HeyJaredDeborah Lockridge
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Trimble: Artificial Intelligence in Trucking Fleets Beyond Faster Tasks (opens the original)
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At Insight 2026, Trimble executives argued that fleets may need to redesign workflows to get more from AI as it introduced new products and enhancements. AI’s value will depend on how fleets combine automation with their people's knowledge. When factories first adopted electric motors, many owners replaced their steam engines with one large motor and kept running the same complex system of belts, shafts, and pulleys. According to Trimble President and CEO Rob Painter, the bigger productivity gai
The Diesel Price Crisis Has No Easy Fix (opens the original)
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Washington is trying everything from oil-reserve releases to longer driving hours for fuel haulers. None addresses all the forces keeping diesel prices high. When diesel prices first shot up after the U.S. attacked Iran, many expected the spike to be short-lived. Instead, the war has dragged on, and the fuel market has only gotten more complicated. Oil may (or may not) be moving through the Strait of Hormuz, but other shipping routes are threatened, tankers are in short supply, refineries are st
Why Private Fleets Are Taking More Freight (opens the original)
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Private fleets are putting their own trucks on demanding customers and high-cost lanes as companies seek greater control over service, costs, and capacity. Private fleets have sometimes been accused of “cherry-picking” the easiest or most desirable freight from their for-hire partners. But the National Private Truck Council says many private fleets are doing just the opposite. They are increasingly putting their own trucks on difficult customers, high-cost lanes and freight where service failure
ZF Expands Commercial Vehicle Push in North America (opens the original)
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ZF is expanding its North American commercial-vehicle presence with new transmission applications, electrification, trailer technology and autonomous-driving systems. ZF — or “Zed-Eff,” as they pronounce it in its home country of Germany — is putting a bigger emphasis on commercial vehicles and expanding its presence in North America. During a virtual press conference ahead of the IAA Transportation show, company officials said ZF is reshaping its business to be more agile in a volatile economic
Tesla Wants a Self-Driving Semi. Are Cameras Enough? (opens the original)
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Could Tesla’s camera-only autonomous driving technology work on an 80,000-pound Semi? In this commentary, HDT's Deborah Lockridge takes a look at Tesla, Cybercab, and how autonomous trucks see the road. Elon Musk has talked about an autonomous Tesla Semi almost as long as he has talked about the electric truck itself. Now that Tesla is finally ramping up Semi production, that idea is moving closer to reality. In July, Musk said Tesla expects to have a self-driving Semi by late this year or early
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