Ford Launches Real-Time Driver Coaching
Photo: Ford The new tools from Ford include real-time driver coaching through its SYNC 4 voice assistant that alerts drivers anytime they exceed a speed limit, rapidly accelerate, brake harshly,…
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Canoo Projects Class-Leading Cargo Volume for New Electric Delivery Vehicle
Image courtesy of Canoo. The vehicle offers a low step in height of 17 inches along with storage lockers, a roll-up style door, and ramp slide outs. Canoo, a…
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Biden Commits to Electrify Federal Fleet
Photo: Gage Skidmore (CC BY-SA 2.0) Through his “Buy American” executive order, President Biden promises to upgrade the federal fleet to electric vehicles (EVs) made in the US. President Joe…
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Bimbo Bakeries & Purolator Fleets Take EV Use to Next Level
Photo: Bimbo Bakeries After the successful pilot program ended, another 23 trucks went into production and the company ordered another 100 electric walk-in vans, powered by Motiv’s Epic F-59 chassis,…
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GM & Navistar Partner on Development of Fuel-Cell Semi Trucks
Photo: GM Navistar is introducing a hydrogen fuel-cell semi truck for customer implementation through a new zero-emission long-haul system in collaboration with General Motors and OneH2. Navistar plans to make…
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Can Vehicle-to-Grid Technology Benefit EV Fleets?
Photo courtesy of Fermata Energy. Can a Nissan Leaf battery power this historic building to save energy costs? A new vehicle-to-building (V2B) implementation between Fermata Energy and The Alliance Center,…
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A Battery That Charges As Fast As Filling A Gas Tank
Photo: Pexels by Mike StoreDot, the pioneer of extreme fast charging (XFC) battery technology, announced Jan. 19, 2021 the availability of its first-generation 5-minute charge battery engineering samples. A startup…
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Conversions and racking: weighing in with systems that allow bigger loads
Weight is what matters where load area racking systems are concerned, says Jerry Lane, business development manager at Modul-System; and that is especially the case at 3.5 tonnes. “Weight is…
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Safe loading: how to avoid loads of trouble
Overload a commercial vehicle and the penalties can be eye-watering. And the the fines aren’t levied solely at the driver. A removal company, two of whose vans were found to…
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Sound racking means better productivity
Mobile technicians who scatter tools and spare parts all over a van’s load bed without any attempt at organisation can’t expect to work efficiently or travel safely. What they need…
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