A perennial challenge for fleet maintenance operations is finding, recruiting and developing skilled technicians who will keep medium- and heavy-duty trucks operating at peak efficiency.
April 4, 2025Business, Technology, Equipment
Building Your Maintenance Team One Technician at a Time
Government, Business, Technology
TMC Deals With California on ‘Clean Truck Check’
A contingent of TMC member experts and others met with CARB to discuss ways of implementing a fleet-preferred method for complying with the Heavy-Duty Inspection and Maintenance reporting.
February 7, 2025Business
TMC Releases Summer Survey Results
American Trucking Associations’ Technology & Maintenance Council conducted three surveys during the late spring and summer months.
October 4, 2024Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety
The Evolution of Tractor-Trailer Connectivity
ATA’s Technology & Maintenance Council is nearing the culmination of a multiyear effort to define the evolutionary direction of tractor-Âtrailer connectivity.
April 7, 2023Business, Equipment
TMC Recommended Practices Are the Foundation of Maintenance
The essence of achieving superior quality in a fleet maintenance operation is critically dependent, literally, upon the nuts and bolts that hold the truck together.
October 7, 2022Business, Technology
Data Interchange/Interoperability Challenges Carriers to Take Action
Fleets need real-time data from the commercial vehicles of today and tomorrow, and the ability to pose queries and communications regarding vehicle and systems operation status, cargo security and condition, and environmental and safety performance.
July 22, 2022Business, Technology
2022 Is the Year of Research and Discovery for TMC and Its Partners
TMC is anticipating the ability to pursue several research projects under its agreement with FPInnovations/The PIT Group that had been deferred because of COVID impacts and restrictions. This partnership enables TMC to bring its own research projects directly to The PIT Group, including accessing on-track testing capabilities.
October 8, 2021Technology, Equipment
The Power of Automatic Braking
Automatic emergency braking has been around for quite some time. Yet despite being a spec’ing option for more than a dozen years, many fleets remain reluctant to specify AEB on their newest trucks.
July 17, 2020Business, Equipment, Safety
Keeping Trucks Rolling Amid Pandemic
American Trucking Associations’ Technology & Maintenance Council is now serving as a conduit of information as to how maintenance operations can sustain, protect and facilitate trucking’s critical role in fighting the novel coronavirus pandemic.
April 24, 2020Government, Business, Equipment, Safety
Tractor-Trailers at a Tipping Point
As the trucking industry and government regulators both seek to take advantage of productivity, safety and maintenance-enhancing opportunities presented by technology, are we about to encounter a wave that cannot be met with the existing tractor-trailer power and communications architecture?
January 24, 2020