DRIVER TRAINING HITS THE CAB by Rolf Lockwood May 7, 2008 Vol. 4, No. 10 Today’s e-newsletter is going to focus on simple news for a change, though ‘simple’ may not be the right word to use…
HYBRIDS GET TRACTION by Rolf Lockwood May 21, 2008 Vol. 4, No. 11 Getting traction is what it’s all about, no matter what the endeavor, and the hybrid truck idea is getting lots of it these…
IT’S ALL ABOUT FUEL by Rolf Lockwood June 4, 2008 Vol. 4, No. 12 There’s nothing like the pressure of rapidly rising fuel prices to engender creativity in both the engineering and marketing offices of companies that…
THE CAT/NAVISTAR DEAL REVISITED by Rolf Lockwood July 02, 2008 Vol. 4, No. 14 Not a lot of earth-shattering news to report this time, not like my last newsletter. Two weeks ago the subject was a meaty…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
DETROIT IS ROCKING by Rolf Lockwood October 24, 2007 Vol. 3, No. 22 Truly a world engine, the new Detroit Diesel DD15 is an interesting piece of work in terms of more than just the hardware.
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…
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…
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,…
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…