Technology

Geotab dashboard to track post Covid-19 recovery

TORONTO, Ont. – The road to a post-Covid-19 recovery begins as businesses open their doors, and Geotab is showing what that means to the trucking industry at a glance. The…

vHub trailer sharing platform integrates telematics

Fleet telematics and trailer tracking systems can now be integrated into vHub, a platform used to reposition and share trailers, offering an exact GPS-based location and actual mileage of…

DTNA partners with, invests in Platform Science

PORTLAND, Ore. – Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) has partnered with Platform Science to advance its on-vehicle software capabilities, and has invested into the company via its Series B funding…

Trucks can boast cleaner emissions on 50th Earth Day, and the work continues

TORONTO, Ont. – The days of soot-belching exhaust stacks are largely behind us, and on the 50th anniversary of Earth Day there is the promise of more environmentally-friendly trucks to…

Modern engines mix brains with the brawn

Smart powertrains are nothing more than modern extensions of what the best drivers did back in the day when everything was mechanical, and electronics were limited to CB radios. I…

Telematics shows Covid-19 having mild to moderate impact on trucking activity

Heavy-duty trucking has continued to drive forward during the Covid-19 crisis, operating at around 89% of its normal rate of activity, according to telematics data from Geotab, compared to 69%…

Are electric trucks viable without government support?

Electric trucks have captured the imagination of activists, regulators and the general public, but not so much the minds and wallets of the fleets who buy vehicles. In early 2020,…

Truck driver launches group producing Covid-19 face shields

LANGLEY, B.C. – Petko Ganachev didn’t expect to be on the front lines in a battle against a worldwide pandemic, and certainly never imagined he’d be pulling double duty. A…

Covid-19 hits industry events

TORONTO, Ont. – The coronavirus has hit the multibillion-dollar trade show industry hard. Dozens of major events have been canceled or postponed across the world to stop the…

Most regulators approve Wabco, ZF merger

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany – Wabco Holdings and ZF Friedrichshafen have received all approvals from regulatory authorities required to close their previously announced merger, with the exception of the Chinese…

Proterra streamlines leadership

BURLINGAME, Calif. – Electric vehicle solutions provider Proterra has appointed Jack Allen chairman and chief executive officer, the company announced Thursday. Ryan Popple, Proterra’s CEO since 2014, was…

President’s Choice: Loblaw prepares for a future with electric vehicles

TORONTO, Ont. — Canada’s largest grocer is shopping for something that doesn’t exist. Not yet. But that has hardly slowed Loblaw in a bid to electrify its private fleet within…

Manitoba launches trucking efficiency program

WINNIPEG, Man. – Applications are now being accepted for Manitoba’s Efficient Trucking Program. The program looks at proposals that will provide rebates for eligible applicants that support retrofits in the…

Waymo receives sizable investment from CPP Investment Board

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – Autonomous driving technology manufacturer Waymo has received a significant external investment of $2.25 billion, with a large portion of the funds coming from the Canada Pension…

DTNA launches CX fleet for electric truck program

PORTLAND, Ore. – Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) is launching a customer experience (CX) fleet for its electric truck program, the company said Tuesday. The Freightliner Customer Experience Fleet…