Putting Customers First
FMW was excited to interview Wheels Donlen CEO Shlomo Crandus to learn about the state of the merger between these two powerhouse Chicagoland firms. In Ed Pierce’s in-depth article derived from that interview, Crandus says, “As we’ve come together, we’ve reaffirmed for both organizations how much we love and value putting customers first.”
Michael Quimby is a go-to expert on material handling equipment. We recently published FMW’s interview with Quimby, and we’re delighted to feature a video clip from that interview today.
It is NSC’s National Safety Month. CEO and Founder of eDriving, Ed Dubens, authors a timely article: “Time to Ingrain Driver Safety in Company Culture.” If not now, when?
Drive Safety,
Janice Sutton
Editor in Chief
Charting the Course for Early Truck Electrification
Report: Using Real-World Truck Telematics Data to Identify Electrifiable Trucks, Inform Charging Infrastructure Investments, and Explore Emissions Reductions
By Jessie Lund, Dave Mullaney, Emily Porter, John Schroeder
Trucks in the United States produce 25 percent of transportation greenhouse gas emissions even though they only make up 10 percent of vehicles on the road. And the problem is growing — emissions from trucks have nearly doubled in the past 30 years and are slated to increase faster as e-commerce booms.
Fortunately, development in EV technology has led to breakthroughs in electric medium- and heavy-duty vehicles.
Today, although supply is still relatively low, there are dozens of battery-electric truck models available in the United States and Canada alone, and that number is increasing rapidly to meet demand. Across the United States, fleets have already committed to deploying over 140,000 electric vehicles.
RTA Releases Fleet Success Scorecard
Last year RTA made a commitment to Fleet Success and helping fleet operations achieve their goals.
It took another step towards helping its clients succeed by releasing the Fleet Success Scorecard into its fleet management software application.
"We have systems like this that help us run our business, so we decided to design systems to help you run your fleet, that go above and beyond what any other FMIS is doing,” RTA CEO Josh Turley said.
“The scorecard will continue to add options and metrics that allow you to fine-tune your operation, comparing yourself to where you've been and against industry averages. It's a tool designed to help you improve, and truly become a fleet success manager."
Defining Sustainability for a Brighter Future
A product’s complete life cycle—from cradle to grave—is an important metric for how we measure and gauge modern sustainability efforts
By Elisa Seddon, Technical Fellow, Lubrizol
How do we define sustainability? The answer to that question grows increasingly important, and it’s one that many organizations across industries are looking for.
There are many drivers for an ongoing push toward sustainability. Among them is consumer demand—recent research shows that consumers across all generations are willing to pay more for sustainable products. And importantly, sustainability is about more than just developing more recyclable or eco-friendly products and services.
It’s also about how organizations conduct their businesses more sustainably from top to bottom. Sourcing raw materials and managing supply chains efficiently are a major part of doing so. The heavy-duty commercial vehicle industry, which includes fleets, logistics suppliers and OEMs responsible for developing efficient vehicle technology, is a big part of that broader sustainability picture.
New Tesla Hack Allows Thieves to Unlock, Steal Car in 10 Seconds
A security researcher successfully exploited a vulnerability that allowed them to not only unlock a Tesla but also drive away without ever having to touch one of the car's keys.
Rather than utilize a traditional vehicle key fob, this particular attack focuses on the victim's cell phone, or Tesla's BLE-enabled key fobs, that use that same communication technology as the phone.
By utilizing a relay device attached to a laptop, the attacker can wirelessly bridge a gap between the car and the victim's phone, tricking the vehicle into thinking that the phone is within range of the vehicle when it could be hundreds of feet (or even miles) away. Once the unsuspecting owner is in range of the relay, it only takes seconds—10 seconds to drive off with the car.
