FUTURE TRUCKS * USA:
* Texas - Future of connectivity, productivity will still center on answering basic questions
(Photo: Loaded trucks on California ports)
Dallas,TXS,USA -The Trucker News -21 Aug 2014: ... As cabs get crowded with more and more devices, displays, gadgets and such, are the core things getting done? Is the driver able to get his or her load there on time and safely, and if there’s a problem with the truck, can it get fixed quickly and who else can deliver the load if there’s a wait or a lot of down time? These basic problems remain and in fact, down time may be the No. 1 problem in the trucking business today, costing up to $400 an hour, according to a productivity panel at the Commercial Vehicle Outlook Conference Thursday just prior to the beginning of the Great American Trucking Show here. And as telematics grows and matures, OEMs need to move to a common open architecture and a standardization of data-gathering devices, not simply add on more, panelists agreed...
Labels: future trucks
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home