HYBRID POWER, EUROPEAN STYLE by Rolf Lockwood September 27, 2006 Vol. 2, No. 20 Amidst the noisy hubbub of the largest truck show on earth, it can be hard to find a common theme. This year’s 61st…
HIGH-TECH CHALLENGES by Rolf Lockwood October 11, 2006 Vol. 2, No. 21 A couple of weeks back I waxed poetic about the huge IAA Commercial Vehicles Show recently held in Hannover, Germany, and specifically about…
COUNTERFEITING: A REAL ENEMY by Rolf Lockwood October 25, 2006 Vol. 2, No. 22 Counterfeit or knock-off parts are a bigger problem than a lot of folks seem to realize, and the issue doesn’t get a lot…
October 12, 2005 Vol.1, No. 3 by Rolf Lockwood Hot off the presses for this third edition of Product Watch is Kenworth’s announcement about its expanded T800 wide-hood lineup. The new extended daycab and 38-inch AeroCab sleeper options make…
YOUR NEXT FRONT END? by Rolf Lockwood July 19, 2006 Vol. 2, No. 15 So it was back to Europe for me since the last Product Watch e-newsletter, Germany in this case, just in time to join…
EATON DOES HYBRIDS, PLUS A DANA SURPRISE by Rolf Lockwood July 5 Vol. 2, No. 14 Last time out I promised news from Kalamazoo, Michigan where I attended a joint Eaton and Dana press gathering last week. And boy, there…
RADICAL NEW TREAD TECHNOLOGY COMING FROM MICHELIN by Rolf Lockwood June 21 Vol. 2, No. 13 Hate to say it, but I’ve just come back from a few days in Paris. As in France. Croissants, extremely good coffee, and…
ENGINES DOMINATE AT TMC by Rolf Lockwood February 15, 2006 Vol. 2, No. 4 We’re getting down to the short strokes with the engines that will power trucks built after January 1, 2007. Though we’ve known at…
NEAT NEWS: TIRES, SPRINGS & COOLANT by Rolf Lockwood NEAT NEWS: TIRES, SPRINGS & COOLANT March 1, 2006 Vol. 2, No. 5 Among the nifty new products first seen at the annual meeting of the Technology and Maintenance Council…
STERLING FILLS OUT THE LINEUP by Rolf Lockwood March 15 Vol. 2, No. 7 No doubt about the big deal this time out – an all new truck. When Sterling launched its new medium-duty cabover a couple…
ENGINES, TRUCKS, & A NIFTY TRAILER by Rolf Lockwood April 12 Vol. 2, No. 8 These days it’s all about engines. No matter where you look out there in hardware land, you either see 2007 engines or you…
REEFER INNOVATION AND A REVIVAL by Rolf Lockwood April 26 Vol. 2, No. 9 Never ending. That’s the only way to describe the task of writing about the countless products that have been launched in the last…
BIG MOVE AT CUMMINS by Rolf Lockwood May 10 Vol. 2, No. 10 It’s a mixed bag with this edition of the newsletter and its featured products, though one recent development stands out. In what looks…
MORE BRAKES, MORE SOFTWARE by Rolf Lockwood May 10 Vol. 2, No. 11 Before I write anything else here, let me remind you that the 43rd annual Canadian Fleet Maintenance Seminar is on tap next week.
HINO’S NEW PLANT & A BATTERY SAVER by Rolf Lockwood June 7 Vol. 2, No. 13 The biggest news of the past couple of weeks on the product front isn’t about a specific bit of hardware, rather a factory.
