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Is this the truck of the future?
Daimler pulled the curtain back Sept. 23 on what itās dubbed the Future Truck 2025: A revolutionary cabover that blends technology, aerodynamics and design in a way unlike any truck has done before.
September 23, 2014
Business
Safety board recommends trucks be connected to avoid crashes
NTSB has made recommendations to other DOT agencies in response to a truck and school bus crash. One of them is that all vehicles on the road be connected via wireless technology.
July 26, 2013
Voices
Reader: āI usually hate concept trucks, but I think I would drive this oneā
A concept drawing of an ultra-aerodynamic tractor by Volvo yields surprising commentary from Overdrive readers.
November 18, 2012
Overdrive Extra
Staying in the race
When you mention trucks sto somebody outside of this industry, the first image that usually comes to their minds is a āMack Truck;ā a big, primitive, lumbering, decidedly low-tech brute of a machine that lasts for years before finally, falling apart in a noisy cloud of rust and soot. Thatās not reality, though, is it?
October 30, 2012
Overdrive Extra
Are you a natural gas truck owner-operator?
Overdriveās brand-new June issue features our quarterly section devoted to the severe service niche thatās heavy this time around on coverage of natural-gas-powered engine technology, leading with the story of a Chicago ready-mix concrete outfit thatās put down big investments in natural gas Kenworth W900s. Check out the section in the digital magazine via this [ā¦]
June 4, 2012
Channel 19
āHere comes plug-in diesel!ā
So gushed the website and weekly update of the group Hybrid Owners of America about several automakersā concept cars on display at the Geneva Auto Show last week. But in some sense, freight movement by plug-in powertrain is here, if not in the Class 8 realm, without even the diesel. Navistar recently announced expanded service [ā¦]
March 15, 2011
Business
LogBook
Freight stabilization is a reflection of the recession coming to an end, analysts said.
September 1, 2009
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