29 Jan Daseke Net Income Climbs Despite Revenue Decline Daseke Inc. saw its fourth-quarter results swing to a profit from a year-ago loss, even as revenue declined. Read more...
29 Jan Ryder Expands Truck, Trailer Sharing Service Ryder System Inc. expanded its truck ride-sharing program into California, Tennessee and North Carolina, the company announced Jan. 27. Read more...
29 Jan Biden Revokes Oil Drilling Permits for Additional Review The Biden administration is revoking dozens of invalid drilling permits issued by agency workers without the approval of political appointees, despite a temporary order for such reviews. Read more...
29 Jan Senate Committee Schedules Vote on Raimondo’s Nomination A U.S. Senate panel scheduled a vote to consider the nomination of Gov. Gina Raimondo to become the country’s next secretary of commerce. Read more...
29 Jan Dana Expands Line of Electric Motors, Inverters Dana Inc. announced an expanded family of TM4 Sumo HP electric motors and inverters specifically designed for battery-electric, range-extended and fuel-cell vehicles. Read more...
29 Jan Utility Makes 7-Inch Rear Impact Guard Standard Utility Trailer Manufacturing Co. announced its dry vans, refrigerated vans and flatbeds produced after 2002 can be retrofitted with Utility’s now-standard 7-inch deep, horizontal ICC bumper in order to exceed all rear trailer-guard safety regulations. Read more...
29 Jan Automated Manual Transmissions Become Industry’s Popular Option If a customer wants to drive one of the Class 8 trucks in Ryder’s commercial rental fleet, it will have to be one with an automated manual transmission, which shouldn’t be a problem because that’s what most customers want. Read more...
29 Jan Trucks Included in Maryland’s Updated Safety Plan The 2021-2025 Maryland Strategic Highway Safety Plan, released Jan. 28, identifies strategies and actions meant to help eliminate fatalities on state roadways. Read more...
29 Jan Tire Maintenance Involves Familiar Practices, New Technology Heavy-duty truck tire maintenance is proof positive that a field can remain constant while constantly evolving. Many parts of the tire-changing process have remained static for decades. But fleets say new tire designs, tools and technologies are enhancing maintenance operations, especially for tire monitoring. Read more...
29 Jan Keeping a Solid ADAS Foundation Braswell: Despite the clear safety benefits and demonstrated reduction in frequency, severity and injuries in accident statistics, resistance remains to retiring older equipment because of reluctance or resistance to advanced driver assistance systems technologies. Read more...