By RoadPro Family of Brands

Mobile technology has revolutionized truck driving, making drivers more connected than ever before and changing how they work, relax and interact. Here are five ways it’s happened:

By RoadPro Family of Brands

In 1899, Charles Duell, commissioner of the U.S. Patent Office, is supposed to have said, “Everything that can be invented already has been invented.” Duell was clearly shortsighted and, just as clearly, not a truck driver. The history of trucking is one of steady technological advancement, and there’s no reason to think it’s reached an end.

In 2016, Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) of medium duty trucks continue to tackle the same challenges as in years past: optimizing fuel efficiency and emission control; right-sizing vehicles to meet customers’ needs; adopting new technologies that spawn greater efficiencies; and creating comfortable, safe vehicles for operators.

Better aerodynamics, improved oils, enhanced stability ... and trucks that drive themselves? They may be closer than you think.

“Some of the things that are happening now are making the average driver closer to the best driver.”
– Jennifer Rumsey, Cummins

At first glance there was nothing unusual about the two trucks and three cars merging with other traffic on a highway near Barcelona, Spain, but there was nothing usual about the way they were controlled.

Manufacturers close in on trucks which will offer 10 mpg

NASHVILLE, TN -- At a time when a truck’s typical fuel economy floats around 6 mpg (39 litres/100 km), the promise of 10 mpg (23.5 litres/100 km) may seem like a pipe dream.