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The Vehicle Maintenance Reporting Standards system is undergoing significant updates that will impact fleets, manufacturers, and suppliers. Pilot Flying J's Fleet Maintenance Manager examines the importance of safety and compliance in his decision making. Early adopters set the tone for greater electronification. Battery-electric vehicles present design choices that privilege driver satisfaction and fleets should take notice. Tractor-trailer connectivity needs industrywide agreement to move forward in time for quickly approaching emissions goals.
Created in the 1970s, the Vehicle Maintenance Reporting Standards system is a continuously updated, universal coding convention used by fleets, manufacturers, suppliers and others. American Trucking Associations’ Technology & Maintenance Council has been responsible for VMRS since 1997. Now, the system is undergoing major updates, including an online portal, codes for electric vehicles, and, potentially, codes for maintenance operations and alerts.
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Electronification is coming and it’s going to be in our mix in the future. The UPS's, FedEx's, and Scheinder’s of the world have been full steam ahead for almost two decades. The benefits are too rewarding to ignore.
One of a fleet’s greatest incentives for going to battery-electric technology has to be driver retention. Considering the performance, quietness and overall feel of these vehicles, driver satisfaction was at the core of every design decision.
The industry can move collectively in the same direction in time for the new engines that will be coming to meet 2027 emissions and fuel economy regulations, and we can avoid chaos in the connection to electrically powered tractors before the volumes get large.
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