Equipment Design students consider future of vocational trucks October 22, 2019 PORTLAND, Ore. – Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) has challenged art students to design the vocational truck of the future, through a collaboration with the ArtCenter College of Design in…
Equipment Cummins engine boss vows to offer customers “power of choice” September 24, 2017 ATLANTA, Ga. – Cummins is uniquely positioned to offer customers their “power of choice” well into the future, according to president of the engine business, Srikanth Padmanabhan. Padmanabhan was speaking…
Equipment Volvo’s tech guru shares vision of the future September 19, 2017 Connectivity, electro-mobility, and automation will reshape transportation industry
Equipment The transmission as a power manager February 27, 2017 NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Eaton envisions a future that will see increased electrification of commercial vehicle components and it sees its products as being key in managing those power requirements. Larry…
Equipment A glimpse into the future of last-mile delivery September 26, 2016 Vision van uses roof-mounted drones to complete package deliveries
Business Management Could trucking costs decrease by a buck a mile by 2030? FTR thinks so February 11, 2016 BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — On the same day Google made news for patenting a driverless delivery truck, industry forecaster FTR predicted trucking costs could decrease as much as a…
Business Management How to Manage the New Generation October 5, 2015 Panelists at a Future of Trucking Event discuss how to manage the younger generation once you get them into your organization.
Equipment MYTHS AND REALITIES ABOUT AUTONOMOUS TRUCKS May 26, 2015 The big, big news this month was the unveiling by Daimler Trucks North America of an autonomous Freightliner dubbed the Inspiration Truck. This truck is road-legal in Nevada, the first…
Equipment Smart trailers, predictive safety systems part of the future of trucking May 19, 2015 NEWPORT, R.I. – Can you imagine driving a tractor-trailer combination where the trailer is smarter than the tractor and can operate independently? Volvo Trucks can and its executives took the…
Business Management Daimler demonstrates self-driving trucks July 3, 2014 Autonomous trucks are ready to roll. All that awaits now is the legislative framework to allow them.
