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Commercial freight transportation businesses rely on data, intelligence, and novel solutions for operational efficiency. Transport Topics technology coverage investigates available technologies, real-world applications of business solutions, and the strategies necessary for advancement. News topics focus on the latest applied science, and issues range from autonomous vehicle and robotics innovations to management software, tracking and transparency, data analytics, blockchain, and the internet of things.

BusinessTechnologyEquipment

Prestolite Adds Technology to Protect Alternators

Prestolite Electric developed isolated ground technology for its IdlePro and IdlePro Extreme alternators to protect engines from potentially severe electrolytic damage caused by stray voltage.

July 19, 2017
TechnologyEquipmentLogistics

Special Care Taken to Haul Out-of-This-World Cargo Along East Coast

Motorists on Interstate 95 might be doing a double-take this summer as they share the road with a tractor-trailer hauling a highly unusual piece of cargo 鈥 a 5,500-pound Mars rover replica.

July 19, 2017
GovernmentBusinessTechnologySafetyAutonomous

DOT鈥檚 Wireless Connected Vehicle Pilot Program on Track for 2021 Completion

The Department of Transportation鈥檚 wireless connected vehicle pilot program, currently in its design, deployment and testing phase, is making progress at its demonstration sites in Wyoming, New York City and Tampa, Fla., the program鈥檚 manager told members of an agency advisory committee.

July 18, 2017
BusinessTechnology

Trac Intermodal Upgrades Website to Improve Experience for Truckers

Trac Intermodal has updated its web portal to rent chassis online, the company announced July 17.

July 18, 2017
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafetyAutonomous

Mining Companies Looking at New Fleets, Could Use Autonomous Trucks to Save Millions

Mining companies in Australia, the world鈥檚 biggest exporter of iron ore and coal, are poised to approve fresh investments in projects, driven by rallying commodity prices and the need to replace depleting deposits, according to global equipment supply giant, Komatsu Ltd.

July 17, 2017
BusinessTechnologyAutonomous

Sun Valley Secret Tech Demos Feature Trucking Networks, Quantum Physics

Nearly all of the biggest names in media and technology descended on Sun Valley, Idaho, July 11-16, and in the mix this year were trucking networks, spider silk and quantum physics.

July 17, 2017
BusinessTechnologyEquipment

Navistar Begins Selling Telematics Service

Navistar International Corp.鈥檚 OnCommand Connection Telematics product is available for purchase, as scheduled, after being introduced in March.

July 17, 2017
BusinessTechnologyEquipment

Instantly Rechargeable Vehicle Battery Emerges at Purdue

A technology developed by researchers at Purdue University could provide an 鈥渋nstantly rechargeable鈥 method that is safe, affordable and environmentally friendly for recharging electric and hybrid vehicle batteries, according to the West Lafayette, Ind., school.

July 17, 2017
GovernmentBusinessTechnology

Werner's Derek Leathers on Forecasting the Shifting Business Climate

Werner Enterprises CEO Derek Leathers discusses trucking's shifting business climate with TT's Daniel Bearth, part of our July 12 LiveOnWeb program on the 2017 Transport Topics Top 100 For-Hire Carrier rankings.

July 13, 2017
BusinessTechnologyEquipment

E-Commerce Boom a Boon for 3PLs

While the e-commerce boom has been a disruptor to the traditional brick-and-mortar retail sector, it also has benefited third-party logistics companies that assist online retailers uninterested in holding inventory at their own distribution centers.

July 13, 2017

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