Category: Cab, Trailer & Body

Trimble and Qualcomm Deliver Precise Positioning Solutions for Automotive OEMs and heavy trucking

Trimble and Qualcomm Deliver Precise Positioning Solutions for Automotive OEMs and heavy trucking

| January 6, 2025

High-level accuracy designed to enhance safety and improve performance for ADAS and C-V2X applications TrimbleⓇ has extended its technology collaboration with Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. to deliver precise positioning solutions for automated vehicles ranging from automobiles to heavy trucking. Trimble’s precise positioning engine, Trimble ProPointⓇ Go™, will be integrated with the SnapdragonⓇ Auto 5G Modem-RF Gen 2, a key platform […]

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FTR Reports Preliminary North American Class 8 Net Orders for December at 31,900 Units

FTR Reports Preliminary North American Class 8 Net Orders for December at 31,900 Units

| January 4, 2025

North American Class 8 net orders in December totaled 31,900 units, down 7% month-over-month FTR reported that preliminary North American Class 8 net orders in December totaled 31,900 units, down 7% month-over-month (m/m) yet a notable 23% increase year-over-year (y/y). This figure slightly outperformed seasonal expectations, surpassing the seven-year December average of 29,716 net orders.  […]

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Cenntro Receives Order for Metro MR for the Japanese Market

Cenntro Receives Order for Metro MR for the Japanese Market

| January 2, 2025

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 […]

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Torc and Aeva Strengthen Collaboration to Accelerate the Development of Autonomous Truck Technology

Torc and Aeva Strengthen Collaboration to Accelerate the Development of Autonomous Truck Technology

| January 2, 2025

Newly Expanded Collaboration on Sensing Data and Sharing of a Freightliner Cascadia Vehicle Platform to Strengthen Safety and Reliability of Autonomous Trucks Aeva®next-generation sensing and perception systems, and Torc, an independent subsidiary of Daimler Truck and a pioneer in commercializing self-driving vehicle technology, announced an expansion of their  collaboration to advance the development of a […]

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Dragonfly Energy and Stevens Transport, Inc. Champion Fleet Hybridization with Battle Born® All-Electric APU Deal

Dragonfly Energy and Stevens Transport, Inc. Champion Fleet Hybridization with Battle Born® All-Electric APU Deal

| December 19, 2024

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 […]

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Idrive Global Becomes IdriveAI, Has Record-Breaking 2024

Idrive Global Becomes IdriveAI, Has Record-Breaking 2024

| December 19, 2024

Features include real-time analytics, vehicle tracking, driver behavior monitoring, predictive risk alerts, and customizable reporting 2024 has been a successful and busy year for Idrive. To reflect its growing prominence in the artificial intelligence (AI) led vehicle telematics industry, Idrive Global has rebranded itself as IdriveAI. “We have been focused on AI for a long […]

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