Latest COVID-19 Updates for the Trucking Industry

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Here at the QuickTSI blog team, we pride ourselves on providing you, our readers, with relevant, up-to-date information regarding what is going on in our industry. And with the COVID-19 pandemic not showing any signs of slowing, information pertinent to your business has been flowing in at a breakneck pace. We want to help you … Read more

How Trucking Companies Are Effectively Using Solar Power

Motor carriers everywhere all deal with a similar problem: How to prevent truck drivers from breaking down or missing delivery times because of a failed battery, whether it be in the truck or the liftgate. The trucking industry is a fast-paced environment where businesses across the country must count on products and services motor carriers … Read more

Should Trucking Company Electrify Fleet?

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Migrating from diesel to electric, or even adding electric trucks to your fleet, is not a simple matter of simply flipping a switch. The fact is, you can’t just walk into a dealership and walk out with a battery-electric truck and expect there to be no adaptation problems. There is a great deal more to … Read more

How Will Electric Trucks be Powered?

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You may think a volt is just a volt, especially when it comes to a hydrogen fuel cell or lithium-ion battery. And while that is certainly true from a physics standpoint, when it comes to how an electric drive motor powers an electric truck, it doesn’t care where that volt comes from. Yet, the stakes … Read more

The Technician’s Log: How’s Your Electrical Maintenance Program Doing

We are providing all the most valuable information to our fleet technician readers this week with another installment of The Technician’s Log, our blog series that aims to talk about anything and everything trucking and trucking maintenance. In today’s article, we are going to talk about your electrical maintenance program. Considering how technologically advanced today’s … Read more

Truck Driver Risk Exposure and the Importance of Monitoring

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According to the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration, highway accidents accounted for 37,461 deaths in the U.S. in 2016. Moreover, a recent study by Motus, a vehicle management and reimbursement platform, found that 40% of all motor vehicle accidents are work-related and cost employers a staggering $56.7 billion in 2017, taking into account medical expenses, … Read more