A fuel-cell breakthrough? May 15, 2019 May 15, 2019 Vol. 16 No. 10 Engineers at the University of Waterloo say they’ve made a significant breakthrough in fuel-cell technology, making it cheap enough to displace the…
Hydrogen or Batteries? May 1, 2019 May 1, 2019 Vol. 16 No. 9 So much to report on the electric truck front. I haven’t seen anything dominate the news since the days of impending new emissions…
Sometimes It’s the Simple Things April 17, 2019 April 17, 2019 Vol. 16 No. 8 In an age of comprehensively complex and expensive technologies – like the Nikola Two truck, which I’ll get to in a minute —…
And the Collaborations Continue April 3, 2019 April 3, 2019 Vol. 16 No. 7 Collaborations of several sorts were the main topic of my last newsletter and that trend is continuing. Two weeks ago I talked about…
New Collaborations Aplenty March 20, 2019 March 20, 2019 Vol. 16 No. 6 We’re seeing an unprecedented bunch of collaborations and partnership these days as trucking technology grows ever more complex and the push for efficiency…
The Charging Challenge March 6, 2019 March 6, 2019 Vol. 16 No. 5 There’s no doubt that a great many medium-duty truck operators could benefit from going the electric drivetrain route. Lower operating costs, pretty small…
NIKOLA’S BIG SURPRISE February 20, 2019 February 20, 2019 Vol. 16 No. 4 Among the most interesting news of the last couple of weeks comes from Nikola Motors. While it has no apparent intention of…
A VERY BUSY DECADE February 6, 2019 FEBRUARY 6, 2019 Vol. 16 No. 3 Ten years really isn’t such a long time in the larger scheme of things, but think about what’s happened in trucking over the…
2019 IS LOOKIN’ GOOD January 23, 2019 JANUARY 23, 2019 Vol. 16 No. 2 Well, the year started off with a bang, what with exciting announcements at the CES show in Las Vegas, as I reported last…
WHAT A START TO 2019! January 9, 2019 JANUARY 9, 2019 Vol. 16 No. 1 The new year is only barely with us but already there’s been some very big news. It comes out of CES, formerly called…
AN ELECTRIC YEAR December 26, 2018 December 26, 2018 Vol. 15 No. 25 With the end of 2018 very near at hand, this is the moment when folks like me wrap up the year and talk…
SHADES OF THE EPA December 12, 2018 December 12, 2018 Vol. 15 No. 24 It’s a painful memory, the way the Environmental Protection Agency hammered emissions controls into this industry without much regard, if any, to…
AUTONOMY AS A SERVICE November 28, 2018 November 28, 2018 Vol. 15 No. 23 Here’s a cool development, and not just because of the technology involved. Volvo Trucks has announced it’s providing an autonomous transport answer…
FORWARD THINKING BY KPMG… November 14, 2018 November 14, 2018 Vol. 15 No. 22 A survey by KPMG has confirmed my thinking about power sources of the near future. The giant consulting firm’s 19th annual Global…