YMX yard AI cut grocery fleet by 36%, scaled to nine sites in six months
Autonomous Yard Operating System uses digital twin modeling and computer vision to right-size yard truck fleets. One top-five U.S. grocery distributor dropped…
Hank Rivers
Equipment, OEM & Electric Vehicles
Hank Rivers covers truck hardware, tractors, trailers, engines, drivetrains, emissions aftertreatment, battery-electric and hydrogen trucks, charging infrastructure, telematics hardware, ADAS, tires, APUs, recalls, and the maintenance economics that decide what a fleet actually spends per mile. Former fleet manager. He treats OEM press releases like used-truck listings until proven otherwise.
Shippers face liability when wrong truck leaves the dock
Post-Montgomery, releasing freight to an unverified carrier or mismatched DOT number can expose shippers to negligence claims if that truck later causes a…
BasicBlock Buys TrueNorth Load Board, Adds Dispatch AI to Factoring
Lincoln factoring firm acquires Austin AI dispatcher and free load board, building ecosystem around zero-rate financing goal.
How much does the EPA 2027 NOx rollback change truck TCO?
Fleet Advantage panel says EPA's softened NOx rule reduces pre-buy urgency but doesn't eliminate the TCO math on holding 2026 models longer.
What Blackjack Express Spec'd Into Its Custom Peterbilt 589
A veteran driver walks through the 605-hp Cummins X15, 18-speed transmission, APU, and sleeper choices behind a working refrigerated hauler.
Why AI logistics software fails: bad container data, not bad models
Gnosis Freight CRO says most AI pilots in supply chain fall apart in production because shippers skip the data foundation and go straight to the model. One…
Fleets Run AI Tools With No Record of What Data Leaves the Shop
Many carriers treat ELDs as non-negotiable compliance but let teams use AI with no inventory of which tools touch company data or where it goes.
Hankook's Tennessee Plant Cuts Lead Times for U.S. Fleets
Clarksville facility brings commercial tire production closer to regional and long-haul operators, reducing wait times and supporting application-specific…
Savannah Opens $126M Connector to Cut Port Truck Route by Half
Four-lane Brampton Road Connector eliminates railroad crossings and local-street traffic for 15,000 daily truck moves at Garden City terminal.
Volvo VNL Autonomous Runs Dallas-Houston Route With No Driver Onboard
AVI-SPL launched commercial autonomous freight operations in June 2026 using Volvo's self-driving VNL and Aurora's TMS. Safety drivers come out Q1 2027.
C.H. Robinson's AI Push Skips Carrier Vetting After Supreme Court Loss
Broker automates quoting, tracking, and scheduling but leaves carrier selection manual after Montgomery ruling. Industry attorney says AI that speeds freight…
Carrier Transicold Lets Fleets Retrofit New TRU Tech Into Aging Trailers
Fleet Refresh program drops latest X4 and Vector refrigeration units into older trailers, bundling Lynx telematics and BluEdge service without replacing the…