Perspectives

How technology is working to prevent your yard from becoming a trucking graveyard

There are hardly any metrics a truck produces that aren’t available in real time now with the right technology.

April 10, 2023

Volvo truck with crashed headlight

You don't know what you don't know

The general public doesn't understand trucking's problems and may not know they exist, but a recent survey shows them sympathetic once their eyes are opened.

April 10, 2023

Know when to fold ‘em

The evolution from steam to fossil fuels to natural gas to... battery electric? Hydrogen? What's in store for greener trucking?

April 5, 2023

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Aerodynamic mud flaps offer surprising savings if you spec the right ones

Some fleets have had bad experiences with 'fly swatters,' but with aerodynamic mud flaps you get what you pay for.

April 3, 2023

Mesilla Valley Transportation with Eco Flaps installed

In-house versus outsourced maintenance

Twenty percent of fleets do maintenance in-house, 46% use outsourced service providers and 34% use a combination of both.

March 24, 2023

Outsourced fleet maintenance involves hiring a third-party provider to manage these tasks and is often favored by companies with multiple OEM’s, a multi-location footprint, or those leasing their equipment prefer outsourcing.

More candid talk on EVs please

While commercial electric vehicles continue to be the darlings of trade shows, experts are getting more vocal about taking the necessary steps to ensure their success and yours.

March 24, 2023

Not our first rodeo. Winter testing of an EV dates back to the 19th century. A United States Postal Service carrier is shown above with a Winton Electric in 1899. Concerns with range and long charge times led USPS to embrace internal combustion. Over 100 years later the agency is working to deploy 66,000 EVs by 2028 making it one of the largest EV fleets in the nation. Here's to hoping that they've clearly thought through range, charging infrastructure and battery lifecycle management.

Highway thru technology hell

I’ve come to the conclusion that one of the biggest challenges facing the array of new trucking technologies is that the developers really don’t grasp that trucks crash and need to be repaired.

March 22, 2023

cabover with a bull bar

Custom driver apps have become must-have tech

Custom mobile apps are available to most fleets without the expensive IT resources and extended timeline that have traditionally kept them out of reach for most carriers.

March 22, 2023

Truck driver looking at a tablet

The dangers of over-promising and under-delivering autonomous trucks

The transportation sector is an example of an industry that may be over-promising and under-delivering on the concept of putting autonomous vehicles on the nation's open highways.

March 20, 2023

Ai Truck By Jezebel Black

Details matter

While there are truth-in-advertising regulations, they can get a bit murky.

March 20, 2023

MAN's aerodynamic concept truck

TCA setting a new government affairs tone

We are beginning to recognize that reactively fighting against everything that comes our way from Congress and federal agencies is a hard and unforgiving strategy.

March 16, 2023

Dave Williams acceptance speech

Best Fleets to Drive For invest in back-office staff, not just drivers

While the program focuses on fleets that are great for the driver, many of those top carriers also had something else in common: their programs for non-driver employees.

March 15, 2023

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It ain’t easy being green. Or is it?

Green energy is any energy that groups can make money off of.

March 13, 2023

Volvo H2 Colors Copy

Biggest hurdle to reduced emissions isn't infrastructure; it's the government

Trucking companies are being strong armed into cleaner transport solutions, and the 12% FET can add more than $50,000 to the price of the latest low- or zero-emission vehicle.

March 5, 2023

man using a calculator

Seven steps to best-in-class data aggregation and analysis

Fleets have a large flow of data at their disposal and fleet managers must determine what they would like to measure.

February 27, 2023

Artificial intelligence robot gag reel is a much needed reprieve

From robots to route optimization and self-driving capabilities, artificial intelligence is coming on strong in trucking, but as a blooper video from Boston Dynamics makes clear, there's still plenty of work to be done.

February 23, 2023

What goes up, must come down and that includes a robot at Boston Dynamics that took on and eventually conquered a scaffold obstacle course of sorts. Videos below show a gag reel and the scene where the robot emerges victorious.

All good things...

John Elliott's one-year term as TCA Chair is winding down and we will hand over the reins to Dave Williams, Senior Vice President at Knight-Swift Transportation, in less than two weeks.

February 22, 2023

John Elliott speaking

What are standards good for?

What started with repurposing World War II surplus turned into global trade revolution.

February 21, 2023

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Women in Trucking member Angelika Mangino is the group's Member of the Month for April. Though more women are entering the filed, a WIT survey showed that safety remains a top concern among female drivers.

Female trucker surveys divide proponents on pay and cab design

Industry leaders agree on safety and respect as top issues among surveyed female truck drivers but disagree on pay and cab design.

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Pilot Company names new executives as part of Berkshire Hathaway ownership

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How technology is working to prevent your yard from becoming a trucking graveyard

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State of Heavy Duty Repair

The 2023 State Of Heavy Duty Repair Report is here.