26 Sep Stoughton Returns to Reefer Market With PureBlue Trailer ATLANTA — Stoughton Trailers has added a refrigerated model to its lineup, its first entry into the segment in years and a move that the company said completes its lineup. Read more...
26 Sep Continental’s ContiConnect System Checks Tire Inflation From Monitoring Station ATLANTA — Continental Tire has introduced a system that checks inflation levels in a truck’s tires as it passes an external monitoring station, with data transmitted from sensors integrated into the tires that require no electronics to be installed on the truck, the company said. Read more...
26 Sep Dana Introduces New Driveshaft Product and Medium-Duty Option ATLANTA — Dana Inc. launched its latest driveshaft, expanded the availability of a drive axle and offered a new option for certain steer axles, while outlining the trends in electrification. Read more...
26 Sep Meritor Announces New Products, New Brand and Redesigned Components ATLANTA — Meritor Inc. announced new electrified axles, a value brand and refinements to existing components. Read more...
26 Sep Sen. Thune Working on Creating Modern-Day ‘Rules of the Road’ for Autonomous Vehicles As the Obamacare reform debate rages on in full force, U.S. Sen. John Thune doesn’t have his sights set entirely on the headline-stealing topics of health care and tax reform. The always busy South Dakota Republican is also eyeing legislation for the growing autonomous vehicle market, or self-driving cars. Read more...
26 Sep Las Vegas-Area Interchange Gets FHWA Redistribution Funds The Nevada Department of Transportation will use recently issued federal funds to expand an interchange near Las Vegas to help bolster freight transportation. Read more...
26 Sep Thune Working on Creating Modern-Day ‘Rules of the Road’ for Autonomous Vehicles As the Obamacare reform debate rages on in full force, U.S. Sen. John Thune doesn’t have his sights set entirely on the headline-stealing topics of health care and tax reform. The always busy South Dakota Republican is also eyeing legislation for the growing autonomous vehicle market, or self-driving cars. Read more...
26 Sep Agency, Industry Prepared for Upcoming ELD Mandate ATLANTA — A delay in the upcoming mandate on electronic logging devices for carriers is highly unlikely to occur, federal regulators and stakeholders said at the Connected Fleets USA conference Sept. 26. Read more...
26 Sep Mack Expounds on Marketing Strategy for Anthem, Pinnacle ATLANTA — Mack Trucks showed off its new Anthem highway tractor and clarified how it will be marketed relative to its long-standing Pinnacle highway model that remains available. Read more...
26 Sep Missouri Town Plans $5.84 Million Tax Break to Lure Big FedEx Center St. Peters, Mo., could offer a property tax break of $5.84 million over 10 years to lure a large FedEx complex to the levee-protected Premier 370 business park in the city’s Mississippi River flood plain. Read more...