Are Your Drivers Getting Enough Sleep?
Photo: Jim Park Humans are wired to sleep at night and be awake during the day. When schedules upset our sleep, sleep quality can suffer, along with safety and health.…
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How Trucking Fleets Can Find Success by Building a Diverse Workforce
Photo: Gettyimages.com/kali9 Diverse viewpoints and backgrounds make for a more vibrant and innovative team. When Alphonso Lewis got out of the military, he wanted to be a truck driver. He…
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Hydrogen: Truly Green Power
Photo: Transpower Peterbilt Loop Energy and Transpower will put this truck into drayage service at a southern California port facility in the fall of 2020. If you’re not muddled enough…
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Mitigation Strategies to Reduce Fleet Fuel Costs
Photo: Pavel Kubarkov via Shutterstock. The difference between the most and least efficient drivers is a 30% difference in fuel consumption. Fuel is a fleet’s No. 1 operating expense and the…
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Fleets Transition to Synthetic Motor Oil
Photo: Gettyimages.com/ Wail Alameen For the past decade, more OEMs are recommending the use of more expensive synthetic motor oils, which is increasing the cost of each PM service. But…
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Impact of New Technology on Fleet Maintenance Programs
Screenshot via CR/YouTube. The adoption of new onboard safety technologies, such as Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems (ADAS) is adding new complexity to fleet maintenance programs. ADAS technologies require special equipment and…
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Ford to Introducing Hands-Free Tech on F-150 Next Year
Photo courtesy of Ford Motor Co. Active Drive Assist allows the driver to operate the vehicle hands-free while the driver is monitored by a driver-facing camera to monitor the driver’s attention…
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Where Risk and Fleet Intersect: Understanding the Collaboration for Fleet Managers
Overseeing a fleet of vehicles is all about managing the risk. Fleet management gets more complicated every day. There are more vehicle options, safety concerns, regulations, and mandates. The need…
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Forecast of Fleet Maintenance Trends
Photo: Standret via Shutterstock Christensen The forecast of the cost of maintenance and unscheduled repair is anticipated to go up in CY-2021. “We are expecting a return to normal in 2021,”…
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Multiplicity of Fleet Tire Sizes
Photo: Pixabay A perennial factor exerting upward pressure on replacement tire costs is the adoption of larger diameter tires and unique tire sizes. The increase in OEM automobile wheel diameters…
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