Autonomous truck technology developer TuSimple announced co-founder and Chief Technology Officer Xiaodi Hou will succeed Cheng Lu as CEO and Mo Chen as company chairman, effective immediately.
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DTNA Renews Agreement With Motor Information Systems
Daimler Truck North America announced it signed an enterprise renewal agreement with Motor Information Systems, a custom data provider for medium- and heavy-duty parts numbers and cross-references.
March 4, 2022Davco Unveils New Versions in Product Lines
Davco, a unit of Clarience Technologies, unveiled the Fuel Pro 385/387/388 models, its latest all-in-one fuel filter, water separator and fuel preheaters for heavy-duty diesel designed to fit Western Star, Volvo, Navistar and Mack Class 8 trucks.
March 4, 2022Meritor to Develop Trailer Components for ConMet’s eHub
Meritor Inc. announced an agreement with ConMet in which Meritor will develop purpose-built trailer suspensions and brakes, as well as tire inflation systems to work with ConMet’s PreSet Plus eHub. This system will enable production of zero-emission refrigerated trailers.
March 4, 2022Honda, Sony Join Forces on New Electric Vehicle
Sony Group Corp. and Honda Motor Co. agreed to establish a joint venture this year to start selling an electric vehicle by 2025, both sides said March 4.
March 4, 2022GM Loses Bid to Skip Recall for Lights That Are Too Bright
DETROIT — General Motors has lost a bid to avoid recalling about 727,000 small SUVs in the U.S. with headlight beams that can be too bright and cause glare for oncoming drivers.
March 4, 2022How Fleets Are Winning the Race to Hire Drivers
Motor carriers are implementing technologies designed to streamline the online recruiting and onboarding process so they can keep in touch with qualified drivers and ultimately hire more of them.
March 4, 2022Trucking Technology Q&A: Yellow's Jason Ringgenberg
Jason Ringgenberg joined Yellow Corp. in 2014 after more than 20 years at technology and consulting firm Accenture, where he worked with several commercial transportation clients across multiple modes, including less-than-truckload, parcel and rail. He is now Yellow's chief information officer.
March 4, 2022High-Tech Recruiting Battles
Professional drivers are any trucking company’s greatest asset. That’s true regardless of market conditions, but it becomes especially clear when the recruiting pipeline begins to run dry.
March 4, 2022February Class 8 Orders Mirror Weak Production Levels
Preliminary North American Class 8 orders in February came in at 21,000, or essentially even with January’s volume, but were less than half of what fleets ordered a year earlier, ACT Research reported, citing truck makers’ initial data.
March 3, 2022