Articles by Jack Roberts

Street Smarts: CARB’s comeuppance
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Published on: 25 August 2025
CARB and EPA are paying a heavy price for indifference to concerns about tough truck emissions regs
Street Smarts: A new role emerges for the Mack Anthem
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Published on: 05 August 2025
New truck takes design and technology cues from the Pioneer in a package designed for regional haul
Street Smarts: Why the 2027 Class 8 prebuy is dead on arrival
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Published on: 21 July 2025
Everyone is eyeing Donald Trump, but a variety of factors killed off the 2027 Class 8 prebuy before it even began.
Street Smarts: Maybe we needed an emissions regs reset all along
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Published on: 02 June 2025
Aggressive diesel exhaust emission regulations are being rolled back. Maybe that’s not such a bad thing.
Street Smarts: Mack looks to the future with new Pioneer tractor
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Published on: 01 May 2025
The all-new Pioneer Class 8 tractor is a forward-looking design that honors the OEM’s iconic heritage.
Street Smarts: Cummins launches three new medium-duty engines
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Published on: 03 April 2025
The three new engine offerings showcase Cummins’ HELM design architecture.
Street Smarts: California backs away from Advanced Clean Fleets reg
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Published on: 03 March 2025
Citing a new political landscape, CARB will not seek to enact its controversial rule.
Street Smarts: Autonomous trucks are a whole new transport mode
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Published on: 22 January 2025
Volvo Trucks takes steps to develop a full ecosystem for autonomous freight transport.
Street Smarts: Mack focuses on drivers for MD Series upgrades
Published on: 18 December 2024
Medium-duty MD series gets a new cab and a host of standard comfort and safety features
Street Smarts: Freightliner Debuts 5th Generation Cascadia Tractor
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Published on: 10 November 2024
For the latest generation, Freightliner focused on refinements targeting efficiency and safety
Street Smarts: Trucking’s future in play at IAA
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Published on: 14 October 2024
Diesel-focused technologies were on display at a packed IAA Transportation Show in Germany.
Street Smarts: More than 11,000 Trucks Recalled
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Published on: 21 August 2024
A serious steering issue has sparked a recall of thousands of medium- and heavy-duty trucks.
Street Smarts: Trucking’s Emissions Pushback Begins
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Published on: 22 July 2024
Major industry players voice concerns over EPA’s aggressive emissions regulations.
Street Smarts: Volvo’s highway horsepower green diesel
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Published on: 20 June 2024
Company says its brand-new 700-hp diesel engine is good for the environment
Street Smarts: Truck engines for a planet in crisis
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Published on: 25 April 2024
Volvo has gone all-in on alternative powertrain options but hasn’t forsaken the ICE.
Street Smarts: Misgivings and magical thinking
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Published on: 04 April 2024
With a top-to-bottom reworking of trucking less than three years away, the industry is nowhere near ready
Street Smarts: High-tech trucking on display at CES 2024
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Published on: 07 March 2024
Things are about to get interesting inside truck cabs if the technology on display is any indication
Street Smarts: Glimpse at Trucking’s Future Comes to Florida’s Roads
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Published on: 17 January 2024
All-new truck designed from ground up to take use emerging technologies is set to begin trial runs
Street Smarts: A Bittersweet Milestone for Navistar
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Published on: 29 November 2023
Production begins on last ICE powertrain the OEM will ever produce.
Street Smarts: The Shell Starship rides again
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Published on: 27 September 2023
Shell is working with Cummins to refit its Class 8 Starship research truck
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