Best-run fleets are using their data-driven rewards program as a differentiator to attract and retain quality drivers. They use monthly or quarterly driver scorecards based on comprehensive safety, fuel and operational data to develop and retain quality drivers.
June 11, 2018TechnologyAutonomous
How Drivers and Autonomous Trucks Could Work Together to Move Freight
The advent of automated driving technology is poised to transform the trucking industry in the years and decades to come, but it is clear that autonomous trucks will not be ready to handle all driving tasks and conditions anytime soon.
June 8, 2018BusinessTechnology
Ryder Reserves 500 Chanje Electric Panel Vans
Ryder System has reserved 500 new Chanje Energy medium-duty electric panel vans for its North American truck rental and ChoiceLease fleet, the company announced June 7.
June 8, 2018BusinessTechnologyFuel
Canadian Company Tests System That Converts CO2 Into Fuel
A Canadian startup is testing a system that sucks carbon dioxide from the air and converts it into fuel for cars and other vehicles.
June 8, 2018BusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafetyAutonomous
Ford Refuses to Rush Into Robo-Taxis, Even After GM, Waymo Deals
General Motors Co. and Alphabet Inc.鈥檚 Waymo rocked the auto industry last week with self-driving deals that will have each deploying thousands of robo-taxis onto U.S. roads over the next 18 months. Ford Motor Co., meanwhile, will continue biding its time.
June 8, 2018BusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafetyAutonomous
Defining Driver Responsibility When Trucks Begin to Drive Themselves
As truck makers and technology developers work toward introducing vehicles with some level of automated driving features in the years ahead, it will be essential for drivers to have a clear understanding of what those systems can and cannot do and how much they can rely on them.
June 8, 2018BusinessTechnologyAutonomous
The Eyes of Autonomy
Advances in sensor technology will play a key role in the development of increasingly sophisticated driver- assist systems and the eventual deployment of self-driving trucks in commercial fleets.
June 8, 2018BusinessTechnologySafety
Website Not Encrypted? Google Soon Will Add Warnings That Could Turn Visitors Away
Come July, Google Chrome will add stark security warnings that could turn business away from your website if it鈥檚 unencrypted. Specifically, Google will brand your site as 鈥渘ot secure鈥 in the address bar of its popular web browser if it senses you鈥檙e operating without encryption. 鈥淯sers presented with this warning will be less likely to interact with these sites or trust their content,鈥 so it鈥檚 鈥渋mperative鈥 that site operators get their websites encrypted, said Patrick Donahue, security engineering product lead at Cloudflare, a web services provider.
June 8, 2018BusinessTechnologyAutonomous
The Future Is Autonomous, Not Jobless
If autonomous vehicles are the future of the trucking industry, what is the future of the truck driver? On the surface, it might appear to some casual observers that automation could soon spell the end of the truck driving profession, but that perception quickly falls apart when examining the current limitations of the technology and the stark realities of trucking鈥檚 labor needs.
June 8, 2018BusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafety
Roadside Repairs by Fleets Rose 21% in 1Q, Study Says
RALEIGH, N.C. 鈥 Fleets saw their roadside breakdowns increase by 21% in the first quarter this year compared with the fourth quarter of 2017, according to the Truckload Vertical Benchmarking Study from American Trucking Associations鈥 Technology & Maintenance Council and FleetNet America.
June 7, 2018