Categories: Equipment, Operations, Vehicle Research

Does a bigger cab merit a larger model number for a truck? It does with Peterbilt’s 567, the builder’s latest vocational truck, which will eventually...

https://www.government-fleet.com/153523/test-drive-peterbilt-567-drivers-delight

Categories: Electric, Equipment, Fuel Smarts, Green Fleet

Workhorse Group says it has obtained permission from the Federal Aviation Administration to test its Horsefly delivery drone, an eight-motor, eight-rotor...

https://www.truckinginfo.com/131939/workhorse-says-faa-oks-testing-of-its-drone-delivery-system

Categories: Equipment, Fuel Smarts, Operations

The amendment's underlying bill was pulled from further consideration when it became snarled in an unrelated controversy over the Confederate flag.

https://www.greenfleetmagazine.com/130464/glider-kit-amendment-stalls-with-house-bill

Categories: Equipment, Operations, Products

Navistar says it will "leverage joint technology" to produce its own premium vocational trucks.

https://www.government-fleet.com/130644/cat-to-split-with-navistar-build-own-vocational-trucks

Categories: Electric Vehicles, Equipment, Fuel Smarts, Sustainability, Vehicle Research

A "cab replacement program" will enable Nikola fuel cell-electric chassis to be reused "over and over again," the company's founder said, answering one of...

https://www.chargedfleet.com/157145/chassis-recycling-among-nikola-motors-plans

Categories: Electric Vehicles, Equipment, Fuel Smarts, Hybrids, Sustainability, Vehicle Research

A hybrid electric-drive trailer tandem being developed by a group of engineers at Hyliion Inc. in Pittsburgh, Pa. The device, which for now has no official...

https://www.greenfleetmagazine.com/156759/hybrid-electric-drive-trailer-tandem-promises-quick-payback

Categories: Clean Diesel, Equipment, Fuel, Fuel Smarts

Modern diesels burn so cleanly that laboratory rats suffered no lung illnesses during a lengthy study of their exposure to exhaust gases, according to the...

https://www.greenfleetmagazine.com/127640/clean-diesel-exhaust-safe-for-animal-lungs-and-probably-humans-extensive-study-finds

Categories: Equipment, Vehicle OEM

The upcoming full-size Transit van will have two gasoline V-6 engines and an inline 5-cylinder diesel, while the new compact Transit Connect will get a pair...

https://www.globalfleetmanagement.com/152473/ford-plans-2-gasoline-v-6s-plus-i-5-diesel-for-transit-pair-of-i-4s-for-transit-connect

Categories: Safety, Safety & Compliance

Fleets need a company-wide protocol for dealing with severe weather, and watching forecasts can suggest areas to be avoided.

https://www.globalfleetmanagement.com/155102/how-to-avoid-weather-related-pileups

Categories: Electric Vehicles, Equipment, Fuel Smarts, Sustainability, Vehicle Research

In California, electric vehicles’ zero tailpipe emissions are golden, that’s why Transportation Power Inc. has been designing and testing battery-electric...

https://www.globalfleetmanagement.com/156049/trading-diesel-for-kilowatts