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Commercial freight transportation is a machine-based business. Highly technical equipment and advanced engineering are at the center of supply chain and require constant innovation. Transport Topics equipment coverage focuses on the machines and other physical assets that make delivery possible. It looks closely at available truck, trailer, and chassis models, developments in the engineering space, and maintenance innovations and best practices. 

Government, Business, Technology, Equipment

Dana Announces Products Designed to Manage Change

ATLANTA — Dana Inc. unveiled a range of products intended to manage changes in commercial vehicles as trucks tackle emissions reductions.

Roger Gilroy | Senior Reporter
March 17, 2019
Business, Technology, Equipment

Donaldson Debuts Wireless Filter Monitoring System

ATLANTA –Filter manufacturer Donaldson Co. has introduced a wireless monitoring system that tracks and reports on the condition of trucks’ air filters, and which eventually could be expanded to track other systems, the company said.

Joe Howard | Executive Editor
March 17, 2019
Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety

TMC, FleetNet America Unveil Findings From Benchmarking Program

ATLANTA — One truckload fleet averaged more than 75,000 miles between roadside breakdowns in the fourth quarter last year, about seven times the vertical average of other carriers participating in a benchmarking program being run by American Trucking Associations’ Technology & Maintenance Council and FleetNet America.

Joe Howard | Executive Editor
March 17, 2019
Government, Business, Equipment, Fuel

Eaton Prepares for New Emissions Regulations

ATLANTA — Upcoming regulations are expected to call for reducing simultaneously carbon dioxide and nitrogen-oxide emissions — prompting new engine components and processes, including hybrid-electric powertrains, an executive with Eaton Vehicle Group said.

Roger Gilroy | Senior Reporter
March 17, 2019
Business, Equipment

P.S.I. Announces Latest Tire Management Product TireView

ATLANTA — Pressure Systems International announced a new tire pressure monitoring system for trucks, tractors and trailers at American Trucking Associations’ 2019 Technology & Maintenance Council annual meeting March 17.

Fran Matso Lysiak | Features Editor
March 17, 2019
Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety

TMC, PIT Group to Explore Electromagnetic Braking

ATLANTA — American Trucking Associations' Technology & Maintenance Council and PIT Group will expand their research partner to study electromagnetic braking systems.

Eleanor Lamb | Staff Reporter
March 17, 2019
Business, Technology, Equipment

Tesla Unveils Model Y Crossover, but Delivery Time Reignites Cash Concerns

The Model Y crossover that Elon Musk debuted late March 14 in Hawthorne, Calif., will start being delivered to customers in the fall of next year, later than some analysts anticipated. The company immediately began taking $2,500 pre-orders, a bigger ask than the $1,000 it has charged to reserve a Model 3 sedan.

Dana Hull | Bloomberg News
March 15, 2019
Business, Equipment

Hino Expands Certified Dealer Network

Hino Trucks announced the expansion of its Certified Ultimate dealer network with the addition of eight dealers, giving it 25 such dealerships operating nationwide.

March 15, 2019
Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety, Fuel, Logistics

TMC Annual Meeting Goes ‘Beyond the Frontier of Maintenance’

The evolution of trucks and truck maintenance is apparent in key highlights on the agenda for the upcoming annual meeting of the Technology & Maintenance Council of American Trucking Associations.

Fran Matso Lysiak | Features Editor
March 14, 2019
Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety

Editorial: Keeping Trucks on the Road Starts Here

This is a time for talking about truck maintenance, as the March 18 issue of Transport Topics coincides with and will be distributed at the 2019 annual meeting of the Technology & Maintenance Council of American Trucking Associations.

March 14, 2019