Electrifying news from the light duty (LD) plug-in electric vehicle (EV) market. New research shows that LD plug-in EVs will total 50% of the global market by 2024. As of 2015, light duty PEVs accounted for about 19 percent of the global light duty EV market. Both the overall market and the PEV market share […]
Heavy-duty vehicle lift leader Stertil-Koni has just introduced a new ALI certified, low profile light truck adapter specifically engineered for a broad range of light duty vehicles with minimal ground clearance, including pickup trucks, SUVs, and vans. Raising a vehicle in this manner – front and rear lifting – requires only two mobile columns and […]
SkyBitz® Enterprise Fleets, a leader in remote asset tracking and information management solutions, has announced that Sky Transportation Services has upgraded its fleet of over 500 dry-van trailers with the SkyBitz Falcon GXT3000, a cellular-based asset tracking solution providing real-time actionable information. Sky Transportation, a leading long haul truckload carrier serving the continental U.S. and […]
When the EPA and National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently finalized a new rule requiring that trucking efficiencies improve up to 25 percent by 2027 in an effort to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the nation’s freight transportation activities, some were upset, but others such as the aluminum industry, sensed opportunity. An industry […]
The White House has mandated new emissions standards for large trucks and buses, mandating 25 percent lower carbon emissions and fuel consumption for semitractor-trailer rigs, delivery trucks, school buses and similar vehicles between model years 2021 and 2027. The regulations are intended to build on prior rules that required companies to reduce the pollution by […]
Omnitracs, a leader in fleet management solutions to transportation and logistics companies, announced the launch of Omnitracs Critical Event Video (CEV), a fully integrated in-cab video solution. CEV is a tool used by fleets to improve driver training and mitigate the liability risks associated with accidents and other critical events such as hard braking, hard […]
Routific, which is tackling vehicle routing, has revealed that its engineers drew inspiration from the “Bees Algorithm” – a heuristic in computer science that mimics the food foraging behavior of swarms of honey bees. A colony of honey bees must cover long distances in multiple directions to harvest nectar and pollen from multiple flower patches. […]
It makes perfect sense that our national parks go increasingly green. So, that’s why it was so exciting to learn that Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska, centered on Denali (formerly known as Mount McKinley), the highest mountain in North America, has taken delivery of its first two hydraulic hybrid vehicles from Colorado-based Lightning […]
Commercial IoT telematics leader, SkyBitz®, has announced that Carolyn Rehling has joined the company as tVice President of Sales for the SkyBitz Local Fleets division. As part of the SkyBitz executive team, Rehling will lead the company’s growth within the expanding GPS fleet management market. In her new post, she will be responsible for leading […]
Electric vehicle charging just got a little easier and a lot more rugged with introduction of the PMD-10 Universal Pedestal, ClipperCreek’s newest mounting solution for its line of popular electric vehicle charging stations — now available with a “Ruggedized” option. The PMD-10R features fully powder coated stainless steel construction, stainless steel machine hardware, plastic bushings […]
