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(Sendout Date - January 30, 2008) - January 30, 2008 Vol. 4, No. 3 Well, finally, things are heating up on the product front, and they’re about to get warmer still. To tell you the truth, I’ve been rationing the new bits and pieces these last couple of months, limiting myself to just a few new items with each newsletter, fearful that I wouldn’t have enough good ones to fi...
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(Sendout Date - January 16, 2008) - January 16, 2008 Vol. 4, No. 2 Most of the announcements about on-board power systems lately have been along all-electric lines, what with new or impending laws about emissions from even the little one- and two-cylinder engines that run auxiliary power units. Kenworth’s CleanPower option comes to mind, for instance. But there are still ...
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(Sendout Date - January 02, 2008) - January 2, 2008 Vol. 4, No. 1 I consider this a successful year so far. Young as it is, it’s at least being properly referred to here in this newsletter, as 2008 instead of ’07. An accomplishment, I’d say, given the carrying-on of two nights ago. It’s also a moment to wish all of you well in what promises, for some, to be a challeng...
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(Sendout Date - December 19, 2007) - December 19, 2007 Vol. 3, No. 26 Predictions aren’t my strength, sad to say. Well, that’s not quite true. I can tell when my beloved Maple Leafs are going to lose a hockey game: namely, whenever I’m watching. And, like many husbands, I know when I’m going to be in the doghouse at home: whenever I wake up. Beyond that, life’s pretty much...
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(Sendout Date - December 05, 2007) - December 5, 2007 Vol. 3, No. 25 Most of you probably think that pure battery power is best left to shuffling tiny little cars around cities, odd looking cars that no self-respecting man would sit in, let alone drive. You probably think that electric vehicles for the commercial market above the size of a small van are a pipe dream. Well,...
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(Sendout Date - November 21, 2007) - November 21, 2007 Vol. 3, No. 24 After yet another jaunt across the wide pond, and more tedious airport security checks than a peaceable guy like me should suffer, I can report that interest in alternate fuels and hybrid drivetrains is reaching ever higher proportions. It’s clear that good old fossil fuels will dominate the transportati...
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(Sendout Date - November 07, 2007) - November 7, 2007 Vol. 3, No. 23 Engines, engines, engines... it seems I can’t write about much of anything else these days. But I’m certainly not complaining, because the run-up to 2010 emissions demands is mighty interesting stuff. And combined with the increasing globalization of truck and diesel technology, it makes for a lot of ve...
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(Sendout Date - October 24, 2007) - October 24, 2007 Vol. 3, No. 22 Truly a world engine, the new Detroit Diesel DD15 is an interesting piece of work in terms of more than just the hardware. Introduced last week at a press conference at the company’s plant in Redford, Michigan, after an investment of $1.5 billion, the motor will find its way into all Freightliner LLC truc...
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(Sendout Date - October 10, 2007) - October 10, 2007 Vol. 3, No. 21 Last time out I promised to tell you about a Volvo-sponsored conference in Brussels where the Swedish truck-maker presented a picture of our near-term fuel future. Volvo Group CEO Leif Johansson said his company is ready to build and sell, with no more than 24 months’ notice, diesel-engined trucks th...
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(Sendout Date - September 26, 2007) - September 26, 2007 Vol. 3, No. 20 After a few weeks with not so much happening out there in product land, the last couple have been full of interesting developments, not least of which was a very big one from Cummins. The engine maker finally announced what I’d been expecting, that its 2010 heavy-duty engines won’t need a little tank ...
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(Sendout Date - September 12, 2007) - September 12, 2007 Vol. 3, No. 19 You’ll see in the collection of new products below a pair of pretty exciting announcements from two enterprising outfits in the communications game, Shaw Tracking and PeopleNet. The level of sophistication on this front continues to amaze me, especially as I remember going to a press conference – at...
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