Articles by Jack Roberts

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
Street Smarts: Beloved classic gets an update
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Published on: 16 August 2023
While it may look familiar, Peterbilt’s Model 389 has lots of updates under the hood
Street Smarts: A crossroads for green trucks
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Published on: 03 August 2023
For zero-emissions vehicles to catch on truly, more is needed from the energy infrastructure front
Street Smarts: Is H2 trucking’s miracle fuel?
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Published on: 04 May 2023
Hydrogen is an emerging fuel alternative for the freight transportation industry
Street Smarts: Cummins’ new X10 fuel-agnostic engine
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Published on: 27 April 2023
X10 is poised to replace Cummins’ L9 and X12 engines in both medium- and heavy-duty applications
Street Smarts: The death of dead batteries?
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Published on: 29 March 2023
Clarios’ new Smart AGM battery monitors cell life and sends alerts in real time
Street Smarts: Bosch taking charge of EVs
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Published on: 28 February 2023
Issues, solutions regarding batter-electric vehicle infrastructure and charging
Street Smarts: New Jacobs tech ready for the road
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Published on: 02 January 2023
Jacobs’ new Cylinder Deactivation system could help fleets dramatically reduce low-load/low-speed diesel exhaust emissions
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