11 Dec Meritor Invests in TransPower Commercial vehicle supplier Meritor Inc. announced a strategic investment in TransPower, a provider of electrification technologies for large commercial vehicles. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Read more...
11 Dec Google Targets Annoying Ads In a move to stop the online advertising market from imploding, Google will roll out its own ad blocker in early 2018, designed to neutralize annoying, intrusive advertising on the web. Read more...
11 Dec Alkane, evLabs Announce Deal for Electric Truck Launch Alkane Truck Co. announced it signed a memorandum of understanding with evLaboratory Inc. to integrate evLabs’ powertrain and battery management system with Alkane’s alternative fuel truck chassis. Read more...
11 Dec On Tesla Trucks and ELDs Tesla Inc.’s recent unveiling of its all-electric Class 8 tractor presented the industry with a fresh take on truck design and a different way of powering its vehicles. Read more...
08 Dec AASHTO to Tax Leaders: Advance Private Activity Bonds The national group representing state transportation directors again called on tax policy leaders on Capitol Hill to produce tax reform legislation that would help advance infrastructure projects. Read more...
08 Dec Many LTL Carriers Lean Toward Density-Based Pricing The use of dimensioners is expanding in the less-than-truckload industry, enabling carriers to more accurately calculate shipment density. Read more...
08 Dec Fleets, Tech Vendors Parsing Data to Improve Driver Coaching, Safety Modern trucking companies are swimming in data collected by their onboard technology and back-office software, but fleet managers are using a variety of strategies to utilize that information for driver coaching and other business improvements. Read more...
08 Dec Caterpillar to Pay Millions for Crimes Against Customers, Including XPO Logistics A wholly owned subsidiary of Caterpillar Inc. will pay tens of millions of dollars for intentionally cheating its customers with unnecessary repairs and dumping rail car parts into the ocean to cover up its actions. Read more...
08 Dec Caterpillar to Pay Million for Crimes Against Customers Including XPO Logistics A wholly owned subsidiary of Caterpillar Inc. will pay tens of millions of dollars for intentionally cheating its customers with unnecessary repairs and dumping rail car parts into the ocean to cover up its actions. Read more...
08 Dec Martin Weissburg Appointed President of Mack Trucks Martin Weissburg, currently president of Volvo Construction Equipment, will become president of Mack Trucks effective June 1, 2018. Read more...