ATA’s Technology & Maintenance Council is nearing the culmination of a multiyear effort to define the evolutionary direction of tractor-­trailer connectivity, even as more advanced technologies are becoming — or soon will be — available in the marketplace…

The Next Generation Tractor-Trailer Interface Task Force of TMC’s S.1 Electrical Study Group held an important session Feb.28, marking the start of a process to evaluate potential concepts for a new connector to replace the long-standing SAE J560 standard connection that TMC and American Trucking Associations members helped pioneer several decades ago…

Multivoltage requirements, solar installations, electric drive and regenerative braking axles, advanced driver assistance systems and automated driving systems — and the host of sensors, emitters and cameras that support them — mean the need for a new connector standard is increasingly necessary and urgent.