Category: Driver Stuff

Bollinger Motors Takes Next Step to Bring B4 Chassis Cab to Market with Announcement of Warranty Coverage

Bollinger Motors Takes Next Step to Bring B4 Chassis Cab to Market with Announcement of Warranty Coverage

| July 24, 2024

“Our warranty provides our customers the peace-of-mind they need in making their decision and demonstrates the confidence we have in the B4.”    Bollinger Motors, Inc., an electric commercial vehicle (“EV”) manufacturer, releases its full warranty coverage on the Bollinger B4 Chassis Cab, the company’s all-new, all-electric Class 4 commercial truck. Under the warranty, Bollinger will […]

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Geotab’s Safety Center Enables Impressive Collision Reduction Rates With Predictive AI Data Insights

Geotab’s Safety Center Enables Impressive Collision Reduction Rates With Predictive AI Data Insights

| July 16, 2024

New Advanced Collision Detection Technology Introduced to assist fleets further enhances driver safety Customers utilizing Geotab’s Safety Center launched in February 2024, have seen a 5.5% reduction in collision rates, in just 4 months. Continuing to build on this success, Geotab Inc. is introducing new collision detection technology further leveraging AI and advanced data intelligence, to enhance predictive […]

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Spot Market Insights: Van Spot Rates Decline but are Still Higher Y/Y

Spot Market Insights: Van Spot Rates Decline but are Still Higher Y/Y

| July 16, 2024

Spot Market Insights is provided weekly by Truckstop with analysis and commentary from FTR Van Spot Rates Decline but are Still Higher Y/Y Data from Truckstop and FTR Transportation Intelligence for the week ended July 12 show broker-posted rates for the overall spot market above prior-year levels for the first time since June 2022, although […]

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Used Truck Retail Sales Slowed in June, Counter to Seasonality

Used Truck Retail Sales Slowed in June, Counter to Seasonality

| July 16, 2024

ACT Research reports Class 8 same dealer used truck retail sales volumes slowed in June (-5.3%) Counter to historical seasonality, preliminary Class 8 same dealer used truck retail sales volumes slowed in June (-5.3%), according to the latest preliminary release of the State of the Industry: U.S. Classes 3-8 Used Trucks published by ACT Research. […]

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Serco Group, VEV and RVS save 8,898kg of emissions and prove the case for electric recycling & refuse-vehicles in 8-week pilot

Serco Group, VEV and RVS save 8,898kg of emissions and prove the case for electric recycling & refuse-vehicles in 8-week pilot

| July 16, 2024

Drivers reported that the vehicles performed better than the usual diesel vehicles and they preferred the smooth and quiet driving experience  VEV, the e-fleet solutions provider backed by Vitol – a world-leader in the energy sector – reveals the results of its highly successful collaboration with public services provider, Serco, and RVS, following the conclusion of a pilot […]

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Freight Trends from DAT One and DAT iQ

Freight Trends from DAT One and DAT iQ

| July 15, 2024

Spot market data for July 7-13, 2024 (Week 28) Load posts on DAT One rebounded by 66% last week The number of loads posted on DAT One increased by almost 66% to 2.13 million last week, recovering (and then some) from a 48% drop during the July 4 holiday week. The number of loads was […]

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