Sean Kilcarr

Senior Editor, Penton Media comments on trends affecting the many different strata of the trucking industry -- light and medium duty fleets up through over-the-road truckload, less-than-truckload, and private fleet operations

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in Trucks at Work May. 7, 2013

Of ethanol and gasoline

There’s been a lot of debate recently about blending higher levels of ethanol with gasoline, not in the least revolving around how....More
in Trucks at Work May. 3, 2013

Are strong pickup sales a recovery signal?

A post to the “Driver’s Seat” blog on the Wall Street Journal caught my eye the other day, as it postulated that the sustained....More
in Trucks at Work May. 1, 2013

Uncertainty is the new certainty

One of the increasingly frustrating aspects of trying to get some perspective on the economic portents for trucking is that almost every metric out....More
in Trucks at Work Apr. 30, 2013

Flywheels for fuel economy?

Here’s a fuel-saving technology for a range of vehicles you probably haven’t heard about in a while: flywheels. Designed to capture....More
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