Industry News

Changing directions: Consumer platforms reshaping in-cab computing

A wide gulf used to separate consumer and enterprise mobile computing. While consumer electronics always have been on the leading edge of technology, they traditionally lacked durability, reliability and security.  

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OEM earnings reports roundup: Daimler, Paccar, Volvo all see sales decline

As earnings reports for the first quarter of the year roll in — with mixed outcomes — three large North American truck and engine manufacturers saw either their profits, sales or earnings. Paccar — parent company of Peterbilt and Kenworth — announced a decline in sales leading to a 28 percent drop in earnings. 

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Traffic congestion on the rise, a sign of growth

In the first quarter of 2013, traffic congestion in the U.S. rose 4 percent compared to the amount of congestion in 2012 — the first such rise after two years of decline, according to Inrix’s Traffic Scorecard Annual Report.

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PROFITS DOWN FOR GEFCO BUT STRONG PROSPECTS AHEAD

The Gefco Group has reported a small decline in revenue for 2012 compared to 2011, while operating profit has dropped by more than half. The group, which is now majority-owned by RZD Russian Railways, saw a rise in revenue from new customers outside PSA  

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LOOKING FOR GROWTH DRIVERS IN CHINA

The Chinese car market needs a more sustainable approach to growth in the wake of rising overcapacity in production that, combined with an unbridled price war amongst dealers, has curtailed its development and led to a dangerous rise in vehicle inventory  

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First automotive community in the UK

Aston Martin, Jaguar Land Rover and Toyota Motor Europe have worked together to create ‘collective protection’ from risks in their supply chains.

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Transplants keep rolling in N. America

The rise of foreign automakers in North America gained huge momentum during the dark days of the recession, accelerating the decline of Detroit 3 dominance. Today 39 percent of all auto company employees in North America work for companies other than the Detroit 3, according to an Automotive News survey. That’s up from 25 percent in 2005 […]

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Pilot Flying J fraudulently withheld millions in rebates for years, documents allege

Pilot Flying J has been defrauding customers out of tens of millions of dollars in rebates over nearly a decade-long period, according to a federal document released Thursday, April 18.  

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FMCSA, cross-border trucking win court case against OOIDA

The three-judge panel that heard the Owner-Operator Independent Driver Association’s lawsuit against the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and its cross-border trucking pilot program ruled in favor of FMCSA April 19

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