Category: Cab, Trailer & Body

Roadrunner Speeds Up Transit Times, Opens 40 New Lanes, Expands Smart Guarantee Service Offering

Roadrunner Speeds Up Transit Times, Opens 40 New Lanes, Expands Smart Guarantee Service Offering

| October 10, 2024

The company announces Shari Leon and Naomi Rivers Win 2024 Women in Supply Chain Awards Roadrunner is speeding up transit times across 200+ lanes, opening 40+ new lanes, and tripling its Smart Guarantee service. The expanded Smart Guarantee ensures LTL shipments arrive on time, or they are free. The company’s direct metro-to-metro connectivity and Teams driver strategy continue to drive […]

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Platform Science Partners With Phillips Connect to Deliver Actionable Trailer Insights Directly Into the Cab

Platform Science Partners With Phillips Connect to Deliver Actionable Trailer Insights Directly Into the Cab

| October 9, 2024

This solution delivers advanced trailer insights, sending important alerts directly to drivers in near real-time, empowering them to take immediate action Platform Science, the creator of the leading edge application platform for transportation, Virtual Vehicle, announced a partnership with Phillips Connect, a renowned technology company specializing in IoT devices and fleet solutions. The partnership brings Phillips […]

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Hankook Tire to Support Car Hauler Segment with New SmartLine AL50 TBR Product

Hankook Tire to Support Car Hauler Segment with New SmartLine AL50 TBR Product

| October 9, 2024

Hankook Tire for the challenging and unique commercial car hauler segment with its new SmartLine AL50 truck bus and radial (TBR) tire Leading global tire maker Hankook Tire announced support for the challenging and unique commercial car hauler segment with its new SmartLine AL50 truck bus and radial (TBR) tire. The SmartLine AL50, in addition to Hankook’s […]

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Mack Defense to Spotlight the Mack® MD Electric at AUSA 2024

Mack Defense to Spotlight the Mack® MD Electric at AUSA 2024

| October 8, 2024

The U.S. Armed Forces are actively evaluating how electric vehicle technologies can be applied to the variety of vehicles used for logistics and for combat operations Mack Defense announced that it will feature the Mack® MD6 Electric model at its booth at the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) 2024 Annual Meeting and Exposition […]

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Gatik Paves the Way for Safe Driverless Operations (‘Freight-Only’) at Scale with Industry-First Third-Party Safety Assessment Framework

Gatik Paves the Way for Safe Driverless Operations (‘Freight-Only’) at Scale with Industry-First Third-Party Safety Assessment Framework

| October 8, 2024

Autonomous Middle-Mile Logistics Leader has Engaged Edge Case Research to Perform Comprehensive Development, Deployment and Safety Engineering Assessment Gatik AI Inc., the leader in autonomous middle-mile logistics, announced an unprecedented commitment to safety by unveiling the scope of a comprehensive safety case assessment for its Freight-Only operations (deliveries without a human driver onboard) across North […]

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Nestlé Purina PetCare Debuts Use of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric Semi-Truck in California

Nestlé Purina PetCare Debuts Use of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric Semi-Truck in California

| October 8, 2024

The truck — which is the newest Nikola hydrogen fuel cell truck model — will transport products like Tidy Cats cat litter with zero tailpipe emissions, supporting Purina’s sustainability strategy  Nestlé Purina PetCare, in collaboration with The Kenan Advantage Group, Inc. (KAG) and Nikola Corporation, launched its first zero-tailpipe-emission delivery with the use of a […]

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