The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced that it is granting the Truck Renting and Leasing Association a five-year exemption from a federal requirement that all trucks be equipped with electronic logging devices to record drivers’ hours of service.
October 11, 2017Technology
Harnessing the Value of Video
With more than a billion users now on YouTube, according to the company’s statistics page, it has never been more important for trucking companies to up their game on video marketing.
October 11, 2017Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety
FMCSA Grants Truck Renting and Leasing Association a Limited Five-Year ELD Exemption
Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety, Fuel, Autonomous
VW to Roll Out Electric Trucks, Buses in $1.7 Billion Project
Volkswagen AG is flanking its push into electric cars with plans to roll out battery-powered commercial vehicles targeted at urban areas as growing public concerns about air quality boost demand.
October 11, 2017Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety, Autonomous, TCA
Iowa DOT Seeks Volunteers for Self-Driving Car Research
Some of Iowa’s leaders in automated vehicle research are seeking volunteers to help test the results of high-definition mapping and data collection.
October 10, 2017Government, Technology, Logistics, TCA
High-Tech Sensors Will Alert Truckers of Open Spaces at Florida Rest Stop
Keith Mullin felt lucky he found a space to park his truck Oct. 6 at an Interstate 4 rest area in Longwood, Fla., after a 20-hour trip from central Wisconsin.
October 10, 2017Business, Technology
Truckstop.com Launches Spot Rate Forecasting Tool
Truckstop.com, in partnership with the research firm FTR, launched Rate Forecasting, a tool that projects spot market rates by balancing seasonal, geographic, random, economic, regulatory and permanent trends with deep statistical modeling.
October 10, 2017Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety, Fuel, Autonomous
Tesla’s Model 3 Bottlenecks Delay Unveiling of Semi-Truck
Tesla Inc. pushed back the reveal of its semi-truck by three weeks as CEO Elon Musk focuses on boosting production of the cheaper sedan that the electric-car maker is counting on to dramatically increase sales.
October 10, 2017Government, Business, Technology, Safety
FHWA Grants Six States Money for Alternative Revenue Projects
The Federal Highway Administration has divided $15.5 million between six states that are exploring alternative ways to fund highway and bridge projects.
October 10, 2017Business, Technology, Equipment, Autonomous
It’s No Use Honking. The Robot at the Wheel Can’t Hear You
As auto accidents go, it wasn’t much: twelve minutes before noon on a cool June day, a Chevrolet Bolt was rear-ended as it crawled from a stop light in downtown San Francisco.
October 10, 2017Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety, Autonomous, TCA
GM Buys Lidar Startup Strobe to Accelerate Self-Driving Cars
General Motors announced Oct. 9 that it is buying Strobe, a Pasadena startup that makes lidar, a laser-based sensor that most autonomous vehicles use to see the world around them.
October 9, 2017