If there’s a silver lining to the black cloud of the driver shortage, it’s how the focus on retention is exposing weaknesses in fleet operations that can now be addressed. Hours of wasted time and ...

Everything is getting smart these days: From smart kitchen appliances to smart doorbells and watches. Trucks and trailers are getting smarter, too. After spending most of the 20th century slowly ...

The smart trailer concept is still in its infancy, and already the potential seems almost limitless. Over the past five years, trailers have gone from boxes on wheels to sources of business ...

[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] A new report from the Technology & Maintenance Council of American Trucking Associations said technology can help improve trailer ...

What is a smart trailer? Historically, trailers are “unintelligent” devices, meaning that they respond only to external inputs. This one-way dialog leaves untapped potential in the form of information ...

Paying attention to the details in cold chain logistics can save customers and carriers cold hard cash — especially for those companies that are investing in the latest technological advancements.

The family tree for Internet of Things was planted in the trucking industry long before the term was invented. For more than 20 years, fleets have been using telematics, the granddaddy of IoT, to stay ...

In what appears to be way of addressing the lack of trunk space in the new Smart fortwo, DCX has released a few sketches showing the Smart accessorized to appeal to that overly-pursued active ...

Silicon Valley has stepped in and done what the global RV industry has been struggling to do for years. Smart trailer startup Pebble has sent out the world's very first production self-propelled, self ...

Hitting the road with a trailer for a new adventure is an exciting time and it shouldn’t be spoiled by issues like fuel consumption, on-site parking and energy supply, maneuverability in traffic, or ...