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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Mar. 15, 2013

Sailing to fuel savings with a “SuperTruck”

This week Cummins and Peterbilt Motors Co. released some fuel economy data gleaned from the joint test vehicle both designed for the....More
Mar. 14, 2013

Contending with the “talent paradox”

An interesting survey recently conducted by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited touched on a strange yet ongoing dichotomy on the hobs front:....More
Mar. 13, 2013

Debuting another driver “dashboard”

Software technology commonly referred to as driver “dashboards” continues to spread rapidly throughout the trucking industry it seems....More
Mar. 11, 2013

Analyzing the driver shortage

There’s more and more talk about the shortage of truck drivers these days, especially in the general media; an indication (at least from....More
Mar. 8, 2013

Checking out the alternatives

Took some time during this week’s National Truck Equipment Association’s 2013 Work Truck Show to check out some new – and not-so-....More
Mar. 7, 2013

A hybrid propulsion system just for trucks

Allison Transmission introduced an interesting product yesterday at the National Truck Equipment Association’s 2013 Work Truck Show:  ....More
Mar. 4, 2013

The confidence roller coaster continues

It should come as no surprise that U.S. business executives remain at once optimistic AND pessimistic about their prospects for the rest of 2013....More
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