This spring, a struggle for market share in online tire retailing turned into a battle for dominance as giants Goodyear and Bridgestone paired off against Amazon and Sears.
May 25, 2018Fleet 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.
Heavy Hitters Face Off in Online Tire Market
Uber Aims to Restart Self-Driving Car Tests in Pittsburgh This Summer
Uber is shutting down testing operations in Arizona and focusing instead on testing in Pittsburgh and San Francisco, according to an internal e-mail from Eric Meyhofer, a Carnegie Mellon University graduate and the head of Uber鈥檚 self-driving car operations.
May 24, 2018Bosch Touts Electric-Hydraulic Steering to Facilitate Automated Driving
FLAT ROCK, Mich. 鈥 Executives with the North American arm of engineering company Robert Bosch showed off an electric-hydraulic steering system for Class 8 trucks that they said will aid in the transition to autonomous commercial vehicles and announced a 鈥渂reakthrough鈥 in substantially reducing emissions of nitrogen oxide from diesel.
May 24, 2018CVSA Brake Symposium: Maintenance Techs Challenged by New Technology
SCHAUMBURG, Ill. 鈥 The good news is that heavy truck brake technology is moving forward at a dizzying pace 鈥 a clear boon for highway safety. Unfortunately, there is a troubling knowledge gap among a large segment of the technicians responsible for keeping up with those brake maintenance advances 鈥 even a lack of basic brake maintenance.
May 23, 2018Stoneridge to Move to New Facility in China With Room to Grow
Vehicle component manufacturer Stoneridge reported it would move its operations in Suzhou, China, to a new and larger facility about 11 miles east.
May 23, 2018Ryder Introduces New Commercial Management Fleet App
Ryder System Inc. has launched a smartphone app that permits commercial fleet users to get a vehicle into a repair facility for either scheduled or unexpected maintenance and also compare real-time fuel prices.
May 23, 2018Wabtec to Merge With GE Transportation
GE Transportation, a foundation piece of the company built by inventor Thomas Edison, a business founded in Erie, Pa., and based there for most of its 110-year history, is merging with another Pennsylvania company in a deal worth $11.1 billion.
May 22, 2018Wi-Fi in the Road? Kansas City Start-Up Developing 鈥楽mart鈥 Pavement
Self-driving cars have captured the limelight when it comes to how you鈥檒l get around in the future, but one Kansas City technology start-up is looking at the road itself.
May 21, 2018Drone Deliveries Ready to Soar in Japan, but Issues Linger
Amazon.com wowed the world in 2013 with a video purporting to show what the future of the delivery industry would look like. But are we any closer to that now? The answer seems to be no 鈥 at least in Japan.
May 21, 2018Daseke Creates Fleet Services Unit, Continues Purchasing Trend
Flatbed and specialized transportation carrier Daseke Inc., which has been in the throes of expansion 鈥 adding seven fleets last year and one so far in 2018 鈥 has created a new unit to improve the way it buys, sells and maintains the thousands of pieces of equipment it operates.
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