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Commercial freight transportation businesses rely on data, intelligence, and novel solutions for operational efficiency. Transport Topics technology coverage investigates available technologies, real-world applications of business solutions, and the strategies necessary for advancement. News topics focus on the latest applied science, and issues range from autonomous vehicle and robotics innovations to management software, tracking and transparency, data analytics, blockchain, and the internet of things.

Business, Technology, Equipment, Fuel

Focus on Tire Recycling Renews as BEV Numbers Swell

Retreading is a key instrument in a fleet manager’s cost management toolbox, but what happens after tires reach the end of their life span?

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
May 29, 2024
Government, Business, Technology, Fuel

Tax Credit Lures Canada’s Largest Renewable Diesel Venture

Canada’s Alberta province has provided an Agri-Processing Investment Tax Credit to Imperial Oil Ltd. for a C$720 million project to build the nation’s largest renewable diesel facility. 

Noël Fletcher | Staff Reporter
May 29, 2024
Government, Business, Technology, Safety

Senator Promotes Emerging Transportation Technologies

The adoption of emerging technologies contributes to safety improvements throughout the nation’s transportation network, federal lawmakers and stakeholders said.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
May 29, 2024
Business, Technology, Safety, Fuel, Autonomous

Tesla Settles Fatal Crash Suit Ahead of California Trial

Tesla reached a deal to resolve a lawsuit over the death of a Model S passenger in a 2016 crash, marking the second time in two months it has avoided a jury trial in California over a fatal wreck.

Rachel Graf | Bloomberg News
May 28, 2024
Government, Business, Technology

BET Evolution at Same Point as Brick Cellphones: Sanchez

Battery-electric trucks have arrived at an evolutionary point not dissimilar to the one that brick-style cellphones occupied in the 1980s, Ryder System CEO Robert Sanchez said.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
May 28, 2024
Business, Technology, Equipment, Fuel

Volvo to Begin Customer Hydrogen ICE Truck Tests in 2026

Volvo Group plans to begin testing trucks with hydrogen-powered internal combustion engines with customers in 2026 and launch commercial production toward the end of the decade.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
May 28, 2024
Government, Business, Technology, Private

Shippers, Private Fleets Aim for Sustainability

LAS VEGAS — Despite higher costs, some shippers and carriers continue to invest in alternative fuels and zero-emission transportation to meet their corporate sustainability objectives.

Mindy Long | Special to Transport Topics
May 28, 2024
Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety

Clarience Tech and ZF Forge Data-Sharing Alliance

Clarience Technologies and ZF launched a strategic alliance to share telematics data to improve the performance of fleet customers, the company announced May 20.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
May 28, 2024
Business, Technology

Toyota Shows ‘Engine Reborn’ With Green Fuel

Toyota announced that it would offer lean compact engines that also run on so-called green fuels like hydrogen and bioethanol, or get paired with zero-emission electric motors in hybrids.

Yuri Kageyama | Associated Press
May 28, 2024
Government, Business, Technology

Administration to Offer Carbon Credits for Scope 3 Emissions

The Biden administration is unveiling a framework for using carbon offsets to drive climate progress.

May 28, 2024