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Cummins unveils ZED Connect with launch of ELD smartphone app
ZED’s fleet management portal. Engine maker Cummins announced it has launched a new software company, ZED Connect, whose first offering is a smartphone-based electronic logging device that’s compliant...
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Congress may attempt to alter or delay ELD mandate
A panel of lawmakers in the U.S. House on Monday issued a report advising the U.S. DOT to study whether a “full or targeted delay” of the federal electronic logging device mandate for small carriers...
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House bill would delay ELD compliance two years
A bill has been filed in the U.S. House to delay the compliance date of the federal government’s electronic logging device two years, to December 2019. If enacted, carriers would have two additional...
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Bill to delay ELD mandate unlikely to garner enough support
More than 21 members of the U.S. House have signed on as co-sponsors to the bill that would delay the compliance date of the looming electronic logging device mandate. The bill, if enacted, would give...
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Mercedes unveils new Sprinter van available in 1,000 different configs
Mercedes-Benz Vans has introduced the all-new Sprinter van, the new flagship product of the van segment’s global heavyweight. The third-generation Sprinter will be available for order in the U.S....
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Settlement checks to Cat engine owners issued for wrong amount
Caterpillar exited the Class 8 engine business in 2009. The company handling settlement payouts to Caterpillar engine owners has said it will be reissuing checks to former ACERT engine owners who were...
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Power Shift: Electric trucks show great promise, but can charging and fueling...
As the electrified trucking market has sprung to life in the past 18 months, it appears almost certain that these alt-fuel Class 8 trucks will begin sharing the road with diesel-powered rigs as early...
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Bill to exempt small trucking companies from ELD mandate introduced in House
A bill was filed earlier this week in the U.S. House that would, if passed, exempt the smallest trucking companies — those with 10 trucks or fewer — from compliance with the USDOT’s electronic logging...
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VIDEO: Trucks “talk” to one another to form semi-autonomous “platoon” in...
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on our sister site CCJ. As the next step in its arc toward developing truck platooning technology for real-world use, Volvo Trucks recently performed an...
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EPA decides it will enforce annual 300-truck cap on glider kit manufacturers...
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on our sister site, CCJ. A Peterbilt glider kit from Hoover’s Truck & Equipment. Dump fleets are 5.5x more likely to buy a glider. Nixing a decision...
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