ENGINES THIS WAY AND THAT by Rolf Lockwood January 30, 2008 Vol. 4, No. 3 Well, finally, things are heating up on the product front, and they’re about to get warmer still. To tell you the truth, I’ve…
BIODIESEL, HYBRIDS & MORE by Rolf Lockwood February 27, 2008 Vol. 4, No. 5 About this time last year I wrote that hybrid diesel/electric vehicles had dominated the Work Truck Show. Well, I’m in Atlanta as I…
NEW PLAYER ON THE APU FRONT by Rolf Lockwood January 16, 2008 Vol. 4, No. 2 Most of the announcements about on-board power systems lately have been along all-electric lines, what with new or impending laws about emissions from…
TRENDS AND CHANGES by Rolf Lockwood January 2, 2008 Vol. 4, No. 1 I consider this a successful year so far. Young as it is, it’s at least being properly referred to here in this newsletter,…
THE BIG THING IN 2008 by Rolf Lockwood December 19, 2007 Vol. 3, No. 26 Predictions aren’t my strength, sad to say. Well, that’s not quite true. I can tell when my beloved Maple Leafs are going to…
THINKING ZERO EMISSIONS? by Rolf Lockwood December 5, 2007 Vol. 3, No. 25 Most of you probably think that pure battery power is best left to shuffling tiny little cars around cities, odd looking cars that…
DAIMLER LOOKS FORWARD by Rolf Lockwood November 21, 2007 Vol. 3, No. 24 After yet another jaunt across the wide pond, and more tedious airport security checks than a peaceable guy like me should suffer, I…
CUMMINS SAYS YES & NO TO SCR by Rolf Lockwood September 26, 2007 Vol. 3, No. 20 After a few weeks with not so much happening out there in product land, the last couple have been full of interesting developments,…
GERMAN, DUTCH ENGINES ROCK TOO by Rolf Lockwood November 7, 2007 Vol. 3, No. 23 Engines, engines, engines… it seems I can’t write about much of anything else these days. But I’m certainly not complaining, because the run-up…
HOW TO FUEL THE FUTURE? by Rolf Lockwood October 10, 2007 Vol. 3, No. 21 Last time out I promised to tell you about a Volvo-sponsored conference in Brussels where the Swedish truck-maker presented a picture of our…
SHADES OF PROGRESS by Rolf Lockwood September 12, 2007 Vol. 3, No. 19 You’ll see in the collection of new products below a pair of pretty exciting announcements from two enterprising outfits in the communications game,…
TOUGH PARTS & MILESTONES by Rolf Lockwood August 15, 2007 Vol. 3, No. 16 Another quiet week at Lake Wobegon product-wise, but it sure wasn’t quiet just 10 days ago up at Notre-dame-du-nord in Quebec. The noise…
NOTES IN A POCKET by Rolf Lockwood August 1, 2007 Vol. 3, No. 15 Not a whole lot of cracking great news to impart this time out, but as always I’ve been gathering bits and pieces of…
YA GOTTA WONDER by Rolf Lockwood July 18, 2007 Vol. 3, No. 14 Before I get to the ‘Ya Gotta Wonder’ part of this piece, a word or three about my lead item here. Mack’s Idle…
WANTED: SLIPPERY TRAILERS by Rolf Lockwood July 4, 2007 Vol. 3, No. 13 Let me open with a stunner, not about a product but a much needed service. A dog wash. Or, presumably, a raccoon wash.
