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John Hitch

Cleveland

Editor-in-Chief at Fleet Maintenance

Editor of Fleet Maintenance, a B2B that provides fleet maint. mgmt. with best practices & tools to maximize uptime. @FleetMx [email protected]

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  • 2 weeks ago | fleetmaintenance.com | John Hitch

    The introduction of telematics and mass sensorization on trucks over the past decade has enabled fleets to gather a lot of vehicle data. This information, in turn, has been used to power predictive maintenance (PdM). Historical fault code and repair data on particular makes and models are aggregated and fed into a data analytics platform.

  • 2 weeks ago | fleetmaintenance.com | John Hitch

    The world is changing faster than ever, but one constant that remains in the maintenance game is that efficiency equals success. At the shop floor level, the way to do this is making sure your technicians have the training and tools they need to maximize throughput in the bay and uptime in the fleets.

  • 2 weeks ago | fleetmaintenance.com | John Hitch

    At one time one of the most promising zero-emission truck startups, Nikola made history by being first to market with production-ready fuel-cell electric trucks at the end of 2023. But questionable leadership moves, mounting expenses, and less demand than anticipated for hydrogen-powered trucks led to a sharp downfall for the company founded by the recently pardoned Trevor Milton. With no moves left to stay in business, Nikola Corp.

  • 3 weeks ago | fleetmaintenance.com | John Hitch

    Electric trucks already cost more and have far less range than their diesel counterparts, so for fleets to do more than dabble in electrification, they need to know how long these new investments will last and what their resale value will be. These are critical variables in the total cost of ownership equation, and right now, there isn’t enough real road data or experience to make any firm conclusions.

  • 1 month ago | fleetmaintenance.com | John Hitch

    A Florida-based startup called Tow4Tech, which developed towing dispatch software to improve fleets’ ability to find and receive tows for their downed trucks, has increased its available capital by 50%. The company said BrightCap Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm out of Sofia, Bulgaria, has invested $1.5 million. This gives Tow4Tech at least $4.5 million in total invested.

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