Category: Fleet Diagnostics & Software

Cheema Freightlines Partners with Platform Science to Deploy Virtual Vehicle  

Cheema Freightlines Partners with Platform Science to Deploy Virtual Vehicle  

| December 13, 2023

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 […]

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Telematics data from Samsara used to automate smog testing and reporting for government vehicles in California

Telematics data from Samsara used to automate smog testing and reporting for government vehicles in California

| December 13, 2023

Samsara Joins California Bureau of Automotive Repair’s Continuous Testing Program Pilot to Streamline Smog Checks for Public Sector Fleets Samsara Inc. has joined the California Bureau of Automotive Repair’s (BAR) Continuous Testing Program (CTP) pilot, a program designed to help alleviate the effort of in-person smog testing for public sector fleets in California. As part of […]

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Auburn University approves $15 million Vehicle Innovation Laboratory to address challenges faced by transit vehicle manufacturers

Auburn University approves $15 million Vehicle Innovation Laboratory to address challenges faced by transit vehicle manufacturers

| December 12, 2023

The object is to make transit vehicles more efficient with increased levels of safety and reduced emissions The Auburn University Board of Trustees recently approved the beginning phases of a $15 million research lab for the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering. The Vehicle Research and Innovation Laboratory project is proposed as a testing facility to address challenges faced by transit […]

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Leaders are looking to AI to improve vehicle tracking, decision-making, expense planning, fraud detection, and worker safety

Leaders are looking to AI to improve vehicle tracking, decision-making, expense planning, fraud detection, and worker safety

| December 11, 2023

Motive Study Finds Physical Operations Businesses are Facing Losses, See AI as the Way to Recover Motive, announced a new study that shows companies in industries like trucking and logistics, and oil and gas experienced an average of over $1 million in losses due to economic instability, labor issues, and operational inefficiencies. The Motive Physical Economy Outlook […]

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Kenworth of Fremont relocates and expands to serve Northeastern Indiana trucking industry

Kenworth of Fremont relocates and expands to serve Northeastern Indiana trucking industry

| December 11, 2023

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. […]

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HummingbirdEV Announces Offering of Series A Preferred Stock

HummingbirdEV Announces Offering of Series A Preferred Stock

| December 4, 2023

Provider of advanced commercial vehicle electrification systems, is opening a Series A Preferred Stock financing round for up to $15 million HummingbirdEV, a global provider of advanced commercial vehicle electrification systems, announced that it is opening a Series A Preferred Stock financing round for up to $15 million. The company has already received $6 million […]

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