WANTED: UNMANNED TRUCKS June 2, 2015 June 3, 2015 Vol. 12 No. 11 Holy moly, where to begin? For a trucking technology junkie like me, these are the best of times. My imagination is very well…
MOVING AHEAD AUTONOMOUSLY May 20, 2015 May 20, 2015 Vol. 12 No. 10 Perhaps the most surprising thing about the recent launch of the autonomous Freightliner Inspiration truck wasn’t the truck itself, impressive though it…
ON FUELS AND FUEL EFFICIENCY May 4, 2015 May 6, 2015 Vol. 12 No. 9 Natural gas truck sales are indeed slowing, as we’ve known here in Canada for a while. But it seems to be true across…
AN EXPOCAM REPORT April 23, 2015 April 22, 2015 Vol. 12 No. 8 Nobody ever has to convince me to head down the highway to Montreal, so last week I did just that. I had a…
THE SUPERTRUCK DOMINATES April 8, 2015 April 8, 2015 Vol. 12 No. 7 There was record-setting attendance at the recent Mid-America Truck Show in Louisville, Ky., which means many very small people under foot, quite a…
BRAKES STILL AN ISSUE March 25, 2015 March 25, 2015 Vol. 12 No. 6 We have to talk brakes again, I think. The last time wasn’t long ago — my January 28th newsletter to be precise…
THE WORK TRUCK SHOW IN REVIEW March 11, 2015 March 11, 2015 Vol. 12 No. 5 The Work Truck Show gets bigger every year, and last week’s 2015 version set attendance records, by all accounts. Operated by the…
EFFICIENCY FOR THE ASKING February 25, 2015 February 25, 2015 Vol. 12 No. 4 It seems to me that I’ve been ignoring one of my favorite organizations lately, namely the North American Council for Freight Efficiency.
WHAT’S A FEMALE-FRIENDLY TRUCK? February 11, 2015 February 11, 2015 Vol. 12 No. 3 Wouldn’t it be nice to be Ryder System? The huge outfit buys a gazillion trucks every year, and unlike most of the…
Navistar’s Troy Clarke unveils reborn company February 9, 2015 LISLE, IL—On February 4, the $2.4-billion Navistar, which makes Internationals, welcomed hundreds of analysts and journalists to the company’s Lisle, IL., headquarters to unveil, in a day-long parade of executives,…
2014 Freight Report; pay-as-you-go insurance; and PeopleNet reconfigures business January 19, 2015 ST. LOUIS, MO – Cass Information Systems says a year-end slump in retail sales (down 0.9 percent in December according to the National Retail Federation) contributed to a decline in…
Class 5-8 orders averaged 50,000 per month in 2014 January 12, 2015 COLUMBUS, IN – Demand for commercial vehicles remained healthy in December, as 65,700 total heavy- and medium-duty trucks were ordered, according to the latest projections from ACT Research. …
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Good for what oils you January 5, 2015 TORONTO – To meet the expected greenhouse gas/fuel efficiency standards the federal government is in the process of developing, oil companies and engine makers have been busy developing a new standard…