Category: Cab, Trailer & Body

Toshiba, Sojitz and CBMM Unveil an Ultra-Fast Charging Electric Bus Prototype

Toshiba, Sojitz and CBMM Unveil an Ultra-Fast Charging Electric Bus Prototype

| June 19, 2024

Powered by Next-Generation Lithium-ion Batteries with Niobium Titanium Oxide Anodes Toshiba Corporation and Sojitz Corporation of Japan, and Brazil’s CBMM, the world’s leading producer of niobium, have completed development of a next generation lithium-ion battery that uses niobium titanium oxide (NTO) in the anode. They held an opening ceremony and unveiled a prototype E-bus powered […]

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Behnke Inc. Equips Entire Fleet with Road Ready Advanced Telematics for Enhanced Asset Tracking and Efficiency

Behnke Inc. Equips Entire Fleet with Road Ready Advanced Telematics for Enhanced Asset Tracking and Efficiency

| June 19, 2024

Behnke Inc. is especially interested in collaborating on the development of custom reporting, to reduce dwell and detention times, which will enable them to run their fleets more effectively and efficiently Behnke Inc., a leading provider of transportation services in the Midwest, has recently partnered with Road Ready, the advanced telematics and digital fleet management solutions […]

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Samsara Announces 2024 Connected Operations Award Winners

Samsara Announces 2024 Connected Operations Award Winners

| June 18, 2024

Awards honor organizations that have demonstrated significant accomplishments across safety, efficiency, sustainability, performance, and innovation initiatives Samsara Inc. Connected Operations™ Cloud, announced the winners of its 2024 Connected Operations Awards. This year’s honorees represent the people and organizations that power our world — from transportation and the public sector, to construction and manufacturing. These organizations use data-driven […]

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Waabi Raises $200M USD to Launch Fully Driverless Trucks in 2025

Waabi Raises $200M USD to Launch Fully Driverless Trucks in 2025

| June 18, 2024

Breakthrough generative AI technology enables unprecedented pace of development and capital efficiency in self-driving   Waabi, a company pioneering generative AI for the physical world, has raised $200 million (USD) in an oversubscribed Series B round, led by Uber and Khosla Ventures. The funding round includes participation from best-in-class strategic investors NVIDIA, Volvo Group Venture Capital, […]

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Penske Relaunches Truck Rental Website for Business Customers

Penske Relaunches Truck Rental Website for Business Customers

| June 17, 2024

The new, interactive map displays pricing at each location, simplifying the process of finding the best rental options Penske Truck Rental relaunched its newly revamped website at PenskeTruckRental.com for commercial truck rental customers. The redesigned reservation flow introduces a modern, intuitive design to enhance and speed up the customer experience, ensuring a seamless and efficient process for business […]

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Class 8 Overcapacity Boosts Inventory Expectations for 2024

Class 8 Overcapacity Boosts Inventory Expectations for 2024

| June 17, 2024

ACT Research reports near-record inventories, production of Class 8 vehicles came in well ahead of expectations Except for Class 8, trailer and Classes 4-7 forecasts were largely unchanged, as published in the latest release of the North American Commercial Vehicle OUTLOOK. “Not only did April build not slow in the face of tough freight fundamentals, […]

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