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Your go-to resource for light- and medium-duty work trucks and vans. Get the latest news, trends, and expert tips in commercial fleet management.

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10/28/2026

Volvo Trucks North America is launching a new Silver Service Contract that adds powertrain repair coverage, helps maximize uptime, and gives fleets one predictable monthly payment.

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10/28/2026

The Conti HSR 5 EP and Conti HDR 5 EP are Continental’s new fuel-efficient regional tires, which were designed for regional applications, feature advanced tread, and deliver improved removal mileage compared to their predecessors.

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10/28/2026

Finally, a check engine light you can enjoy seeing glow. 🎃🔧

Work Truck’s free pumpkin carving templates are here, with WT letters, a pickup truck, a big rig, and a check engine light for the ambitious carvers in the crew.

Download the PDFs, find more automotive and equipment-themed patterns, and give your pumpkin a job. No diagnostic appointment required.

Check it out: https://loom.ly/mjfCMls

Download Work Truck’s truck-themed pumpkin patterns, explore more automotive designs, and give your shop or front porch a seasonal upgrade.

10/28/2026

Forget the candy. We want the Ecto-R1. 👻🚙

Did you catch this earlier this month? went all in on Halloween this year with a Ghostbusters-inspired software update, complete with themed displays, sound effects, and lighting. They even built a custom Ecto-R1 to celebrate.

The Halloween features are only available through November 1, so there's still a few days left to get your ghost-busting fix.

Check out the video and tell us: Would you drive this to your next service call? 🔗 https://loom.ly/ENz-H6c

Rivian collaborates with Sony Pictures for a spine-tingling Ghostbusters-inspired update! Discover the electrifying Ecto-R1 upgrade with spooky sounds and effects this Halloween!

10/28/2026

Supporting a community means showing up when it needs you most. Les Schwab Tire Centers has launched the Les Schwab Foundation with an initial $100,000 commitment to help Silver Rail Elementary School and the surrounding Bend, Oregon, community recover following the Oct. 15 school shooting.

The funding will support the school, districtwide recovery efforts, and emerging needs through local nonprofit partners.

This story also hits close to home for our own Lauren Fletcher, whose family spent six years as part of the Silver Rail school community. Read more about the commitment and find her personal reflection in the editor’s note.

Check it out here: https://loom.ly/fA83utE

Les Schwab Tires launches a foundation with $100,000 to support recovery for Silver Rail Elementary and the Bend community following a school shooting.

10/28/2026

Sometimes recovering the truck is only half the job. When a commercial truck carrying excavation equipment broke down in a remote area, one tow truck took the power unit to a repair facility while another delivered the loaded trailer to the jobsite.

That is what a real roadside solution looks like. Protect the driver, recover the vehicle, and keep the work moving whenever possible.

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10/27/2026

Workhorse Group’s first Canadian dealer partnership, with Tristan Fleet Management, builds on five years of selling electric step vans in Canada.

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10/27/2026

Fleetworthy Compliance creates a streamlined path for the PacLease franchise nationwide to access centralized licensing, permitting, and titling management.

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10/27/2026

🎃 The costumes can be scary. The drive to or from work shouldn’t be.

With Halloween coming up, we’re bringing back this quick safety reminder from the Connecticut DOT and Connecticut Police Chiefs Association. Watch and share it with your drivers to keep slowing down, staying alert, and watching for trick-or-treaters top of mind.

Check out the tips here: https://loom.ly/5gb06gY

This video features a reminder from the Connecticut Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Connecticut Police Chiefs Association, urging drivers to prioritize safety this Halloween.

10/27/2026

Four hours of repair work. Seven days without the van. Somewhere in between, an estimate sat, an approval stalled, and pickup waited until Monday.

Sound familiar? Brett Carlson, co-founder and CEO of ServiceUp, breaks down how fleets can find the downtime hiding between repair milestones, including the steps their own teams can help speed up.

Start with your last 20 repairs (we have the tool for it). The inbox might have more explaining to do than the parts department.

Read it here: https://loom.ly/YVcq5_o

How fleets can find, measure and shrink administrative downtime with nothing more than their last 20 repair orders

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