Seth Clevenger | Transport Topics

Seth Clevenger
Managing Editor, Features and Multimedia

@sethclevenger

Seth Clevenger is managing editor of features at Transport Topics. He plans, writes and edits news features for Transport Topics’ weekly newspaper, supplemental publications and TTNews.com.

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Seth Clevenger is editor of features and multimedia at Transport Topics. He plans, writes and edits news features for Transport Topics’ weekly newspaper, supplemental publications and TTNews.com. He also creates video and audio content for Transport Topics’ webcasts, podcasts and radio programming. Clevenger, who joined TT in 2011, covers the latest industry news with a special focus on transportation technology, including automated vehicles and driver-assist systems, the latest developments in trucking equipment, transportation management software, telematics and mobile communications, data analytics, routing and navigation software, onboard video and more. Clevenger, currently based in Alexandria, Va., is a native of northwest Ohio. He is a 2005 graduate of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.

Featured videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQVmc-_6pao

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAoTcBJiBFM&t=610s

Featured podcasts:

Seth visited the Behind the Wheels podcast and spoke with hosts Doug Mason, Dave Walters, and Mike Yagley all about electrification. Listen to them discuss its expected effects on weight/range and basic electric infrastructure development. Stream it now.

Seth also visited "Eyes on the Road," a trucking podcast by PrePass. He was joined by host Evan Lockridge to discuss the increasing number of fleets and owner operators that are equipping their trucks with on-board video cameras. Available now.

"Today’s trucking industry is increasingly driven by the use of technology, from predictive analytics that help fleets better manage their operations to advanced driver-assist systems that enhance safety on the road. As your business charts its course through these times of rapid change, we welcome you to follow our technology coverage online and in print to stay fully informed on the trends that are shaping the industry’s future. We’ll strive to keep you up to speed on the latest updates in transportation management software, truck telematics and electronic logging devices, while also examining the implications of emerging technologies such as autonomous trucks and blockchain applications."
—Seth Clevenger

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Business, Technology

Qualcomm to Rename Truck Technology Unit

Qualcomm Inc. will change the name of its Qualcomm Enterprise Services division in the spring in conjunction with a corporate reorganization of the business.

Seth Clevenger | Managing Editor, Features and Multimedia

March 4, 2013

Business, Logistics

BX Solutions Expands Logistics Network

BX Solutions, a Toledo, Ohio-based third-party logistics provider, has launched an expanded “time-definite” transportation network connecting 31 cities in the Midwest and Southeast.

Seth Clevenger | Managing Editor, Features and Multimedia

January 29, 2013

Special Coverage, Business, Fuel

Favorable Economics Seen Boosting Natural Gas as Trucking Fuel

ARLINGTON, Va. — The trucking industry’s adoption of natural-gas vehicles will be driven by favorable economics made possible by a vast domestic supply of the fuel, natural-gas producers and advocates said Thursday at a conference examining the fuel’s potential for transportation, hosted by American Trucking Associations.

Seth Clevenger | Managing Editor, Features and Multimedia

November 29, 2012

Special Coverage, Business, Fuel

Producers Cite Positive Shift in Outlook for NatGas

ARLINGTON, Va. — The use of natural gas as a transportation fuel is increasing in an “era of unconventional” fuel sources, executives of several energy producers said at ATA’s Summit on Natural Gas in Trucking on Thursday.

Seth Clevenger | Managing Editor, Features and Multimedia

November 29, 2012

Business, Technology

Qualcomm’s Earnings Rise for 4Q, Year

Wireless technology and service provider Qualcomm Inc. reported a higher profit for both its fiscal fourth quarter and fiscal year.

Seth Clevenger | Managing Editor, Features and Multimedia

November 13, 2012

Special Coverage, Business, Technology

ATA Educational Truck Adds Electronic Log from XRS

LAS VEGAS — Mobile fleet software provider XRS Corp. said its Turnpike platform is now running on American Trucking Associations’ Interstate One truck, the first time that the educational tractor-trailer will use an electronic log.

Seth Clevenger | Managing Editor, Features and Multimedia

October 11, 2012

Business, Fuel

TMC Sets Task Forces to Address Natural Gas, Other Issues

PITTSBURGH — The Technology & Maintenance Council said it has formed new task forces to look at natural gas, coolant and electronics issues facing the trucking industry.

Seth Clevenger | Managing Editor, Features and Multimedia

September 26, 2012

Business

Ryder’s Christopher Barnett Wins TMC’s SuperTech Competition

PITTSBURGH — Christopher Barnett, a technician with Ryder System Inc., won the title of SuperTech grand champion this week, with a consistently strong performance as he navigated a written test and 17 diverse hands-on skills stations designed to challenge the nation’s top truck technicians.

Seth Clevenger | Managing Editor, Features and Multimedia

September 13, 2012

Business, Equipment

Cadec Names Pete Allen CEO

Fleet management technology provider Cadec Global Inc. announced that Pete Allen has joined the company as its new CEO.

Seth Clevenger | Managing Editor, Features and Multimedia

August 22, 2012

Business, Technology

Xata Cuts Jobs, Focuses on Mobile Platform

Transportation software provider Xata Corp recently cut 29 jobs in a step to “better align” its workforce with its mobile-based strategy, the company said in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing.

Seth Clevenger | Managing Editor, Features and Multimedia

July 9, 2012