Insights into the latest technology in trucking, from AI-driven tools and telematics to automation, ELD updates, and smart logistics.
A new reliability study making the rounds in the EV world says the quiet part out loud: “uptime” isn’t telling drivers — or dispatchers — what they need to know. While networks tout 98%+ availability, the metric that matters on…
Trucking’s newest productivity story isn’t just about robots or driverless rigs. It’s about something more mundane — the absence of ringing phones. As FreightWaves reports, fleets and brokers that wire together their TMS, telematics, facility scheduling and document workflows are…
Link Logistics is putting energy management at the center of how it serves tenants, rolling out tools and infrastructure meant to lower utility bills, tame price volatility and ready buildings for an electrified freight future. The company’s approach — treating…
Link Logistics is recasting the landlord–tenant relationship around a simple premise: the owner should run the power plant. By moving utility accounts into its own name, bundling energy purchasing with building upgrades, and then billing tenants for a lower, steadier…
Rose Rocket is bolting a new “reads-your-inbox” capability onto its transportation management platform through a targeted acquisition — a move aimed squarely at the mountain of freight tenders, rate confirmations and status updates that still arrive by email across trucking.…
ArcBest used its Sept. 29 Investor Day in New York to detail how it intends to roughly double earnings by 2028, framing a plan that leans on less‑than‑truckload density, targeted technology deployments on the dock and in the cab, and…
Rose Rocket is bolting an “email-native” layer onto its transportation platform, acquiring a company whose software reads freight emails and turns them into structured records inside the TMS. The deal aims to solve a stubborn, everyday bottleneck for brokers and…
Volvo Trucks North America is raising the bar on passive safety in Class 8, moving integrated side-curtain airbags from the options sheet to standard equipment on its newest VNL longhaul and VNR regional models — a first among North American…
Volvo Trucks North America is elevating baseline safety by making integrated side-curtain airbags standard equipment on its all‑new VNL and VNR models — the first time a heavy‑duty truck maker has standardized the feature across its lineup. The company announced…
Volvo Trucks North America is elevating cab safety from option to obligation, making integrated side‑curtain airbags standard equipment on its new trucks for the North American market. The move, which covers the all‑new VNL and the new VNR, positions Volvo…
