Personalizing Communications With Customer Data Platforms
Trucking companies looking to hyperpersonalize their newsletters to customers are using new technology — enhanced customer data platforms, or CDPs — to ensure the personalized details they have on each customer are fully maximized.
September 8, 2022Hydrogen Rises as Alternative Fuel, but Check the Feedstock
Hydrogen is rising as an eventual clean alternative option for fueling trucks but the feedstock used to produce it — by steam methane reforming, using coal or with solar panel-generated electricity — affects its carbon impact.
September 8, 2022Industry Shows Interest in Cummins’ Hydrogen Engines
Cummins Inc. is developing two hydrogen-fueled internal combustion engines that are scheduled for production in 2027, but fleets and others are already signing up for them.
September 8, 2022Driving Your Fleet Towards Idle Reduction
Program Airs: September 8, 2022, 2 p.m. ET. Idle time, whether it’s time spent waiting to load or unload a shipment or in a scale house line up, has significant impacts on your fleet operations. It increases the carbon emissions produced by your fleet, quietly consumes your fuel and personnel budgets, reduces operational efficiencies, and creates bottlenecks along your drivers’ routes. According to SmartWay, a partner of the US EPA, if each driver in a 25-truck fleet idled for only two hours, that fleet would burn 40 gallons of diesel each day, at a cost of over $46,000/year.
September 8, 2022Nikola Wins Rulings Over Trevor Milton on Brink of Criminal Trial
Nikola Corp. won a court order preventing founder Trevor Milton from using certain company communications in his defense against criminal charges that he lied about the company’s products to mislead investors and prop up the stock.
September 8, 2022GM Bets on EVs for the Masses With $30,000 SUV
GM expects to make the electric model of its popular Chevrolet Equinox SUV available for sale in about a year with a $30,000 price tag.
September 8, 2022Mercedes, Rivian Partner on Electric Vans in Cost-Saving Bid
Mercedes-Benz AG and Rivian Automotive Inc. plan to jointly manufacture electric vans in Europe as both companies try to share the rising costs of churning out battery-powered vehicles.
September 8, 2022Jeep Plans Four Electric SUVs, Including a New ‘Brother’ for the Wrangler
Jeep, the rugged American SUV brand owned by Stellantis NV, is expanding its lineup to meet more-stringent emission rules and catch up to rival automakers.
September 8, 2022First Aerial Delivery Drone Granted Design Approval by FAA
U.S. aviation regulators approved designs for the first flying drone built specifically for shipping packages, a major step forward for the fledgling remote delivery industry.
September 7, 2022FHWA Nominee Shailen Bhatt to Appear Before US Senate Panel
President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Federal Highway Administration is scheduled to address this month the U.S. Senate committee on transportation policy.
September 7, 2022