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EFS demos: Innovative technology solutions

The Enterprise Fleet Summit had several technology demos.

Five FreightTech companies demonstrated their innovative technology solutions for fleets during FreightWaves’ Enterprise Fleet Summit. Check out the showcased integrative technology platforms, smart trailer technology, dispatcher workflows and DOT compliance system.

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SkyBitz’s smart trailer technology is designed to help fleets increase load capacity and find empty trailers faster, using SkyCamera and non-volumetric cargo sensors.

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Samsara launches data report to show fleets how they stack up

In the commercial transportation sector, industrywide real-time data is a valuable thing.

Historically, it’s been difficult for trucking companies to know how their fleet is performing compared to other companies without access to industry benchmarks or a team of data scientists helping reveal the bigger picture.

Samsara aims to change that with the launch of its Fleet Benchmarks Report, which leverages a broad dataset to help compare a fleet’s performance to that of similar fleets across the...

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Transmission: Can Class 8 truck producers keep up with demand?

There was good news and some questionable news over the weekend. The good news can be summed by the trucking industry deciding it needed more vehicles last month, pushing up sales 108% year-over-year. There was another sale, though, that could generate more questions from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which is investigating former Nikola CEO Trevor Milton. He sold 3.5 million of his Nikola shares for $49 million six months after he resigned in a cloud of controversy.

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Former Cisco exec Bostrom joins Samsara’s board of directors

San Francisco-based Samsara recently announced Sue Bostrom as the latest addition to the company’s board of directors.

Bostrom formerly served as the chief marketing officer at Cisco Systems, where she was responsible for developing and communicating the company’s vision and strategy through branding, advertising and product marketing. 

“Sue brings deep expertise across marketing and sales, having shaped the international go-to-market strategy for multi-category companies like Cisco,” Sanjit...

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The Daily Dash: Pension bailout possible for Yellow, ABF drivers; record Q4 for XPO

The Daily Dash is a quick look at what is happening in the freight ecosystem. In today’s edition, the COVID-19 relief bill working through Congress may be the vehicle through which pension reform happens for multiemployer pension plans, including those of Yellow and ABF Freight. Plus, a strong freight market led to a record quarter for XPO, and Uber Freight posts revenue growth in Q4.

Legislative fix?

The COVID-19 relief bill could serve as a vehicle to bail out multiemployer pension funds,...

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Samsara hits milestone with $300M run rate

San Francisco-based Samsara announced Thursday it has surpassed more than $300 million in run-rate subscription revenue for the fiscal fourth quarter ended Jan. 30.

Company officials said the milestone in run-rate subscription was achieved in five years with an annual growth rate of 80%.

Samsara provides software and sensors to monitor and manage commercial fleets and industrial operations, with customers in the energy, food and beverage, construction and manufacturing, and transportation...

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Survey: 30% of drivers fully satisfied with their ELD

Road Hunter surveyed its app users for ELD provider information.

Based on a recent survey, there is a market for potentially 70% of truck drivers surveyed to switch electronic logging device (ELD) providers, said Road Hunter founder Mikhail Dzarasov.

In an interview with FreightWaves, Dzarasov said he conducted a survey among Road Hunter’s app users to find out more about their ELD providers with the intent to form new partnerships with major providers. Those strategic partnerships, he said, would enable Road Hunter to give its users more useful information. 

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Samsara’s technology solutions land it in the FreightTech 25

Samsara ranked No. 16 in the FreightTech 25.

Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) leader Samsara ranked No. 16 in the FreightTech 25 this year. Samsara provides software and sensors to monitor and manage commercial fleets and industrial operations. 

The company is innovating rapidly with over 200 new product updates this year, according to VP of Product Management Alexander Stevenson. Samsara expanded greatly this year, he said, reaching 20,000 customers in the energy, food and beverage, construction and manufacturing, and transportation...

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The Daily Dash: Truck drivers are speeding up; autonomous truck maker ditching the driver

The Daily Dash is a quick look at what is happening in the freight ecosystem. In today’s edition, as the holidays approached, truck drivers found less traffic on roadways than in past years, and that means speeds are going up. Plus, Gatik plans to remove drivers from its vehicles in 2021 and New Year’s resolutions for fleets looking to reduce their risk.

Faster, faster and faster still

As the world slowed, trucks got faster. Data shows that as fewer cars traveled the roadways in 2020, truck...

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As traffic declined, truck speeds increased

Samsara data shows trucks are driving faster than ever

If it seems like the world is moving faster than ever, that’s probably true. The pandemic has not slowed, and neither have trucking fleets on the nation’s roadways.

According to data compiled by Internet of Things company Samsara, trucking fleets are driving faster than ever. That has resulted in more miles per day as drivers try to keep pace with the demands of American consumers navigating through COVID lockdowns that have resulted in booming e-commerce business and essential goods shortages.

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