Originally built to give trucking companies new income through advertising, StreetMetrics came up with software that can now figure out who is looking at your ads and where those people are. By using real-time and historical location data in tandem with traffic data, this company can tell you just how…
Mack Trucks has built its 100,000th truck equipped with Mack GuardDog Connect telematics technology. From the first truck in 2014 to the 100,000th, the GuardDog system has evolved and improved over the years to become one of Mack’s most useful telematic tools. This tool monitors truck’s critical fault codes and…
Bendix, the leading-edge supplier of trucking technologies has produced more than 3 million air disc brakes in North America. With its lightweight design providing a shorter stopping distance than drum brakes, fleets and owner-operators are seeing the benefits of this brake style and the trend is catching on. With the…
The payment solutions provider WEX, is now offering the ability for truckers to make a fuel transaction from inside their vehicles. DriverDash is WEX’s first mobile payment platform and uses biometrics in your device for a secure, well documented, and seamless transaction. This system is available at approximately 25,000 stations…
Food logistics company Nagel-Group, working with Mercedes-Benz, has put its electric eActros truck on Hamburg’s roads. With its one year long test, they are hoping to show that electric trucks can be a reliable and sustainable asset to the trucking industry. Equipped with lithium-ion batteries and a distance range of…
Staring Aug. 1, Louisiana’s new regulations supporting self-driving vehicles will go into effect. With new technologies coming into the trucking industry, Louisiana wants to be ready when they start rolling through the state. Louisiana will allow autonomous vehicles as long as they meet federal safety standards, follow state vehicle and…
By collecting data generated from how their operations run, trucking companies can free up capital and time, which aids in further improving their business. Telematics systems, and other forms of technology used to gather information, can help prevent recurring issues on trucks and show carriers information to further improve long…
Convoy, a trucking software company, has announced it’s nationwide rollout of their newest program, Automated Reloads. By booking multiple loads at a time, this program helps carriers earn more money by eliminating empty loads. Empty miles bring in no money and the cost of fuel and other expenses makes them…
With his startup in Nebraska, Taylor Monks’ BasicBlock app has caught the eyes of Silicon Valley and over 1,000 truck drivers. With the many sheets and forms truck drivers have to deal with on a daily basis, Monks came up with a way for them to be able to index…
The asset-based third-party logistics leader CDL 1000, based out of Chicago, offers a new platform for the trucking industry. This technology involves real-time tracking updates, recording driver’s feedback, and keeps track of what happens from the time before the cargo leaves to when the cargo arrives. CDL 1000’s main goal…