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Jim Park

Former HDT Equipment Editor

Jim Park served as Heavy Duty Trucking's equipment editor from 2006-2024. Specializing in technical and equipment content, Park is an award-winning journalist who has been covering the trucking industry since 1998.

Before joining HDT, Park was a truck driver and owner-operator for 20 years and served as an editor for HighwayStar magazine, which ceased production in 2011. He maintained his commercial driver’s license to bring a real-world perspective to Test Drives, as well as to features, videos and podcasts about equipment spec’ing and trends, emissions regulations and developments, maintenance and drivers.

He is the recipient of 16 Jesse H. Neal honors (both finalist and Neal awards), including “Best Range of Work by a Single Author” in 2020.

Articlesby Jim ParkNovember 20, 2020

The Path to Electric Reefers

Complete electrification of transport refrigeration units will be slow, and will probably match the progress made with battery-electric vehicles.

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Newsby Jim ParkNovember 17, 2020

Cummins Reveals Road Map to Carbon-Free Hydrogen Economy

Cummins brings together every phase of the hydrogen energy cycle, from production using electrolyzers, to onboard mobile and stationary storage tanks and the fuel cells that power electric trucks, buses and trains.

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Articlesby Jim ParkNovember 16, 2020

Q&A: Talking Hydrogen Fuel Cells with Loop Energy Chief Ben Nyland

What do you need to know about hydrogen fuel cells? Fuel-cell supplier Loop Energy has been around for nearly 20 years, so HDT Talks Trucking asked Loop President and CEO Ben Nyland.

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Articlesby Jim ParkNovember 10, 2020

The Clock is Ticking on Canadian ELD Compliance

American carriers that operate into Canada are running out of time to procure an electronic logging device that complies with Canadian regulations.

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Newsby Jim ParkNovember 9, 2020

Plus/FAW Joint Venture First to Certify Self-Driving Truck in China

Independent certification of the self-driving technology is a critical step toward proving the commercial readiness its self-driving technology in China.

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Articlesby Jim ParkNovember 6, 2020

ELDs Enhance Productivity, Driver Satisfaction

Productivity and efficiency can be greatly enhanced through better and closer management. That once cost time and money; then ELDs came along.

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Newsby Jim ParkNovember 3, 2020

HDT Talks Trucking Season 4 Features Sleep, Diesel, Alt Fuels

HDT Talks Trucking Season 4 offers a look into the future of diesel engines, a discussion about three alternative fuels and an informative interview with a recognized sleep specialist.

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Newsby Jim ParkOctober 27, 2020

Daimler Trucks, Waymo Team up to Tackle Autonomous Trucking

An autonomous-truck partnership between Waymo and Daimler will produce a unique version of the Freightliner Cascadia fitted with integrated redundancy for all safety systems, rather than bolt-on components. It will be driven by Waymo's advanced AI driving system, The Waymo Driver.

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Articlesby Jim ParkOctober 19, 2020

Hydrogen: Truly Green Power

How fuel-cell-equipped trucks could put to work otherwise unexploited clean energy.

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Articlesby Jim ParkOctober 19, 2020

RNG: The Energy Source No One’s Talking About

While batteries and hydrogen fuel cells get headlines, renewable natural gas is quietly slashing carbon emissions for its users.

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