead Debuts New Customer Portal Network

ORLANDO, Fla. — Hyundai Translead introduced its new customer portal network HT360, along with other product enhancements that include the HT LinkVue and myHT customer portal.

March 8, 2022
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Goodyear Rolls Out New Line of EV-Ready Commercial Tires

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. premiered two new tires designed for the last-mile delivery sector, including one developed for electric vehicles.

March 8, 2022
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Utility Trailer Launches Telematics Platform With Phillips Connect

Utility Trailer Manufacturing Co., the industry’s largest manufacturer of refrigerated trailers, announced Phillips Connect is its exclusive partner for trailer telematics with the launch of Utility Connect.

March 8, 2022
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US Zigs While Rest of the World Zags on EV Subsidies

Subsidies for electric vehicles are heading in very different directions in different parts of the world.

March 8, 2022
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TMC Considers Recommending EV Coolant, Lubricant Practices

ORLANDO, Fla. — Whether the time has come for recommended practices (RPs) for coolants and lubricants for electric vehicles was a topic of discussion during a pair of March 7 study group task force meetings at the Technology & Maintenance Council 2022 Annual Meeting & Transportation Technology Exhibition.

March 8, 2022
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New Task Force Seeks to Establish EV Efficiency Practices

ORLANDO, Fla. — The new era of the commercial electric fleet brings a new task force for electric vehicle-efficiency performance.

March 8, 2022
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New TMC Chair Randy Obermeyer Sees Bright Future as Electrification Advances

The new chairman of the Technology & Maintenance Council of American Trucking Associations said fleets must take a wide-ranging view of the challenges that lie ahead as the trucking industry moves toward electrification, and is placing education about the opportunities that exist both for motor carriers and technicians on his agenda.

March 7, 2022