Freightliner ExpressPoint now available at 400+ Love’s Truck Care and Speedco locations Professional drivers of Freightliner trucks can now utilize a new service at the nation’s largest over-the-road maintenance network with increased support and convenience for light mechanical repairs. Today, Love’s Travel Stops and Daimler Truck North America LLC (DTNA), the leading truck manufacturer in […]
Virtual Vehicle is First Open OEM Platform That Replaces the Need for Aftermarket Hardware Cheema Freightlines, a 17-year-old family owned-and-operated dry truckload transportation company, and Platform Science, a leading connected vehicle platform, today announced a partnership to roll out Platform Science’s Virtual VehicleTMplatform to Cheema’s fleet of more than 500 trucks servicing the Western United States. Virtual Vehicle […]
Palmer Trucks’ Kenworth factory-trained diesel technicians get commercial trucks back on the road in record time with an expanded shop and world-class parts availability through PACCAR Parts Palmer Trucks, a third-generation, family-owned Kenworth truck dealer network based in Indianapolis, has relocated and expanded its Kenworth of Fremont commercial truck dealership for new and used truck sales, parts and repairs. […]
Testing was conducted on a 25.5-mile urban/highway loop at approximately 59,000 lbs Range Energy (Range), the company bringing powered trailers to the commercial trucking market, announced preliminary third-party testing results showing its technology enables up to 36.9 percent fuel efficiency gains (+3.25 MPG) for semi-trucks. Testing was conducted on a 25.5-mile urban/highway loop at approximately 59,000 […]
FedEx Sweeps National Technician Skills Competition Podium and Team Titles Doug Nickles, a FedEx Freight technician from East Moline, Illinois, was crowned TMCSuperTech Grand Champion here at the American Trucking Associations’ Technology & Maintenance Councils’ National Technicians Skills Competitions. “Winning TMCSuperTech is a tremendous achievement and clearly demonstrates Doug’s dedication to service and professionalism,” said TMC Executive […]
Class 8 backlog is likely to continue to decline until 2024 On continued strong build rates and seasonally weak order volumes, July’s NA Class 8 backlog fell by 11,632 units to 163,576 units. At 5.9 months, the nominal backlog-to-build ratio remains comfortably healthy into year end, according to ACT Research’s latest State of the Industry: […]
