TRUCK SALES THROUGH THE ROOF October 31, 2018 October 31, 2018 Vol. 15 No. 21 Wow, this has been a good year for truck sales, and it ain’t over yet. Roger Nielsen, CEO of Daimler Trucks North…
HYDROGEN MAKES BIG STRIDES October 17, 2018 October 17, 2018 Vol. 15 No. 20 First off, my apologies for not producing a newsletter on October 3 as scheduled. Strangely enough, I found myself in a hospital emergency…
THE IAA SHOW, A PREVIEW September 18, 2018 September 19, 2018 Vol. 15 No. 19 So I’m posting this from a hotel room in Hanover, Germany, just before press day at the 67th IAA Commercial Vehicles Show. The…
THE IMPACT OF AUTONOMOUS TRUCKS September 5, 2018 September 5, 2018 Vol. 15 No. 18 Three important reports have surfaced in the last couple of weeks, and each of them merits your attention. One of them is especially…
ELECTRIC CHARGING STANDARD NEEDED August 22, 2018 August 22, 2018 Vol. 15 No. 17 Being an equal-opportunity writer, let me pay some attention to electric trucks after focusing on hydrogen fuel cells last time out. There’s much…
HYDROGEN FOR THE LONG TERM August 8, 2018 August 8, 2018 Vol. 15 No. 16 Hydrogen, where’s it going? Good question, one that I’ve been asking — alongside countless others — for almost four decades. I first wrote…
LOGGING TRUCKS: A NEW TWIST July 25, 2018 July 25, 2018 Vol. 15 No. 15 Let’s start with the somewhat fantastical, namely an autonomous, all-electric logging truck. Yes, that’s not a joke, nor a giant misprint. Honest. A…
THE VERY OLD, THE VERY NEW July 11, 2018 July 11, 2018 Vol. 15 No. 14 Among the very best parts of this job, and it offers many pleasures, is the contact I have with the people of trucking.
VOLTS, VOLTS, AND MORE VOLTS June 27, 2018 June 27, 2018 Vol. 15 No. 13 I’m itching to write about something hard and even greasy — maybe wheel bearings, brakes, like that — but the electric phenomenon is…
BIG NEWS OUT OF PORTLAND June 13, 2018 June 13, 2018 Vol. 15 No. 12 There was huge news last week as Daimler Trucks North America launched a pair of fully electric Freightliner trucks — each…
WE NEED SUPERTRUCK May 30, 2018 May 30, 2018 Vol. 15 No. 11 Every once in a while I hear people wondering why the U.S. Department of Energy along with a few truck makers and…
THE CHINA CONNECTIONS May 16, 2018 May 16, 2018 Vol. 15 No. 10 Even the most casual observer of the North American transportation scene will be aware that Chinese companies and their technologies are increasingly present.
CAN ELECTRIC TRUCKS CUT IT? May 2, 2018 May 2, 2018 Vol. 15 No. 9 Three cheers for NACFE. Last night the North American Council for Freight Efficiency released its first ‘Guidance Report’ — entitled ‘Electric Trucks…
CAN VW BE GLOBAL CHAMPION? April 18, 2018 April 18, 2018 Vol. 15 No. 8 Every conceivable media outlet from the Wall Street Journal and on down, including my own Today’s Trucking, has been sprouting stories this…
WAS AUTOMATION DEALT A SERIOUS BLOW? April 4, 2018 April 4, 2018 Vol. 15 No. 7 So what should we make of the Arizona fatality involving an Uber taxi in autonomous mode? The facts aren’t altogether clear yet, so…