Equipment

Ridewell to offer factory integrated air tank for RSS-233 suspensions

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Ridewell Suspensions announced it will offer a pre-plumbed, factory integrated air tank kit option for the self-steering RSS-233 8K, 10K and 13K suspension systems. The tank requires…

Caravan first Canadian fleet to deploy BlackBerry Radar

WATERLOO, Ont. – Caravan Transportation Group is the first fleet to roll out BlackBerry’s Radar asset tracking system. BlackBerry Radar is billed as a “smart trailer” software and hardware platform…

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Legislated or not, the only rule in trucking is “expect change”

Whether you’re a fleet owner or a driver, the hand of government is never far away and it can almost seem as if it’s interested only in making your lives…

International to make driver assistance technology standard

LISLE, Ill. – International Truck says it will soon be the first original equipment manufacturer (OEM) to include a collision mitigation system that comes standard on its Class 8 vehicles.

Eaton offering remote diagnostics on automated transmissions

HANOVER, Germany — Eaton has announced the availability of a new IntelliConnect remote diagnostics platform for its automated transmissions. The system provides near real-time monitoring of vehicle fault codes related…

Eaton showcases autonomous docking technologies

HANOVER, Germany — Eaton is demonstrating at the IAA Commercial Vehicle Shows two systems designed to assist drivers with docking. Its Advanced Driver Assist System (ADAS) Dock Assist feature uses…

Chats about truck industry’s future preceded VW, Navistar deal

HANOVER, Germany — Discussions between Navistar and Volkswagen, which recently led to the formation of a strategic alliance between the two truck makers, began in March and initially focused on…

New Cascadia will set benchmark for industry, Daimler’s Bernhard says

Electrification of city delivery trucks is coming, Bernhard suggests

Daimler looks to revolutionize urban deliveries with electric vehicles

HANOVER, Germany — With 70% of the world’s population expected to live in cities by 2050, Daimler demonstrated at the IAA Commercial Vehicles Show how it plans to make cities…

Combined platforms eliminate need for double entries

TORONTO, Ont. – TransCore Link Logistics has partnered with McLeod Software to offer a combined software for carriers and brokers, integrating LoadMaster and PowerBroker users to post loads and trucks…

Volvo hits 13 mpg with SuperTruck

Truck maker exceeded goal to improve freight efficiency by 50%

New filter engineered for ‘optimum capacity and service life’

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Cummins Filtration has refined its Fleetguard LF1400NN combination lube filter pairing together NanoNet and StrataPore media together using a state-of-the-art co-bonding lamination process to create a single…

PacFuel card makes filling up simpler, driver’s life more straightforward

BELLEVUE, Wash. – PacLease and Comdata have re-invented their fuel card, which the companies say will offer lower fueling costs to their customers. The newly branded fuel card PacFuel leverages…

Truckers can find ‘virtually anything’ on new app

PLOVER, Wis. – Looking to socialize with other truck drivers, find deals on industry products and services, discover job opportunities and much more? Well, Women In Trucking and TruckerSam have…