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Growth strategies

Amerit launches Advanced Clean Fleet service network in California

Amerit last week launched its innovative Advanced Clean Fleet Mobile Service Centers across California.

April 29, 2024

Penske Truck Leasing integrating AI into fleet management platform

The company says Catalyst AI marks a pivotal shift away from traditional industry benchmarks, empowering fleet managers with actionable intelligence to optimize fleet performance using dynamic comparative data.

April 19, 2024

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Noregon publishes 2024 maintenance industry outlook report

Noregon has made its 2024 industry outlook report, 'Unpacking the Commercial Vehicle Diagnostics Market,' available for download.

February 21, 2024

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Inspectors keying in on tractor protection systems, drug and alcohol possession during Roadcheck

CVSA's International Roadcheck will be held May 14-16. For trucks, inspectors will focus specifically on the tractor protection valve, trailer supply valve and anti-bleed back valve, which may be overlooked during trip and roadside inspections.

February 12, 2024

Roadcheck brakes inspection

Report: Parts and labor costs are up 2%

On a year-over-year basis, parts costs are up 0.9% and labor costs rose 4.9% for a total combined increase of 2.5%.

January 24, 2024

diesel mechanics looking under a hood

Thermo King adds 30 dealers to elite service network

Thermo King announced Wednesday 30 new dealer locations have been added to its Blue Track by Thermo King elite service model this year. This expansion brings the overall number of locations to 92.

December 13, 2023

Updated: Maintenance know-how to help stay ahead of inspectors

From tires and brakes to air and emissions systems, we've compiled this comprehensive collection of truck maintenance coverage in Overdrive to help keep your rig passing inspections and hauling strong.

February 14, 2020

Troubleshooting tips for advanced steering equipment

Functions like lane keep assist, compensation for side winds and road crown, active steering return, and road disturbance suppression all depend on properly maintained and connected steering systems.

December 4, 2023

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Avoiding electrical failures for customer trailers

Trucks command a lot of maintenance attention in the winter, and rightfully so, but manufacturers and suppliers say great uptime solutions must cover trailers as well. When a trailer is down, so is its cargo, and that impacts everyone.

November 8, 2023

A 7-way connector for a trailer electrical system that has been degraded by corrosion.

Mitchell 1 adds ABS, engine, transmission identification to TruckSeries

"We spend a lot of time with customers to ensure that TruckSeries is user-friendly and meets their expectations. Sometimes we hear about tasks that cause a minor bump in the road, and addressing these issues is a priority for us," says Kristy Coffman.

October 31, 2023

A man wearing a hat works on a truck with a tablet. The tablet's face shows the TruckSeries software with ID tags.

Clarience debuts data platform, teases future enhancements

Clarience Technologies is now making its Fus1on data platform commercially available to customers external to the company, while concurrently expanding its capabilities as the company already begins work on Fus1on 2.0.

October 16, 2023

Idealease Detroit/Fleet to hold customer safety and compliance seminar

Idealease of Detroit/Flint is sponsoring a free truck fleet safety and compliance seminar from later this month to offer customers vital safety information.

August 28, 2023

Idealease safety truck

Business operations

Karmak's Truckmore and Daimler bring Uptime Pro to mobile

Truckmore, Karmak's leading provider of mobile dealer app solutions for truck dealerships, has collaborated with Daimler Truck North America (DTNA) to offer a DMS-integrated Uptime Pro mobile solution.

August 23, 2023

Driver with phone and tablet

Ryder introducing mobile maintenance service

“Combining the convenience of mobile maintenance with the simplicity of a transactional model allows us to deliver a superior service to retail maintenance buyers,” says Jordan Wagner, vice president and general manager at Torque by Ryder.

July 14, 2023

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Hydrogen fuel cell

Hyzon chooses Amerit as national maintenance provider

Under the terms of the non-exclusive agreement, Amerit Fleet Solutions will provide warranty repairs, preventive maintenance and support services for fuel cell electric vehicles upfitted with Hyzon’s proprietary hydrogen fuel cell powertrain.

June 21, 2023

Aperia's new automated pre-trip inspection tool

Aperia Technologies announced Tuesday the launch of Halo Drive, the industry's first automated pre-trip tire inspection tool to deliver comprehensive tire health insights to drivers.

June 7, 2023

Aperia's pre-trip inspection tool

Supplier Updates

Eaton adds Cummins powertrain fault codes to IntelliConnect

"Beyond just reading transmission and engine codes, our combined vehicle systems experts create comprehensive fault code action plans that provide the recommended course of action," says Bobby Robinette, Eaton.

May 23, 2023

A screenshot from Eaton's IntelliConnect system showing a powertrain fault.

What fleets are saying about remote diagnostics

According to a February survey of more than 400 truck drivers and fleet professionals, only 15% of survey responders claim they operate any trucks equipped with a telematics technology that is not an electronic logging device.

May 22, 2023

Connected vehicle technology

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Vermont, Oregon punt adoption of California emission regs

Vermont and Oregon are the latest states to join the growing chorus pausing their adoption of California emission regulations.

President Donald Trump, center, along with, from left, British Ambassador Peter Mandelson, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, and Vice President JD Vance, talk to reporters after reaching a trade agreement between the U.S. and Britain.

U.S, China agree to temporarily cut tariffs

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California settles, repeals electric truck purchase mandate

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Business conditions improved in Q1 but future concerns exist

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Dealer pessimism toward EVs on the rise

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