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Opinion: Page 6
Remember the Nissan Frontier diesel? Now’s a good time…
Trying to produce a great-selling pickup reminds me of trying out for quarterback. Me? I knew better. I couldn’t throw all that well but I could bust through a line, so I earned a spot at nose guard. It was tough work. Sometimes I had two guards and the center coming at me, but I […]
August 13, 2019
Tesla Semi running out of juice
When Tesla debuted its Semi in late 2017, it got the same rock spectacle unveiling as the company’s flashier consumer products. Loud music. Lights. Tesla CEO Elon Musk whipping the crowd into a frenzy with promises of other-worldly power, torque and 0-60 times. Then, moments later, Tesla’s second generation Roadster rocketed across the company’s Hawthorne, […]
July 31, 2019
Truck-spotting is catching on with the kids
My habit of truck-spotting is getting picked up by my kids which is great. This past Friday my son and I were heading home after picking up pizza when he saw an old Jeep inside a fenced lot. I hadn’t seen it because I had been concentrating on making a right turn and getting the […]
July 3, 2019
Opinion
All-electric fans unwisely attacking hydrogen fuel cell tech following explosion
We need an alt fuel BattleBots edition to take some of the edge off. Seriously…just unwind…have a beer…and watch Elon Musk and Trevor Milton battle it out in a cage with robots. But they can’t be powered by batteries or fuel cells because there’s way, way, way too much riding on that. They have to […]
June 19, 2019
Opinion
Get familiar with levels of autonomous driving
Despite some of the videos you may see on social media, cars and trucks do not drive themselves and likely won’t for a very long time. There are important distinctions between the six levels of autonomous driving and “self-driving,” and a lot of people haven’t quite figured that out. SAE International categorizes autonomous driving in […]
June 11, 2019
Opinion
Take notes as Volkswagen announces EV battery repurposing and recycling
Don’t put the cart before the horse. It’s an old saying you don’t hear much anymore but it still rings true today especially with the growing popularity of EVs, particularly as they make their way into Class 1 – Class 8 commercial segments. Bigger vehicle classes demand more batteries which makes the question of the […]
May 14, 2019
Opinion
China appears to be winning EV expansion
A lot can happen when you’re not looking. It’s no secret that China has been trying for years to get a foothold in the highly competitive U.S. auto market. And thanks to concerns over emissions it looks like they’ve found it. We’ve reported before on Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer Build Your Dreams (BYD) and the […]
April 2, 2019
Opinion
Match it up: Near-zero two-stroke diesel and 48-volt mild hybrid
Achates’ announcement of its 10.6-liter near-zero diesel engine is a serious wake-up call to the staying power of America’s workhorse. The timing of this impressive two-stroke, opposed piston technology couldn’t have come at a better time as the industry attempts to brace fleets for 48-volt mild hybrid systems. That was the case recently at the ATA’s […]
March 28, 2019
Opinion
Cameras steering trucks towards autonomy & improved tech training
Did you walk through my holographic truck this week at the Technology & Maintenance Council exhibition in Atlanta? If so, no worries because obviously you didn’t realize you were traipsing through cutting edge training technology courtesy of Design Interactive. While wearing DI’s Augmentor headset and seeing a demo of their new augmented- and virtual reality mobile […]
March 21, 2019
Opinion
Watch ZF as they drive faster into all-electric, autonomous mobility
Pay attention to ZF Friedrichshafen AG. They just announced that they’ve acquired a 60 percent share in 2getthere B.V., a driverless electric mobility service that’s been experiencing tremendous growth and has locations around the globe including in the U.S. “2getthere has more than three decades of experience in the market of autonomous passenger transport vehicles […]
March 20, 2019
Opinion
Electric truck blues: charging infrastructure & battery cost
There was a meme on Facebook recently that I found humorous. It said, “I ordered a chicken and an egg from Amazon. I’ll let you know” – a spin on determining which came first. Leave it to trucking and logistics – an industry currently mired in its own chicken and egg struggle – to make […]
March 17, 2019
Opinion
Rivian making electric F-150 test mules as Tesla gears up for Thursday announcement
This month a story broke about an electric Ford F-150 test mule getting juiced up at a charger. Autoblog reported that the truck could be a plug-in hybrid (picture below shows a tailpipe), or it could be all-electric with the tailpipe hanging there as a ruse. Ford did say it would be producing a hybrid […]
February 27, 2019
Opinion
New king of diesel coming?
The first time I was really impressed with a diesel engine was nearly 25 years ago when I was turning wrenches at a shop in Tallahassee. An older mechanic waved me over to take a closer look at a Volkswagen Rabbit parked in his stall. It didn’t look like much: jade green and small with […]
February 24, 2019
Opinion
Sharper Image founder misses the point–a lot of points–while going to the aid of Tesla
The kids and I enjoyed spotting the new EVs buzzing around town until Hurricane Michael hit. In less than a day, the latest battery-powered vehicles suffered a setback thanks to a major grid collapse. The vehicles we saw following this historic Category 4 storm in Panama City, Fla. were those powered by more familiar fuels […]
December 3, 2018
Opinion
A new sheriff in town at LA Auto Show
I had tossed around the idea some but hadn’t really given it much thought until the applause came. The EV industry has a new frontman and his name is RJ Scaringe, founder and CEO of Rivian. The Florida native made a huge impression today at the LA Auto Show when revealing his company’s long-anticipated R1T […]
November 27, 2018
Opinion
SEMA 2018 comes to a close–but not really
I don’t think you can ever spend too much time at SEMA. There’s just too much to see in a single week. Unlike in the past, this year I stayed until the last day of the show. I wrote up a final to-do list the night before and hit the ground running that morning and […]
November 12, 2018
Opinion
From SEMA to humbling hurricane drama
It was pretty strange leaving SEMA in Las Vegas where the nation’s best vehicles are on display and heading back to Panama City, Fla. where so many vehicles—including my own—were damaged and even destroyed by Hurricane Michael. Two completely different worlds: the highly polished and presentable versus the highly devastated and unbelievable. Seriously, it’s been […]
November 6, 2018
Opinion
2001 Ford F-250 to the rescue following Hurricane Michael
The sun would be setting soon so we had to move out fast to see how our home held up following Hurricane Michael which had just unleashed an unforgettable fury a few hours before. It was about a mile-and-a-half walk from the church where we rode out the Cat 4 storm (just 2 mph shy […]
October 19, 2018
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