Fuel optimization and driver coaching provider for fleets, Vnomics, has announced a new balanced driver scoring model for True Fuel, its stand-alone, OEM agnostic fuel optimization solution. Called “True Fuel Score,” the approach includes distinct, normalized assessments of driver fuel efficiency in three key areas– engine control, speeding and idling– as well as a blended overall […]
Heavy duty vehicle lift leader Stertil-Koni has announced the debut of its newest video, focusing on the unique attributes of the SKYLIFT – the company’s highly acclaimed true vertical rise heavy duty platform lift. SKYLIFT is engineered to be a superior heavy duty platform lift that uniquely provides a “clear floor” concept for the user […]
College students are getting smarter and “greener” these days thanks to the University of California, Irvine, which is poised to be the first college campus in the nation to convert its buses to an all-electric fleet. The student-funded and operated Anteater Express shuttle service is acquiring 20 buses from BYD (Build Your Dreams) for $15 […]
With the launch of its new software as a service (SaaS) platform for connected vehicles, Berlin software technology company ATS Advanced Telematic, presented a proof of concept with Japanese electric vehicle manufacturer GLM as part of the Connected Car Japan exhibition. Both companies agreed to explore future collaboration with regard to connected driving, paving the […]
An Australian manufacturer is using the equivalent of telematics, or what some call the “Internet of Things” (IoT), to put the brakes on fuel theft. Fluid Management Technology (FMT), based in Adelaide, South Australia, has developed a high-tech system that allows companies to remotely monitor gasoline consumption. The devices, which are being used in more […]
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has unveiled a new 35-foot zero-emission, pure electric bus that will become part of the City of Los Angeles Department of Transportation’s LADOT Transit fleet. The 35-foot heavy-duty bus electric bus will join LADOT Transit’s DASH Downtown fleet. It was manufactured in Lancaster, California by BYD North America, a battery technology […]
Fleet electrification leader XL Hybrids, Inc. has announced the company has been selected by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Operational Services Division (OSD), to be a vendor on the newly released Advanced Vehicle Technology statewide contract VEH102. This multi-year contract allows public fleets nationwide to purchase the XL3® Hybrid Electric Drive System as both an upfit and retrofit product […]
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC) have formed the Smart Belt Coalition – a first-of-its-kind collaboration – with transportation agencies in Ohio and Michigan that will focus on automated and connected vehicle initiatives. The coalition, which includes transportation and academic partners, brings together leaders on these technologies to support research, testing, policy, funding pursuits […]
A new research report just out on the medium duty (MD) and heavy duty (HD) vehicle markets projects dramatic shifts in market growth and composition, fueled by changes in demand fundamentals, new environmental regulations and the increased pace of technological developments. As a consequence, the authors, Commodity Inside, note that “demand for commercial vehicles will […]
It’s a bird, it’s a plane…wait a minute, it’s a car! Airbus, one of the world’s largest aerospace companies, says it plans to test a prototype of a flying car by the end of this year — a development that could be a major leap towards reducing congestion on highways and roads. The news came […]
