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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.

Government, Business, Equipment, Safety

House Lawmakers Introduce Speed Limiters Bill

A bill to require speed limiters on heavy commercial trucks was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives.

June 7, 2021
Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety, Top 100

Drivers, Fleets Become More Comfortable With Advanced Driver Assistance Systems

Advanced driver assistance systems initially encountered driver resistance, but over time have become a more widely accepted and even embraced trend as drivers realize their benefits.

June 7, 2021
Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety

Detroit Adds New Features to Suite of Safety Systems

Detroit announced it added new features to its Detroit Assurance suite of safety systems for the Freightliner Cascadia and Western Star 49X models spec鈥檇 with a Detroit powertrain.

June 4, 2021
Business, Technology, Equipment

New DTNA CEO John O鈥橪eary Notes Industrywide Challenges, Strong Demand for Company's Brands

In the months since taking the CEO reins at Daimler Trucks North America, John O鈥橪eary has watched the trucking industry deliver a response he described as 鈥渞emarkable鈥 to the unprecedented disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic. He believes emerging opportunities and lessons learned position the industry for recovery and growth.

June 3, 2021
Business, Equipment, Top 100

May Class 8 Orders Fall to 22,900

Class 8 preliminary orders for May fell to the lowest point since August, settling just below 23,000 as the industry paused amid little chance to join this year鈥檚 orders backlog, ACT Research reported, citing truck makers鈥 initial data.

June 3, 2021
Business, Equipment, Logistics

Rail Customers Express Concern Over CN-KCS Merger

As leaders from Canadian National Railway and Kansas City Southern Railway promote their proposed merger, concerns are growing among some of their customers.

June 3, 2021
Business, Equipment, TCA

Autocar Rolls Out a 鈥楤adass鈥 New Vocational Truck

Autocar is so proud of its new model dump truck, the DC-64D, the company wants people to think of it by the term it鈥檚 planning to trademark 鈥 Badass.

June 2, 2021
Business, Technology, Equipment

Dana Builds Its Way Into Expanding Commercial EV Market

Tier One supplier Dana Inc. invested more than $400 million over the past three years to get its electrification product portfolio in shape as it aims for a revenue target of $500 million from that by 2023.

June 2, 2021
Government, Equipment

Five More Plead Guilty to Staged Accidents in New Orleans

A total of five individuals have pleaded guilty to staging two accidents in the New Orleans area with tractor-trailers in 2017, and obtaining fraudulent financial settlements totaling more than $282,000.

June 2, 2021
Equipment

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June 1, 2021