There is growing awareness of the danger of fatigue, with that a contributor to as many as 100,000 reported crashes each year. Fleets are also battling the growing crisis of distracted driving, working to detect and prevent both.
Author: Neil Abt
The future of trucking at 2018 IAA, part 2
The IAA Commercial Vehicles show, held every other year in Hanover, Germany, is the world’s largest truck show. The event is a great place to get a view of the latest technologies and futurist concepts that could one day radically reshape the truckin
For design director, developing the Kenworth W990 a balance of emotions
LAS VEGAS – When Jonathan Duncan, director of design for Kenworth Trucks, and his team set out to create the next generation of the W900, he said they were facing “more emotional than functional details.”
Since its debut in 1961, the W900 had bas bee
Kenworth debuts new W990 model
New truck to replace W900, company’s longest running vehicle.
Convoy raises $185 million to tackle trucking's 'evergreen' problems
Convoy has another weapon in its effort to solve what CEO Dan Lewis classified as “evergreen problems” facing the trucking industry: $185 million.
The Seattle-based digital freight matching firm announced last week it raised that amount through a fr
Urbanetic concept brings together autonomous cargo, people transport
HANOVER, Germany. Why separate freight transportation and the movement of people in crowded cities when it can be combined into one? And why not make that an autonomous and electric vehicle, too?
For Daimler’s Mercedes-Benz Vans division, the way to
Navistar touts growing benefits from Traton alliance
HANOVER, Germany. Navistar CEO Troy Clarke said the truck and engine maker continues to see gains from its two-year-old alliance with Volkswagen Truck & Bus, which is now known as Traton.
Speaking during the IAA Commercial Vehicles show, Clarke
Cummins shows at IAA why diesel will remain 'primary source of power'
HANOVER, Germany. Cummins Inc. displayed various emissions reductions technologies at the IAA Commercial Vehicles show aimed making diesel engines more efficient.
“With our technical advancements, we see diesel remaining as the primary source of pow
Feight, president of DAF, elevated to Paccar executive VP
Will be relocating back to the United States
Daimler Trucks chief warns of trade war consequences, announces new electrification investment
HANOVER, Germany. Martin Daum, head of Daimler’s global truck and bus division, said customer sentiment remains high and new truck orders remain elevated.
As a result, the company is practically sold out through the first half of 2019. Yet Daum said