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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, Technology, Equipment, Safety

Wyoming Plans to Test Connected Vehicle Technology on Trucks

The Wyoming Department of Transportation is preparing to test connected vehicle technology in trucks and government vehicles along Interstate 80 to reduce the number of accidents that occur during the state鈥檚 treacherous winter months.

August 22, 2017
Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety, Autonomous

Chinese Autonomous Truck Startup Opens Research Facility in Arizona

A Chinese startup company developing self-driving technology for commercial trucking has opened a facility in Tucson for research and testing 鈥 including a planned Tucson-Phoenix run with an autonomous truck.

August 22, 2017
Business, Technology, Equipment, Fuel

NACFE Announces Variety of Routes, Trucks, Components Set for Run On Less

Run on Less, a first-of-its kind roadshow to demonstrate how trucks use technology to achieve fuel efficiency, is set to begin.

August 21, 2017
Business, Technology, Equipment, Autonomous, TCA

Colorado DOT Purchases World鈥檚 First Automated Self-Driving Construction Vehicle

When Robert Roy was helping to create the world鈥檚 first self-driving construction truck, he traveled across the country and talked to people in the construction industry. One of the people he spoke with, the president of a company in Louisiana, told him the story of how one of his employees almost died while working on a highway.

August 21, 2017
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment

Dawn of the ELD Era

The arrival of the electronic logging device mandate later this year is widely expected to create significant ripple effects across the supply chain.

August 21, 2017
Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety

Maven Introduces ELD, Fleet Management System

Maven Machines, provider of the Maven Co-Pilot headset for driver safety, has launched its own electronic logging device and has ex颅panded its product line into a full fleet management system.

August 21, 2017
Business, Technology, Equipment

ELD Suppliers Offer Various Pricing Models, Levels of Service

The cost of an electronic logging device is difrficult to gauge, partly because vendors use different pricing models.

August 21, 2017
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment

Training Can Ease Transition to ELDs

It may be impossible for fleets to entirely avoid upheaval as they make the move to ELD compliance, but the right planning and training can make a world of difference, technology suppliers said.

August 21, 2017
Business, Technology, Equipment

New ELD Vendors Flood Market as Mandate Nears

A growing number of technology vendors have been flooding the market with new electronic logging device products in advance of the federal ELD mandate that takes effect Dec. 18.

August 21, 2017
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment

EPA Will Revisit Phase 2 Trailer, Glider Rules

In a move to respond to concerns by the trailer and glider industry, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced it plans to 鈥渞evisit鈥 its Phase 2 provisions on greenhouse gas emissions and fuel efficiency for medium- and heavy-duty engines.

August 18, 2017