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WTW24: Ram Launches Next-generation ‘Ram Professional’ Full Commercial Mobility Solutions

March 5, 2024 , Auburn Hills, Mich. – Ram announced today the new Ram Professional commercial vehicle division with full-service customer mobility and value solutions. Ram Professional will make its debut at the upcoming 2024 National Truck and Equipment (NTEA) Work Truck Week show in Indianapolis on March 6.  As a key brand...

WTW2024 | A Decade of Success: Ford Pro Marks 10th Anniversary of Transit Van in America with Upgrades to E-Transit, Charging & Software

A Decade of Success: Ford Pro Marks 10th Anniversary of Transit Van in America with Upgrades to E-Transit, Charging & Software DEARBORN, Mich., March 5, 2024 – Ford Transit®—America’s iconic No. 1 bestselling commercial van1—celebrates a decade in-market and its 10th year of U.S. production and sales with enhancements to E-Transit™ range and new charging,...

Clarience Technologies Acquires Safe Fleet to Expand Safety Technology Portfolio, Broaden Customer Reach into new Market Segments

Southfield, MI, Feb 15, 2024 – Clarience Technologies, a global provider of visibility and safety technology solutions for transportation, announced today that it has acquired Safe Fleet, a leader in safety solutions for fleet vehicles, reinforcing the company’s mission to bring total visibility to transportation by providing technologies that enhance safety,...

Reading Truck Announces the Acquisition of General Truck Body

READING, Pa.–(Business Wire)–The Reading Truck Group, LLC (Reading Truck) announced that it has acquired General Body Manufacturing Company (DBA: General Truck Body). General Truck Body, a current Reading distributor, is a well-established south-central manufacturer and upfitter of work truck bodies, equipment and custom engineered trucks with three locations in Texas...

FEBRUARY 2024 – LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

Relationships – Still a Cornerstone There’s no doubt the world of business – of buying and selling goods – has changed. It’s no longer simply going down to the corner store to purchase what you need. Or heading to the one and only dealership in town to buy that vehicle...

SAFETY CENTRAL

Yet Again, Safe Fleet Prepares to Conduct Its Masterclass in All Things “Fleet Safety” At Work Truck Week 2024 For the biggest fleets and manufacturers, something special happens in the first week of March; the floors of the Indianapolis Convention Center open, the industry’s best get together, and a period...

Listening to Voices in Commercial Fleet

By Lucas Lowden, Escalent Insights Consultant, Automotive & Mobility Program Lead, Fleet Advisory Hub The business to business commercial vehicle and fleet sector of automotive is unique, to say the least. A traditional space built on legacy knowledge and symbiotic relationships, it has arguably evolved more in the last five...

 California Regulators Charge Ahead with EV Work Trucks 

Electric vehicles (EV) in the US have been growing in popularity for over a decade. Tesla began production of its Roadster sports car in 2008 and followed that with various other models in the ensuing years.  Tesla and others have also developed first generation electric pickups and semi-trucks and vans....

Navigating Networks: Building Valuable Connections in the Work Truck Industry

Those who have been around the work truck industry for decades may remember simpler times when solid craftsmanship, handshakes, and print ads were all that was needed to thrive in this business. Because of technological advancements, the world has grown tremendously bigger and smaller at the same time. To remain...

Delivering a Higher Standard 

Rockport Commercial Vehicles may have been a little later to the Commercial Body manufacturing industry, but it has quickly established itself as a market share leader and preferred supplier of delivery and service vehicles.  As a Division of Forest River, Inc., a multibillion enterprise producing the largest portfolio of RVs,...