Heavy duty vehicle lift leader Stertil-Koni has announced that six distributors in its North American network have earned the company’s first-ever Aspire Program awards. The Aspire Program salutes Stertil-Koni distributors who have achieved marked incremental sales gains on a year-over-year basis, thereby placing them in a new, heightened level of performance. Recipients of the Stertil-Koni […]
Rand McNally has announced an all-in-one dashboard device that combines truck navigation, an on-board SiriusXM® radio, voice assistance, a built-in dash cam, and hands-free calling and texting. Called the OverDryve™ 8 Pro, the new systems is part of Rand McNally’s OverDryve™ OS Connected Vehicle platform and is also E-Log ready. The product is shipping to […]
Toyota Motor North America has unveiled a new initiative that its calls “Project Portal” – consisting of a hydrogen fuel cell system designed for heavy duty truck use at the Port of Los Angeles. The approached was announced at a press conference with Port officials and representatives from California Air Resources Board (CARB) and the […]
Lancaster, Pennsylvania-based wholesale energy provider to the Mid-Atlantic and New England, AMERIgreen Energy, and its 100% American Fuel dealers throughout PA, MD and DE are hosting a Video Essay Challenge. Students are invited to express their views on energy solutions for the future in a 30 second video. Prompt questions are supplied focusing on energy […]
As the growth in ride sharing programs begins to dominate what was the taxi business, a pertinent question emerges: If you are a driver for a transportation network company focused on ride sharing, and then someone sideswipes your vehicle, are you fully covered or not? According to one expert, Othello Powell, GEICO director of commercial […]
Fleet management leader Omnitracs, LLC, has announced that it leads the $60 million Series B funding round for Peloton Technology, a connected and automated vehicle technology company. The investment furthers Omnitracs’ partnership with Peloton Technology and builds on previously announced plans to bring Peloton’s industry-leading truck platooning technology to Omnitracs’ customers. As a leader in […]
Freight management provider GlobalTranz Enterprises has announced the launch of GTZrave™ – its next-generation technology platform — designed to deliver a suite of capabilities that to align shippers, carriers, and freight agents for more efficient and effective movement of freight. GTZrave is engineered to enable shippers, carriers and freight agents to: Connect with each other […]
Heavy duty vehicle lift Stertil-Koni has announced that it is now shipping battery-operated cabled mobile column lifts with the company’s full-color, touch screen control technology, known as the ebright Smart Control System, to customers across North America First deployed on Stertil-Koni wireless mobile column lifts in 2015, the enhanced ebright Smart Control System provides intuitive, […]
Ford see the future of vehicle and it’s definitely electrifying. The company reports that it is investing $4.5 billion in the space and introducing 13 new electric vehicles globally in the next five years, including F-150 Hybrid, Mustang Hybrid, Transit Custom plug-in hybrid, self-driving hybrid, and fully electric small SUV with projected EPA-estimated range of […]
BYD, a leading manufacturer of electric vehicles, joined the California Air Resources Board, Bay Area Air Quality Management District and SF Goodwill on the launch of a new project that will bring 11 clean, zero-emission battery electric trucks to operate throughout the Bay Area communities of San Francisco, Redwood City and Burlingame. The project represents […]
