
Vehicle maintenance pro’s sit at the center of the tilting world. Connectivity and truck use are what matters as opposed to ownership. There were a number of themes that dominated the trucking industry in 2016 and the one main thing was connectivity. That word has come to represent a proxy of the future.
Key Takeaways:
- For the trucking industry, 2016 was a year dominated by a number of themes, but one single word: “connectivity.” It has come to represent a proxy for the future – whatever that may be.
- The core task demanded of the vehicle maintenance professional, nonetheless, remains as it always has been: to keep the vehicle out of the shop and on the highway where it earns it’s living. But the means by which that task is effected have changed markedly.
- This genie is now firmly out of the bottle. As we move towards new iterations of GHG (greenhouse gases) regulation, the landscape upon which the OEMs compete has shifted significantly.
“The core task demanded of the vehicle maintenance professional, nonetheless, remains as it always has been: to keep the vehicle out of the shop and on the highway where it earns it’s living. But the means by which that task is effected have changed markedly.”