SimpleTire adds website search for SmartWay truck tires
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Bridgestone to expand capacity 8% at Tennessee truck tire plant
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Yokohama takes ‘asset impairment’ charge related to U.S. truck tire plant
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NEW PRICES ON MICHELIN COMMERCIAL TIRES STARTING DEC. 1st
SOURCE: NEW PRICES ON MICHELIN COMMERCIAL TIRES STARTING DEC. 1st Michelin announced this week it will be increasing its commercial tire prices beginning Dec. 1. The 8 percent increase will apply to all commercial brands, products and services offered by Michelin. The company says the increase, which will be paired with a 5 percent increase in passenger tire prices on Jan. 1, will address increased operating costs and other factors. Bridgestone last month announced a 10 percent price increase for its commercial tire brands. The company [...]
MORE THAN 140 YEARS OF HIGH PERFORMANE AND EXCELLENCE NOW AT MIDWEST
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It’s Not A Revolution. The Autonomous Truck Has Been Developing For More Than Two Decades.
This year, Freightliner and Peterbilt demonstrated their autonomous trucks to an eager trucking industry press corps, and Google showed its self-driving, computer-connected passenger car. All got a lot of press and sparked a good deal of discussion about the future of transportation. These self-driving vehicles are the result of a long line of developments in computerization. Back in 1975, Gordon Moore, the founder of Intel, predicted that computer chips would double their capability every two years or so. He was [...]
