Auto shop management software company triples down to help shops scale and succeed Shopmonkey, a SaaS company serving the automotive industry, has raised a $75 million Series C. This round of funding was led by previous investors Bessemer Venture Partners and Index Ventures, with participation once again from Headline and I2BF, plus new investor ICONIQ Growth. This […]
Goodyear Partners with Local Motors, Beep and Jacksonville Transportation Authority on Industry First Goodyear has developed a non-pneumatic (airless) tire (NPT) and wheel assembly to support autonomous vehicle transportation in a city setting for in-field use with the Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA). For the past three years, Goodyear and Local Motors have tested an Olli […]
24/7 sites will help keep professional drivers on the road; company looking to add team members Love’s Travel Stops is now serving customers at 10 Speedco and Love’s Truck Care locations that are open 24/7. The locations offer tire, lube and light mechanical services, as well as DOT inspections, for professional drivers and fleets at […]
During the first quarter of 2021, fleets averaged 29,506 miles of operation between unscheduled road repairs American Trucking Associations’ Technology & Maintenance Council said the council’s first quarter 2021 TMC/FleetNet America Vertical Benchmarking Program found an industrywide increase in the frequency of unscheduled roadside maintenance. “As the economy improves going into the second half of […]
Effective August 1 Yokohama Tire Corporation announced today it will implement a price increase on its consumer replacement tires and commercial truck tires sold in the U.S., effective August 1. Yokohama cited that the unprecedented increase in the cost of raw materials and the ongoing rise of operational costs necessitated the price adjustments.
FleetPride will operate the All Pro location as a standalone FleetPride Service Center FleetPride, Inc. announced has acquired the assets of All Pro Truck & Trailer of Rockford, Illinois. All Pro was founded by Brian Hicks in 2000 and offers repair services for customers throughout northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin with 16 service bays, plus onsite, towing, […]
