Rolf Lockwood Author Gravatar Image The Lockwood Report by Rolf Lockwood 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,…
Rolf Lockwood Author Gravatar Image OLD TRUCKS, NEW TRUCKS by Rolf Lockwood 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…
Rolf Lockwood Author Gravatar Image THE LOCKWOOD REPORT by Rolf Lockwood 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…
Rolf Lockwood Author Gravatar Image THE LOCKWOOD REPORT by Rolf Lockwood 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,…
Rolf Lockwood Author Gravatar Image HINO SHOWS OFF by Rolf Lockwood 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…
Rolf Lockwood Author Gravatar Image THE LOCKWOOD REPORT by Rolf Lockwood 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…
Rolf Lockwood Author Gravatar Image CAT MAKES A TRUCK, EPA DROPS ITS BOMB by Rolf Lockwood 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,…
Rolf Lockwood Author Gravatar Image A NEW APPROACH FROM DAIMLER by Rolf Lockwood 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…
Rolf Lockwood Author Gravatar Image NEWS FROM DAY ONE AT IAA by Rolf Lockwood 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…
Rolf Lockwood Author Gravatar Image ANOTHER SLEDGEHAMMER MANDATE? by Rolf Lockwood 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…
Rolf Lockwood Author Gravatar Image MUCH MORE ON BRAKES by Rolf Lockwood 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…
Rolf Lockwood Author Gravatar Image THE TECHNOLOGY TRAIN ROLLS ON by Rolf Lockwood 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…
Rolf Lockwood Author Gravatar Image COUNTERFEITERS CAUGHT! by Rolf Lockwood 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…
Rolf Lockwood Author Gravatar Image SUDDENLY IT’S A MAINSTREAM FUEL by Rolf Lockwood 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…
Rolf Lockwood Author Gravatar Image DECALS, BRAKES, TIRES & METHANE by Rolf Lockwood 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…
