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As companies around the globe move to cash in on the rapidly emerging last-mile delivery segment, autonomous methods of delivery, from self-driving vans to drones to mall delivery robots, are being developed to help get everything from pizzas to parcels into the hands of customers.
Equipment Editor, Jim Park, recently took a Peterbilt's 579 Epiq on a 1,000-mile trip between Scottsdale, Arizona, and Denton, Texas. His test drive story appears in the July issue of Heavy Duty Trucking.
The 2019 Movin'On Summit, a transportation technology and sustainability showcase created and fostered by Michelin, was held June 4 to 6 in Montreal. HDT Executive Editor David Cullen was on hand, getting a glimpse into what the sustainable future of transportation may hold..
The 2019 Heavy Duty Trucking Exchange was a hosted buyer event that brought fleet decision-makers and suppliers together in Phoenix for two days of networking, one-on-one meetings, education and a little fun.
The way a product or component is originally designed and manufactured can have an impact on how easy — and costly — it will be to remanufacture, and even if it can be remanufactured.
Nikola doesn't just make hydrogen and electric big trucks; the company is an up-and-coming player in the motorsports and off-road vehicle markets. On the same evening the company rolled out the Nikola Two, it also unveiled two off-road 4x4s and a watercraft.
Nikola had two model Two hydrogen electric hybrid Class 8 trucks on display at the Nikola World event, allowing HDT Equipment Editor Jim Park to get an up close look at the futuristic truck's design.
At the Nikola World event in Scottsdale, Arizona, Nikola introduced the Nikola Two hydrogen electric Class 8 truck and the Europe-bound Nikola Tre with much fanfare to a crowd of more than 2,000 media and industry attendees.
The 2019 Mid-America Truck Show is in the books. Here's a walking tour courtesy of Executive Editor Jim Park, who was on the scene reporting on the action for HDT.
Cab-over-engine trucks were a mainstay of the U.S. truck fleet for decades, but most OEMs stopped making them in the mid-1990s. They maintain their popularity with a small, dedicated group, and trucking shows like MATS offer a great way to see the legendary vehicles in person.
Each year, HDT's editors, with input from a team of fleet executives, choose the most significant products announced in the past year, based on innovation, how well they address industry issues and trends, and the potential to help fleets' bottom lines.
