CONFUSION OVER 6x2s

I recently posted this interview with Joe ElBehairy, Meritor’s top engineer, about industry trends including the increasing popularity of 6x2 axles. The spec’ saves fleets about 400 lbs and the electronics available today will...

ATDynamics officially brings trailer tails to Canada

TORONTO, Ont. -- Hopeful that Canadian provinces will soon move to allow full-sized trailer tails, ATDynamics has appointed Allen Smith director of Canadian sales to lead its expansion here.

SmartTruck says new undertray device meets SmartWay’s new Elite status

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- SmartTruck has announced its UT6Plus trailer undertray device is the only standalone product to meet SmartWay’s new Elite-level standard, providing a 9% fuel savings.

New Ontario diesel biofuel rules

TORONTO, Ont. – Although it’s far from happy with a recent decision by the Ontario government about biofuel, the Ontario Trucking Alliance (OTA) knows there is little it can do but wait.

‘MY ALTERNATIVE FUEL IS DIESEL’

Daimler Trucks North America has done well on the natural gas front, and even as recently as the Mid-America Trucking Show was bringing new natural gas product to the market (a natural-gas powered Freightliner Cascadia with 48-inch sleeper)....

TMTV’s Video On The Road at #MATS2014: Wal-Mart WAVE’s carbon fibre trailer

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky -- Even though it's mainly the swoopy, futuristic-looking tractor that catches peoples' eyes, the trailer portion of the Wal-Mart WAVE concept vehicle is equally innovative.

TMTV’s Video On The Road at #MATS2014: Wal-Mart WAVE’s micro-turbine

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky -- One of the biggest draws of the2014  Mid-America Trucking Show (MATS) was Wal-Mart WAVE concept truck and trailer.

#MATS2014 Daimler’s Bernhard gets “real” on viability of natural gas for longhaul applications

LOUISVILLE, Ky. --The hype surrounding natural gas as a fuel alternative for trucking is gone and realism is setting in, the head of Daimler’s global truck and bus business told business leaders gathered for the annual Heavy Duty...

#MATS2014: Michelin marks X One milestone with new wide-base single trailer tire

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- It took 10 years for Michelin to sell its first million X One wide-base single tires, and just three years to repeat the feat.

#MATS2014: Volvo pleased with fuel efficiency savings

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky — Göran Nyberg is a very satisfied business leader. As president of Volvo Trucks North American Sales, he has been seeing numbers that the company didn’t expect.

#MATS2014: Walmart WAVE concept truck picture gallery

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky -- When Wal-Mart first introduced the WAVE concept truck and trailer, you read about it on TruckNews.com. Now, the Truck News team gives you a better look at the WAVE.

TRAILER TAILS IN ONTARIO BY…APRIL???

Let’s file this one into the ‘I’ll Believe It When I See It’ file. Not that I don’t trust ATDynamics, who at TMC announced that they believe Ontario will be the first province to allow full-sized trailer tails as...

Idle Smart adds Battery Protect

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Idle Smart, maker of an automatic engine start/stop system it says can reduce overnight idling by 70%, has added a Battery Protect feature.

Ontario could allow trailer tails by April

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- ATDynamics has announced it’s on pace to deploy 200,00 trailer tails by 2017, including some in Canada, where provinces could begin approving their use as early as this April.

ATDynamics to provide trailer tail/side skirt packages

HAYWARD, Calif. – ATDynamics says it will be packaging its trailer tails with trailer side skirts, to provide complete packages capable of improving fuel economy by 9.6-11.2%.