2017: Bendix Cites Active Safety Tech, Air Disc Brakes as Enablers for Automated Driving
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The growing adoption of active safety technology and air disc brakes is building a stronger foundation for the movement toward autonomous trucks, executives at Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems said.
April 3, 2017Facebook for the Workplace: A Private Social Network for Your Trucking Business
Fans of Facebook — and there are more than 1.7 billion of them — now have a near-mirror image of the social network they can use for their businesses. Dubbed Workplace by Facebook, the new application offers all the familiar features that have made Facebook the world’s most popular digital meeting place. The primary difference: Workplace enables businesses to use the Facebook environment to create an entirely private social network for their employees and trusted trading partners.
February 10, 2017Connected Vehicles, Platooning Coming Into Focus
WASHINGTON — Connected vehicles and platooning are two of the major technological developments coming soon to trucking, and manufacturers, fleets, regulators and academics are wrestling with the details now.
February 10, 2017Fuel Cards Advance
Trucking companies today are doing much more with fuel cards than purchasing diesel. As card issuers deploy technology to connect new services to their cards, fleets are using them to better control fuel spending, gather data on their operations and even book hotel reservations.
February 10, 2017Cab Cameras Gain ‘Machine Vision’
The video safety systems in truck cabs are becoming smarter. Rather than simply recording video of events on the road, some of the latest systems have gained the ability to “see” the truck’s environment and draw conclusions about driver behavior.
February 10, 2017Drive for the Prize
As the trucking industry continues to grapple with high driver turnover, some carriers are turning to performance-based rewards and technology-enabled “gamification” programs to increase driver retention and boost engagement.
February 10, 2017Columbia Basin College Trucking Into the Future With $100,000 Truck Driving Simulator
“Loading the virtual world,” Bud Stephens said as he fired up Columbia Basin College’s newest tool to train future truck drivers.
January 27, 2017Vnomics Introduces ‘True Fuel Score’ to Assess Driver Efficiency
Vnomics Corp. has introduced a more comprehensive driver scoring model for True Fuel, its fuel optimization platform.
January 27, 2017ERoad Adds Max Speed Alert
Electronic logging device supplier ERoad has introduced Max Speed Alert, a new feature for its fleet management system designed to support safe driving.
January 26, 2017J. J. Keller, McLeod Offer Hours of Service Integration
J. J. Keller & Associates and McLeod Software said they have partnered to help their shared fleet customers better manage drivers’ hours of service and order planning.
January 26, 2017