ZF, THE LATEST HYBRID PLAYER March 3, 2014 July 15, 2009 Vol. 5, No. 14 I’ve been waiting to hear this one, namely the entry of ZF Friedrichshafen into the North American hybrid truck market. Nearly a household…
NO NEED FOR GOVERNMENT SHOVE March 3, 2014 June 16, 2010 Vol. 6, No. 12 Am I unreasonable to want this industry’s technological development to be driven by engineering innovation and customer desire on their own? Can…
BRAKE SMARTS & FREE FUEL, SORTA March 3, 2014 July 1, 2009 Vol. 5, No. 13 Almost nothing on a truck or trailer causes more grief than its braking system, and almost nobody understands brakes as well as our…
MID-AMERICA SHINES March 3, 2014 April 7, 2010 Vol. 6, No. 7 Well, Louisville has come and gone for yet another year, so now I can get to work. In a way it marks the…
NAVISTAR SUES THE EPA March 3, 2014 June 4, 2009 Vol. 5, No. 11 Best laid plans and all that… last time out I promised you reports on two recent jaunts, one with the FPInnovations/FERIC people during…
TWO SHOWS, LOTS OF NEWS March 3, 2014 March 24, 2010 Vol. 6, No. 6 So here I am sitting in Louisville, Kentucky, exactly two weeks after penning my previous newsletter from a somewhat nicer hotel room in…
A HYBRID REFRESHER March 3, 2014 May 20, 2009 Vol. 5, No. 10 I’ve been ignoring hybrids lately, it seems to me, so let me start this issue of Lockwood’s Product Watch with a pretty surprising…
A TURBOCHARGED HISTORY March 3, 2014 February 24, 2010 Vol. 6, No. 4 What do you think of when you read or hear ‘Switzerland’? Maybe you think of watches that cost as much as a small…
SPRING IN LOUISVILLE March 3, 2014 March25, 2009 Vol. 5, No. 6 There was really only going to be one theme at the Mid-America Trucking Show last week, or at least that’s what most folks expected.
WASHINGTON RAINS MONEY March 3, 2014 January 13, 2010 Vol. 6, No. 1 Gee whiz, some serious coin is leaving Washington on its way to you folks who live south of the border, albeit a…
ENGINE NEWS… AND JIM HEBE March 3, 2014 March11, 2009 Vol. 5, No. 5 Wow, lots of engine news to report here, but also a plain old good news story to start off with. I’m talking about the…
GOTTA LOVE THE EFFICIENCY March 3, 2014 December 17, 2009 Vol. 5, No. 25 More than a few times I’ve joked about fitting some sort of aftertreatment device on the back ends of the world’s cows. Farticulate…
COLLISION AVOIDANCE IMPROVES March 3, 2014 February 25, 2009 Vol. 5, No. 3 There are still tales to tell after spending a few days in Orlando at the annual meeting of the Technology and Maintenance Council,…
IT’S ALL ABOUT CONTROL March 3, 2014 December 2, 2009 Vol. 5, No. 24 There’s no doubt in my mind, none at all, not even a tiny shred, that stability control systems of one sort or another…
WHERE’S THE LEADERSHIP? March 3, 2014 October 7, 2009 Vol. 5, No. 20 Those of you who read this newsletter more or less regularly will know that I have an international perspective on trucks and trucking.
