The Lockwood Report March 3, 2014 NAVISTAR: DON’T COUNT IT OUT July 18, 2012 Vol. 8, No. 15 Unless you’ve been on holiday in some remote spot without access even to carrier pigeons or smoke signals,…
OLD TRUCKS, NEW TRUCKS March 3, 2014 February 2, 2011 Vol. 7, No. 3 OK, let’s begin the proceedings with a small amusement. First off, have a look at the old sepia-toned picture below. And then help…
THE LOCKWOOD REPORT March 3, 2014 NAVISTAR SWITCHING TO SCR? July 4, 2012 Vol. 8, No. 14 Well, well, well… it looks as if Navistar is giving up on its ‘advanced’ exhaust…
THE LOCKWOOD REPORT March 3, 2014 BRING ON THOSE BUMPY ROADS April 25, 2012 Vol. 8, No. 9 An interesting presentation was scheduled for today at the 2012 SAE World Congress in Detroit by Jen Tran,…
HINO SHOWS OFF March 3, 2014 November 17, 2010 Vol. 6, No. 23 Let’s start with Hino this time out, which has dominated the class 5-8 markets in Japan for 37 straight years. Last year it…
THE LOCKWOOD REPORT March 3, 2014 December 7, 2011 Vol. 7, No. 29 It’s been a quiet week here in North America, such things being relative, though there are a couple of exceptions. One is the…
CAT MAKES A TRUCK, EPA DROPS ITS BOMB March 3, 2014 November 3, 2010 Vol. 6, No. 22 You’ll expect me to start by talking about the latest pronouncements out of Washington with regard to fuel efficiency. I’ll get to that,…
A NEW APPROACH FROM DAIMLER March 3, 2014 October 19, 2011 Vol. 7, No. 22 OK, here we are with what is now a weekly look at the technology scene. I think of this week’s newsletter as the…
NEWS FROM DAY ONE AT IAA March 3, 2014 September 22, 2010 Vol. 6, No. 19 Greetings from northern Germany! Here I sit at a hotel-room desk in Hannover, after the first of two press days at IAA, the…
ANOTHER SLEDGEHAMMER MANDATE? March 3, 2014 August 17, 2011 Vol. 7, No. 17 Man, is there really such mass acceptance of Washington’s new truck fuel-efficiency and greenhouse-gas emission standards? They made it all official a week…
MUCH MORE ON BRAKES March 3, 2014 July 22, 2011 Vol. 7, No. 15 Please, bear with me at the start of things here. I’m going to clear up a matter of language and meaning before I…
THE TECHNOLOGY TRAIN ROLLS ON March 3, 2014 June 2, 2010 Vol. 6, No. 11 As I searched my tiny head for a sentence that would lead this Product Watch issue compellingly, I decided on this one: Will…
COUNTERFEITERS CAUGHT! March 3, 2014 July 6, 2011 Vol. 7, No. 14 One of the industry issues I keep an eye on is counterfeiting. Despite strong efforts to keep this problem in the limelight, especially…
SUDDENLY IT’S A MAINSTREAM FUEL March 3, 2014 May 19, 2010 Vol. 6, No. 10 Before I write anything else, my apologies for being a day late last time out. I’m blameless, I promise you, but I felt…
DECALS, BRAKES, TIRES & METHANE March 3, 2014 June 22, 2011 Vol. 7, No. 13 This isn’t exactly a place you’d go if you had the urge to hear a heart-warming tale, and I’m not about to change…