48-Volt Electrical System Could Revolutionize Heavy-Duty Trucks
Industry exhibitions of trucking technology would not be the same without trucks showcasing components, systems and features intended to hit the road in the future. Some examples of future componentry...
View ArticleNo Gender Gap in Today’s Class 8 Trucks, Tractors
When it comes to differences in average height, weight and strength of male and female Class 8 truck drivers, those differences challenge truck designers to build a vehicle that can be easily used by...
View ArticleTrailer Makers’ Brave New World
In less than 12 months, motor carriers are scheduled to encounter their first experiences with trailers designed to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions and increase fuel efficiency. The latest federal...
View ArticleElectric Trucks Need Infrastracture
Development of electric-powered commercial trucks in the 21st century takes the industry full circle to the infancy of the automotive revolution that began in the late 1800s, when battery-powered cars...
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Class 8 Commercial Rigs Should Do Away With Mirrors
It’s time that Class 8 commercial trucks deployed high-tech cameras instead of the assortment of mirrors — rearview, down view and blind spot — found on today’s tractors. MirrorEye camera monitor...
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The Case for Natural Gas Engines
I’ve speculated in the past that fleets would tire of natural gas engines, particularly as legislators or regulators began taxing the alternative fuel on the same basis as diesel. Several years ago,...
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Here Comes the Sun
As truck makers prepare to test and introduce Class 8 battery-electric and hydrogen-electric trucks in the next 12 to 24 months, one must wonder why only a very small number of truck operators have...
View ArticleThe Savings of Truck Safety Technology
As Class 8 trucks grow increasingly complex with safety systems such as collision mitigation, stability control, lane-keeping and the like, is it realistic to think vehicle maintenance costs should not...
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Extreme Temps Affect Electric Truck Batteries
There’s no turning back the clock on the electrification of Class 8 trucks. All major truck builders and several startups are preparing to develop, test and market either battery-electric vehicles or...
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Electric Trucks Will Demand New Expertise
[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] Electric-powered vehicles are beginning to enter the freight transportation industry, a truly momentous event. Only time will tell,...
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Electric Trucks to Change How Equipment Is Spec’d
[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] The brave new world of electric Class 8 trucks dawned in North America with the delivery of two battery-electric Freightliner eCascadia...
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New Technologies Target Trailer Efficiency
[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.]While Class 8 power units get all the attention in these days of alternative fuels and the arrival of battery-electric vehicles, don’t...
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