Rolf Lockwood Author Gravatar Image ZF, THE LATEST HYBRID PLAYER by Rolf Lockwood 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…
Rolf Lockwood Author Gravatar Image NO NEED FOR GOVERNMENT SHOVE by Rolf Lockwood 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…
Rolf Lockwood Author Gravatar Image BRAKE SMARTS & FREE FUEL, SORTA by Rolf Lockwood 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…
Rolf Lockwood Author Gravatar Image MID-AMERICA SHINES by Rolf Lockwood 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…
Rolf Lockwood Author Gravatar Image NAVISTAR SUES THE EPA by Rolf Lockwood 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…
Rolf Lockwood Author Gravatar Image TWO SHOWS, LOTS OF NEWS by Rolf Lockwood 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…
Rolf Lockwood Author Gravatar Image A HYBRID REFRESHER by Rolf Lockwood 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…
Rolf Lockwood Author Gravatar Image A TURBOCHARGED HISTORY by Rolf Lockwood 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…
Rolf Lockwood Author Gravatar Image SPRING IN LOUISVILLE by Rolf Lockwood 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.
Rolf Lockwood Author Gravatar Image WASHINGTON RAINS MONEY by Rolf Lockwood 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…
Rolf Lockwood Author Gravatar Image ENGINE NEWS… AND JIM HEBE by Rolf Lockwood 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…
Rolf Lockwood Author Gravatar Image GOTTA LOVE THE EFFICIENCY by Rolf Lockwood 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…
Rolf Lockwood Author Gravatar Image COLLISION AVOIDANCE IMPROVES by Rolf Lockwood 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,…
Rolf Lockwood Author Gravatar Image IT’S ALL ABOUT CONTROL by Rolf Lockwood 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…
Rolf Lockwood Author Gravatar Image WHERE’S THE LEADERSHIP? by Rolf Lockwood 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.
