John Hitch

Senior Editor
John Hitch | Commercial vehicle group
Equipment

Report: Parts, labor costs stabilize in late 2023

March 11, 2024
Parts costs dropped by 2.2% year-over-year in Q4, but labor still was up 4%. The question now, is what can fleets do with this VMRS-based knowledge?
Mack Trucks
Mack Trucks Lehigh Valley Operations
Trucks

Mack reaches tentative deal to avoid UAW strike

Oct. 2, 2023
Mack Trucks agrees to a new five-year contract with nearly 4,000 UAW members working at truck plants in three states, averting another U.S. transportation industry labor strike...
Love's
Loves Truck Care Action Tech Brakes 64c9473c6b1d2
Fleet Management

Love’s tech retention strategy: A career-long embrace

Aug. 4, 2023
By offering a free five-week diesel program, apprenticeship pathway, and lifetime billing bonuses to longtime technicians, Love's has found plenty of ways for employees to care...
VTTI
VTTI compared AI dashcams from Motive, Lytx, and Samsara in a recent study.
Technology

All AI dashcams the true winner in technology comparison study

Aug. 3, 2023
Motive’s dashcams were tested against competitors Lytx and Samsara and had a higher alert frequency in several fields. While Lytx debated the VTTI study's efficacy, recent data...
Peter Prato | Samsara
Samsara CEO and co-founder Sinjet Biswas
Technology

Samsara’s new data tools enable digital rebirth

July 3, 2023
Samsara—which means rebirth—has released several new innovations to its Connected Operations Cloud platform to give fleets the chance to digitally reinvent themselves.
Plug Power
Plug Power bulk hydrogen hauler
Green Trends

Plugging away at the green hydrogen highway

Jan. 3, 2023
Green hydrogen, a fuel source produced using renewable energy, has the potential to transform transportation as the world heads towards carbon neutrality, if the cost can reach...