Tag: Technology

Startup Creates Tech To Keep Truckers Comfortable And Reduce Idle Time

A Kansas City-based startup has created new technology that they say will allow truckers to stay comfortable overnight while reducing idling and saving on...

VIDEO: Volvo Debuts Concept Truck Designed To Slash Fuel Costs By 30%

This Volvo concept truck features a hybrid powertrain that recovers and stores energy when the truck is going downhill or braking to power the...

VIDEO: Crash Tests Show How Underride Guards Save Lives

Get a closer look at exactly how a semi's underride guard works in these crash test videos from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOgVtZUiuBc Video Credit: Cars-Truck...

VIDEO: Get An Inside Look At How Boeing’s Long-Load Crew Moves Huge Airplane Parts

It takes three people -- a truck driver, a steer car driver under the load, and a pilot car driver -- to move enormous...

This Device Is Designed To Save Your Mud Flaps

A Fresno-based company has created a new product designed to keep your truck's mud flaps from being destroyed by your trailer. The Trailer Mud Flap...

Omnitracs Partners With Peloton To Offer Truck Platooning Tech

Fleet management services provider Omnitracs announced today that it will partner with start-up Peloton to offer semi truck platooning technology. Company leaders say that the...

VIDEO: The Lazy Man’s Chain Up Solution

These Rotogrip Automatic Tire Chains let you stay cozy in the cab of your truck when the roads get bad. http://youtu.be/c6PQ49B5Gpw Video Credit: RUD Chain, Inc

VIDEO: Rolling Barrier Could Keep Highways Safer

Check out this "Rolling Barrier" technology designed to minimize damage to vehicles and to save lives on the highway. https://youtu.be/vv2JhJ9YyyA Video Credit: Wheels List

Self-Driving Truck “Otto” To Hit Ohio Roads Today

Ohio transportation officials have announced that a "driverless" Otto semi truck will be traveling on public roads in regular traffic today. The Otto truck will...

Lytx Offers New “Always On” Camera System

Today Lytx introduced a new system that will allow carriers to outfit their trucks with "always on"cameras. The new system, dubbed Unisyn, is designed to...

VIDEO: New Tech Turns Trucks Into Distracting Animated Billboards

Road Ads is using the same E Ink technology that powers iPhone screens to turn a trailer into an advertising opportunity. The screens are powered...

Missouri Says No To Truck Platooning

Last Friday, Governor Jay Nixon vetoed a bill that would have allowed truck platooning on Missouri highways, in part because of questions regarding the...

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