Fleets can expect up to 20 percent improved rolling resistance, translating to lower fuel consumption and reduced operational costs Continental, one of the largest tire suppliers in the world, has released a new fuel-efficient trailer retread, ContiTread HT, to the United States market. The ContiTread HT features an enhanced shoulder design that significantly increases the tread’s durability, particularly […]
500 Unit Order for Customized Metro MR Vehicles May Position Cenntro to Capitalize on Additional Opportunities in Key Market Cenntro Inc. electric commercial vehicle company with advanced, market-validated, and purpose-built vehicles, announced its manufacturing facility, Zhejiang Cenntro Machinery Co., Ltd., secured an order for 500 customized Metro MR vehicles exclusively for the Japanese market. We […]
Forecast for freight volume next year is a bit weaker than it was previously, but we also have tightened our capacity assumption a bit based on preliminary government data regarding trucking employment FTR’s Trucking Conditions Index for October improved to 0.49 from -2.47 in September, indicating improved conditions for carriers. Stronger utilization, lower capital costs, […]
Stevens Transport has committed to transitioning its entire fleet of 2,500 trucks to Dragonfly Energy’s lithium power solutions Dragonfly Energy Holdings Corp. energy storage and battery technology, has secured a large purchase order for delivery of the Company’s Battle Born® All-Electric APUs from Stevens Transport, Inc., (“Stevens Transport”) one of the largest temperature-controlled freight carriers […]
New partnership expands fuel card network, delivering significant fleet and over-the-road discounts to customers across 20 states AtoB, the fintech payments platform modernizing the trucking industry’s financial systems, announced a new partnership with Maverik—Adventure’s First Stop. The collaboration expands AtoB’s comprehensive fuel card network, giving customers even more discounts at 840+ Maverik and Kum & […]
ATRI’s analysis also found that the trucking industry wasted over 6.4 billion gallons of diesel fuel in 2022 due to congestion, resulting in additional fuel costs of $32.1 billion Traffic congestion on U.S. highways added $108.8 billion in costs to the trucking industry in 2022 according to the latest Cost of Congestion study published by the American Transportation Research Institute […]
