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MOTOR Information and the price of the wrong part
A Hearst newsletter became a business selling the details that keep repair shops and truck fleets moving. Its most revealing product is a relationship: this part, that vehicle, the right job.
The $600 Repair Bill That Put the Shop on the Road
YourMechanic began with a broken car and a suspect invoice. Its more durable invention was a system for making the price, the mechanic and the repair visible before anyone turned a wrench.
Zonar’s big idea: make the driver get out and look
A wooden prototype became a fleet-management business by making vehicle inspections harder to fudge. Now Zonar wants to run the rest of the school-bus day, too.
The 47-Year-Old Software Company That Finally Put Its Fleet in the Cloud
RTA spent decades selling maintenance software to the people who keep public vehicles alive. Then a third-generation owner took on the harder repair job: rebuilding the family business without throwing away the fleet knowledge inside it.
Fullbay Put 20 Million Work Orders in the Cloud. Now It Wants to Predict Which Truck Breaks Next
The Phoenix software company started with an electronic medical record for trucks. A decade, 5,000-plus shops and $6.5 billion in annual commerce later, it is betting that the repair ledger can become an early-warning system.
Spiffy Spent a Decade Washing Cars. The Real Product Was Hiding in the Van.
The North Carolina company started with blue vans and an app. After four million services, it is selling dealers the software, hardware and hard-won operating manual behind the fleet.
The 100-Truck Family Business Selling the One Thing Freight Buyers Can’t Order: Fewer Surprises
Evans Trucking grew from one truck into a cross-border fleet by obsessing over the unglamorous parts of freight - maintenance intervals, load securement and honest updates. Its playbook is useful far beyond the highway.
The Quiet Empire Behind the Parts That Keep America’s Trailers Moving
Hinton Transportation Investments built a 36-location network around an unglamorous promise: when a trailer, truck or intermodal chassis needs a part, make the answer easier, faster and closer to the customer.