Category: Wheels & Tires

TravelCenters of America Celebrates 300th Travel Center Milestone

TravelCenters of America Celebrates 300th Travel Center Milestone

| February 27, 2024

TA continues to advance its network growth plans and guest experience enhancements, including opening 20 new locations in 2024 TravelCenters of America Inc., a bp brand, is celebrating the opening of its 300th travel center with a ribbon cutting ceremony this week at the newly rebuilt TA in Walton, KY. The 300th site opening is a milestone in […]

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Goodyear and Gatik Further Advance Safety of Autonomous Vehicles With Tire Intelligence Integration

Goodyear and Gatik Further Advance Safety of Autonomous Vehicles With Tire Intelligence Integration

| January 16, 2024

Intelligent tire data allows for safer, more predictable and efficient autonomous vehicle performance The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, a leader in connected mobility, and Gatik (Gatik AI, Inc.), the leader in autonomous middle mile B2B logistics, announced the expansion of the industry’s first, successful integration of tire intelligence technology into an autonomous driving system. […]

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Continental and Aurora Finalize Design of World’s First Scalable Autonomous Trucking System

Continental and Aurora Finalize Design of World’s First Scalable Autonomous Trucking System

| January 8, 2024

Aurora and Continental reach key development milestone of exclusive partnership: Completion of blueprint and design of the future Aurora Driver hardware and fallback system Continental and Aurora Innovation (NASDAQ: AUR) announced they have achieved a key development milestone to commercialize autonomous trucks at scale. The companies have finalized the design and architecture of the future […]

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Power Heavy Duty Network Significantly Expands Footprint in 2023, Reaches Record Number of Locations

Power Heavy Duty Network Significantly Expands Footprint in 2023, Reaches Record Number of Locations

| January 2, 2024

The 18 new Power Heavy Duty members – geographically spanning coast to coast – represent more than a 25 percent expansion in network locations since 2020 Power Heavy Duty added 18 distributors this year, bringing its network to a record 224 locations throughout the U.S. Its accelerated growth helped expand the footprint of the VIPAR […]

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Bridgestone Achieves Milestone Annual Total of Tire Pressure Readings with Tire Monitoring Solution in 2023

Bridgestone Achieves Milestone Annual Total of Tire Pressure Readings with Tire Monitoring Solution in 2023

| December 20, 2023

This breakthrough reflects the commercial industry’s rapid adoption of new technology that advances safety, productivity, and efficiency on any road or construction site Bridgestone Americas has marked its most successful year of integration of Bridgestone Fleet Care tire monitoring services in the U.S., surpassing 200 million annual tire pressure readings in 2023. This marks the […]

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New ATRI Research Analyzes Predatory Towing and Efforts to Prevent It

New ATRI Research Analyzes Predatory Towing and Efforts to Prevent It

| November 30, 2023

Majority of carriers encountered additional issues such as truck release or access delays, cargo release delays, truck seizure without cause, and tows misreported as consensual The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) released a new report that examines the causes and countermeasures of predatory heavy-duty towing, with the goal of improving the relationship between the towing […]

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