I believe that it’s fair to speculate that most historians will remember the year 2016 as the year that the American people elected Donald J. Trump as the 45th President of United States. The year 2016 was also, on a much smaller scale, one of the best years ever for marketers to blend biodiesel. Biodiesel […]
Flying car manufacturer PAL-V has officially started the sales of its commercial models, the Liberty Pioneer and Liberty Sport, which it bills as “the first commercial flying car in the world.” “After years of hard work, beating the technical and qualification challenges, our team succeeded in creating an innovative flying car that complies with existing safety standards determined […]
Kenworth has announced an update to its Predictive Cruise Control functionality available for the Kenworth T680 and T880 with the new 2017 PACCAR MX-11, PACCAR MX-13 and Cummins X15 engines. “This update, which was made in conjunction with the launch of the new 2017 emission engines, provides our customers up to a 1 percent improvement […]
U.S. auto-safety regulators have mandated that new vehicles must communicate with each other through vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) technology beginning in 2020, with the goal of increasing safety. According to one expert, the approach may need a reboot. Here are the details: Vehicles are expected to use the 5.9GHz safety spectrum, which was allocated by the Federal […]
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 […]
Vehicle lift leader Stertil-Koni has once again demonstrated why it is the recognized innovator in the heavy duty lifting industry with the introduction of the ST 1130 mobile column lift – featuring a lifting capacity of 29,000 lbs. per column and 116,000 lbs. for a set of four. This new model is engineered to deliver […]
Need to do a little shipping from your local pharmacy? Well get this: FedEx Corp. and Walgreens, one of the nation’s largest drugstore chains, have announced a long-term alliance agreement that will offer access to FedEx dropoff and pickup services at thousands of Walgreens locations across the United States beginning within the next several months. “Walgreens, […]
The Alliance for Transportation Innovation (ATI21.org) has announced plans for a coast-to-coast autonomous vehicle road trip, beginning later this month in Atlanta, GA. The Washington, D.C.-based association advocates on behalf of the transportation technology industry to accelerate the adoption of innovative technologies that he says “will reduce traffic deaths, improve the flow of urban commutes, safely […]
Panasonic has announced it had aligned with leading user experience software companies and automotive manufacturer, FCA, to debut powerful infotainment systems that transform the consumer experience, both inside and outside of the vehicle. Panasonic Automotive also announced a collaboration with IBM to develop an eCommerce infotainment system powered with Watson. The Panasonic Cognitive Infotainment platform […]
Amazon has announced plans to open a second fulfillment center in Jacksonville, Florida. The facility will add more than 1,000 full-time jobs bring the total number of full-time employees in Florida to more than 4,000 full-time employees. According to Akash Chauhan, Amazon’s vice president of North American operations, “Florida has been an ideal location to […]
