Diesel engines are about five times harder to start at 0 degrees F than at 80 degrees F due to thicker oil and the cold weather causing the resistance to mov...

The idea of ‘Idle Reduction’ is broad, complicated, and includes many technologies and solutions that might work well together or conflict with each other. E...

Recently at the ATA Conference in October in Philadelphia, industry executives, policy experts and leading suppliers gathered together to discuss the state o...

There’s no better way to better understand the state of the trucking industry than to get all its industry executives, policy experts and leading suppliers t...

Did you know that driving times of up to 40 hours can be required to charge deeply discharged cold batteries? Since no one drives 40 hours nonstop, you might...

AUTOMATIC ENGINE START/STOP The North American Council for Freight Efficiency wrote a report on idle reduction solutions focusing on the automatic engine sta...

While many “old school” fleet managers and operators swear by their spreadsheets, clipboards, and log books, it’s no secret there are a growing number of tec...

The extreme weather of winter may be in the rearview mirror, but it’s just as important during the warmer months of summer to prioritize fleet performance. S...

Gasoline prices can spike any time of the year for a number of reasons, but traditionally fuel costs tend to rise over the summer. Although this summer’s pri...

While it may seem as though there are plenty of telematics solutions for fleet managers to choose from these days, that wasn’t always the case. When the idea...

Restrictions relieved Probably one of the most talked-about trucking news stories this year is the easing of restrictions that dictate how long drivers can b...

As a fleet owner, you know there’s no shortage of factors that can cut into your margins and raise costs. Some costs can’t be avoided — like fuel or necessar...