Industry News - March, 2022 - Page 5 of 8

What The Heck Is A Frunk?

Beginning as a cardboard prototype, Ford's 2022 F-150 Lightning pickup’s Mega Power Frunk now boasts the largest “front trunk” in the truck industry.

Ford truck and fleet owners and customers guided decision-making for the innovative design of the F-150 Lightning pickup’s Mega Power Frunk, leading to multiple power sources and enough space to house two golf bags.

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Mar 15, 2022 - 4 years ago
Challenger Motor Freight Partners With Transtex To Obtain Substantial Fuel Savings

Challenger Motor Freight, a Canadian leader of transportation services, has partnered with TRANSTEX, supplier of leading-edge trailer aerodynamic solutions, to save fuel and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

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Mar 15, 2022 - 4 years ago
Michelin Is Getting Ready To Go To The Moon

An airless tire to equip the future lunar vehicle: this is the new challenge taken on by Michelin, in conjunction with the team formed by Northrop Grumman, within the framework of a tender from NASA last November.

The model of the prototype airless lunar tire, fitted to the lunar vehicle, will be on show at the Northrop Grumman head office (Falls Church, Virginia, USA).

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Mar 14, 2022 - 4 years ago
Volvo CE Tests World’s First High-Lift Tele-Operation Over 5G

Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) is the first in the world to trial a remote-controlled High-lift wheel loader over a 5G network in a complex forestry application – in a bid to develop safer, more productive timber processes and explore its potential as an enabler for automation.

Volvo CE tests world’s first high-lift tele-operation over 5G.

The unique research project Remote Timber is a collaboration between Volvo CE and the telecom operator Telia, timber and paper manufacturer SCA, Mid University Sweden, Skogforsk and Biometria. This week's tests at SCA's timber terminal in Torsboda, Sweden, have demonstrated that it is possible to tele-operate a Volvo L180 High-lift wheel loader, hundreds of kilometers away. And by using a closed 5G network, low latency has proven to be a major advantage – allowing operators to perform the sensitive process of picking, loading and organizing logs remotely.

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Mar 11, 2022 - 4 years ago
Survey: More Work, Higher Wages, And More People Needed

B.C.’s construction industry is expecting more work and significant pay increases for workers in 2022, while dealing with the most significant labour shortage in decades, according to the results of a survey of Independent Contractors and Businesses Association (ICBA) member companies.

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Fully 96 per cent of ICBA’s construction companies expect 2022 to be as busy or busier than 2021—56% say they will do more work in 2022, and 40% say they will do the same as 2021.

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Mar 10, 2022 - 4 years ago
Stoughton Achieves ISO 9001:2015 QMS Certification For Painted Intermodal Chassis Production

Stoughton Trailers, a global leader in transportation equipment, is proud to announce it has achieved ISO 9001:2015 quality management system certification for the production of painted intermodal chassis in the Evansville, Wis. facility.

ISO 9001:2015 is a globally recognized Quality Management Standard (QMS) developed and published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). The certification provides a model for companies of all types and sizes to use in building an effective quality management system. The standard is based on several quality management principles, including having a strong customer focus, involvement of top management, an outlined processbased approach and continuous improvement. Using ISO 9001:2015 helps ensure that customers get consistent, good-quality products and services.

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Mar 10, 2022 - 4 years ago