Navistar, Volkswagen Announce 'Wide Ranging Strategic Alliance'

Volkswagen Truck & Bus is taking a 16.6% equity stake in Navistar International Corp. as part of a “wide-ranging strategic alliance” that will initially focus on providing powertrains for Navistar trucks starting in 2019.

Ford Demonstrates Results of Research on Active Safety Systems

Ford's European Research Centre recently presented its results for PReVENT, a research project aimed at improving road safety through active safety systems.

Navigation Technologies Unveils Real-Time Traffic Solution

Scania Leads European Research Project on Vehicle Platooning

Scania will take the lead role in a three-year European research project to develop a system for implementing truck platooning on roads.

Chrome Launches Web-Based Research Tool Carbook Pro

The tool allows fleet professionals to quickly and easily research and configure vehicles and share their work with built-in quote worksheets and dozens of customizable reports.

Service Fleets to See Holiday Business Spike

About 40% of Americans expect to make more service calls during this holiday season than any other time of the year, according to new data from Verizon Connect.

Fleet Telematics 2023: A Saturated Market?

Clem Driscoll’s latest survey on fleets’ buying intentions and use of GPS fleet management systems reveals new trends in overall penetration, growth sectors, system benefits and dislikes, and why users switch systems.

NAVTEQ Powers Daimler Trucks' RunSmart Predictive Cruise Solution

CHICAGO - NAVTEQ, announced Daimler Trucks North America LLC has selected the NAVTEQ map to power the new RunSmart Predictive Cruise solution for its Cascadia line of vehicles.

U.S. Energy Department Research to Focus on Fuel Cell Vehicles