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The Power of Connected Solutions: Reducing Truck Downtime with Volvo Connect
Volvo Connect uses AI and proactive updates to cut truck downtime, boost fuel efficiency, and support fleet sustainability goals.

Rightsizing Your Construction Fleet
Today, efficiency is the new growth strategy. Many businesses increasingly prioritize efficiency over expansion in the evolving economic landscape. Rightsizing isn’t about arbitrary reductions; it’s ...

The Big Truck Powertrain Question Fleet Managers Should Ponder
Daimler Truck NA talks through how fleet managers can choose the right truck powertrain—diesel, natural gas, or electric—based on application, cost, and readiness.

Here’s how Silverado EVs perform in a work truck fleet
McKinstry shares its experience integrating EVs into its fleet, including the operational considerations, charging solutions, and the financial and environmental benefits of ...

What is Autonomous Truck Platooning and How Does It Work?
With automated trucks on the horizon, "platooning" is in the spotlight. But what actually is it and how does it work?

NHTSA Fuel Economy Proposal Might Make Automakers Sell More Electric Vehicles
The average fleet fuel economy of auto manufacturers would need to hit nearly 60 mpg by 2032, a move that may force OEMs to provide more electric vehicles.

Semi Fleet Managers just got a new EV option with Scania G-Series EV Trucks offering 500kW from a 624kW battery
The Australian Design Rules approval has just been released (thanks @ZappedAU) for its G-Series battery-electric vehicle ... Fleet Managers just got a new EV option with Scania G-Series EV Trucks ...

Four new electric vehicles added to City of Buffalo fleet
There are four new electric vehicles, two of which are Chevy Equinox SUVs and two 2025 Ford F-150 Lightning trucks ... toward transitioning the fleet, to realize our reduction goal while ensuring ...

IKEA cuts cost by 16% with electric truck in its fleet
The switch to an electric truck resulted in a 16 per cent annual cost reduction despite the higher initial purchase price of electric vehicles. “We are happy with what we have achieved for this ...

Americans’ love affair with big cars is killing them
Within ten years cars shed 1,000lb; trucks dropped 500lb ... that if the heaviest tenth of vehicles in America’s fleet were downsized to this lighter weight class, road fatalities in multi ...

US Army looks to composite components to reduce weight of ground vehicles
The US Army is keen to take advantage of lighter composite materials to reduce the overall weight of its combat and transport vehicles. Over FY2025, the service plans to invest nearly $1 billion in ...

Kenworth debuts its SuperTruck 2 demonstration vehicle
LAS VEGAS—Six years in the making, Kenworth debuted its SuperTruck 2 demonstrator vehicle at ... three aspects of the truck: aerodynamics, powertrain, and weight reduction.