"Save a tree," environmentalists preach. That's not an option when you're building anything with wood, like a hardwood-composite floor for a van trailer.
Read More →Nearly every press conference and presentation at the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Ky., last week seemed to mention natural gas
Read More →A drive axle configuration that is common in Europe is getting more attention on this side of the pond: the 6x2
Read More →At the Mid-America Trucking Show, it looked like vertical integration may be the wave of the future as truck makers look for ways to improve fuel economy as well as be more competitive globally.
Read More →Each year, Heavy Duty Trucking's editors pore through the pages of the last 12 months of product announcements we've run in the magazine and click through the pages of Truckinginfo.com, in search of the most innovative, significant and useful equipment and other items to honor as our Top 20
Read More →Glass highway? Does that have something to do with electronic dashboards, as in the Glass Cockpit concept in modern aircraft? Nope, we're talking about roadways made of glass. But you're not far off on the electronic angle
Read More →I grew up reading a lot of sci-fi, so I"m intrigued by portrayals of futuristic trucks and transportation
Read More →An automotive assembly plant with oak hardwood floors transparent glass walls? There's such a place, and it's where Volkswagon builds its luxury Phaeton model. It's located in the heart of Dresden, Germany, and it fits in like a luxury hotel
Read More →That commercial vehicles have been getting old has become an adage in the last few years, and here are more numbers to support it
Read More →Many truckers seek lightweight equipment so they can carry more payload, and manufacturers strive to cut poundage from their vehicles. But in the real world, how much cargo goes aboard often depends on the guy doing the loading
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