Category: Driver Stuff

Fleet Advantage & NACFE Announce Joint Webinar On EPA and CARB Allocation

Fleet Advantage & NACFE Announce Joint Webinar On EPA and CARB Allocation

| November 3, 2024

Webinar will discuss key strategies, asset acquisition and powertrain options going forward amid OEM offerings, market trends and supply chain challenges  Fleet Advantage, specialty financing, fleet data analytics, fleet management services, and life cycle cost management, will host a complimentary webinar, titled “Navigating Allocation & Powertrain Options: Data-Driven Truck Procurement Strategy Ahead of Upcoming Regulations,” […]

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Volvo Trucks launches next-generation safety systems to protect pedestrians and cyclists

Volvo Trucks launches next-generation safety systems to protect pedestrians and cyclists

| November 3, 2024

Busy traffic situations pose daily safety risks to vulnerable road users. This is why Volvo Trucks is introducing two safety systems focusing on protecting pedestrians and cyclists Volvo Trucks continuously develops its active safety systems to protect vulnerable road users such as cyclists and pedestrians, all with the purpose of taking steps towards the company’s […]

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Trucking Company Employees Force Out Teamsters Union Bosses in Virginia, Similar Ouster Could Soon Come in New Jersey

Trucking Company Employees Force Out Teamsters Union Bosses in Virginia, Similar Ouster Could Soon Come in New Jersey

| November 3, 2024

Efforts come in the face of anti-Right to Work push by Teamsters bosses and Teamster-backed Biden-Harris Labor Board rule change to disenfranchise workers In two recent efforts by trucking employees across the Eastern Seaboard to free their workplaces from Teamsters union officials, a group of Virginia workers has successfully forced out Teamsters Local 322, while […]

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Voting for Transition Trucking: Driving for Excellence Award Now Open

Voting for Transition Trucking: Driving for Excellence Award Now Open

| November 3, 2024

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s Hiring Our Heroes program, Kenworth Truck Company and Fastport, honors military veterans who have made an outstanding transition into the commercial trucking industry Public voting for Transition Trucking: Driving for Excellence Award finalists begins November 1 and will run through Veterans Day, November 11. This prestigious award, coordinated by the […]

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Together for Safer Roads Honors Visionaries in Road Safety 

Together for Safer Roads Honors Visionaries in Road Safety 

| November 3, 2024

Robin Hutcheson and Jim Olson Honored for Significant Contributions to Road Safety Together for Safer Roads (TSR), a leading international NGO focused on building cross-sector partnerships to enhance fleet trucking safety, announced the distinguished recipients of the 2024 Annual Global Vision Zero Awards. These awards recognize outstanding individuals and organizations working to make our roads […]

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Fleetio and Ford Pro Announce Expanded Connected Fleet Integration

Fleetio and Ford Pro Announce Expanded Connected Fleet Integration

| October 31, 2024

Fleetio’s first embedded original equipment manufacturer telematics integration now supports extended feature set  Fleetio, fleet maintenance management software company, announced the expansion of its embedded integration with Ford modem-equipped vehicles and Ford Pro plug-in device technology. The integration, which is Fleetio’s first embedded original equipment manufacturer (OEM) integration, now supports a more comprehensive exchange of […]

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