Listed below are most popular news stories about trucking industry.
Truck grille guard manufacturer Ex-Guard introduced this week its HD-CM425 and HD-CM495 grille guards designed to be compatible with model year 2021-'24 Kenworth T680 Next Gen models featuring the Bendix Wingman Fusion driver-assistance system equipped with Active Cruise and Braking (ACB) features.
Thousands of AT&T customers have reported widespread issues across the cellular service network this morning, according to DownDetector, a website that tracks outage reports.
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company on Monday announced two winners in the 40th anniversary Goodyear Highway Hero program. Since 1983, Goodyear has recognized commercial drivers who go above and beyond their regular duties to keep the highways safe by acting courageously for the good of others on roadways across the U.S. and Canada.
Artificial intelligence is among the most talked about topics in numerous industries. It is making a significant stride in several sectors and trucking is no exception. AI in the transportation industry is projected to grow between 2017 to 2030 by an annual rate of 18%. By 2030, its size will expand from $1.2 billion to $10.3 billion.
There are 8.7 million truck drivers worldwide, all of whom are part of the massive $800 billion industry. In the U.S. alone, where trucking is the most common job in many states, there are 3.5 million professional truck drivers and 7.8 million people employed in jobs related to trucking activity. Trucking is part of the larger transportation industry that is set to be dramatically altered by artificial intelligence (AI) technology.
Artificial intelligence could forever alter the trucking sector with driverless vehicles, but some companies are using game-changing technology to make the vehicles safer and their fleet more efficient.
There is no shortage of media chatter about the promise and peril of artificial intelligence (AI), and what it means for individuals and businesses the world over. We wanted to distill that down to five areas we’re seeing AI impact the trucking industry: autonomous trucks, safety and compliance, dispatch and routing, fraud detection and prevention, and workflow automations.
Owner-operator Gary Buchs had an interesting experience around the margins and at the center of discussions and seminars at the Truckload Carriers Association’s big conference in Las Vegas in March.
Evaluating any given load’s value, it’s crucial not only to consider costs incurred to haul the freight on a per-mile basis, but also in relation to time. Fixed costs like insurance, the truck payment and others happen whether an owner-operator is physically moving a load or not, and must be accounted for. Many owners also do not consider their own personal compensation for the operating task as part of those fixed costs.
Battery electric trucking is an almost $1 trillion proposition, and that doesn't include the cost of acquisition for the actual trucks, according to a report released Tuesday by the Clean Freight Coalition (CFC), an alliance of truck transportation stakeholders whose founding members include the American Trucking Associations and Truckload Carriers Association, among others.
