Insights on ground-breaking technical developments and trends in an industry being transformed by technology, from the latest equipment, systems and components, to telematics and autonomous vehicle technologies.
There’s been a lot of mistrust and hesitation surrounding the development and pending deployment of a new generation of electric trucks. But here’s the thing, says HDT’s Jack Roberts in his latest Truck Tech blog: Those new electric trucks are damn good.
Find out what HDT Senior Contributing Editor Jack Roberts expects on the trucking technology beat in the new year in his Truck Tech blog.
How can trucking technology, such as electric trucks and autonomous technology, advance on the backs of an infrastructure system designed in the Cold War era?
Are your technicians checking and recalibrating safety system sensors on trucks after repair jobs? They better be.
Electric trucks have truly arrived, if the recent Advanced Clean Transportation Expo is any indication. But Volvo's message stood out to Senior Contributing Editor Jack Roberts, as he writes in the Truck Tech blog.
Is the humble, “outdated” North American trucking industry too tough a nut for our era’s greatest tech innovator to crack? Jack Roberts muses on the question in the Truck Tech blog.
Lots of new partners and high-dollar investments indicate autonomous truck research and development is entering a new phase.
Kenworth and Peterbilt took their zero-emission trucks to Pike's Peak to see how well these emerging powertrain technologies could handle one of the toughest road courses on the planet.
A challenging year is behind us, with change on the horizon.
A truck designed from the ground up with only minimal considerations for human passengers would be a radically different vehicle from the ones on the road today.
Some people like to drive. Other people, not so much. Why autonomous technology will be a good thing for both groups.
It is the North American Trucking Industry that will literally carry this country, Canada and Mexico through the COVID-19 outbreak, says Jack Roberts in his blog.
It’s usually not by design, but trade shows usually have an unofficial theme that can provide clues as to where a particular industry is heading. At the TMC Annual Meeting, HDT Senior Editor Jack Roberts thinks connectivity was the most dominant topic of discussion.
Being a professional driver means maintaining your focus behind the wheel day in and day out, regardless of what nature -- and other drivers -- throw your way.
Did the tide just turn from "theoretical" to "eventual" on electric truck deployment in North America? HDT Senior Editor Jack Roberts thinks so.
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