Trucking Videos Archive
Video: Las Vegas Freightliner-Sterling-western Star
With truck sales down, dealerships are refocusing on maintenance service and parts sales to drive business. Making maintenance service faster and more efficient is driving many dealerships to reconfigure their operations. Brian Chapman, GM of Las Vegas Freightliner-Sterling-western Star, explains how he's putting such efforts in action. ...
Video: Western Star Ride and Drive Pt. 3
To improve its position in the mining segment, Western Star is rolling out a 'template spec' mining dump truck. Capable of hauling 40 tons, the truck is designed to compete against more expensive articulated dump truck models. ...
Video: Western Star Ride and Drive Pt. 2
Improving the aerodynamics of its product line is much on the mind of Western Star moving forward. here, Richard Shearing, director of product planning for Western star's parent DTNA, explains where changes may occur....
Video: Western Star Ride and Drive Pt. 1
Western Star is goign to great lengths to preserve the unique symmetrical exterior "styling" of its trucks for 2010. Dan Silbernagel, Western Star's director of product strategy, explains how that's being achieved....
FIRST LOOK: 2010 Peterbilt Model 337 medium-duty truck
FIRST LOOK: 2010 Peterbilt Model 337 medium-duty truck...
Video: National Cargo Theft Meeting Pt. 3
A coalition of shippers, transport providers, law enforcement agenices and insurers seek to boost anti cargo theft efforts and met to discuss solutions....
Video: National Cargo Theft Meeting Pt. 2
A coalition of shippers, transport providers, law enforcement agenices and insurers seek to boost anti cargo theft efforts and met to discuss solutions....
Video National Cargo Theft Meeting Pt. 1
A coalition of shippers, transport providers, law enforcement agenices and insurers seek to boost anti cargo theft efforts and met to discuss solutions....
2010 Navistar MaxxForce7 Medium-Duty V8
First Look: 2010 Navistar MaxxForce7 Medium-Duty V8...
Navistar 2010 MaxxForce Big Bore 13-liter
First Look:Navistar 2010 MaxxForce Big Bore 13-liter Heavy-Duty Diesel...
Navistar's All-Electric Truck Capitol Hill event
Navistar's all-electric truck is being built in the Indiana district represented by Sen. Evan Bayh (D). He explained there are multiple benefits to be gained from wider adoption of electric trucks....
Navistar's All-Electric Truck Capitol Hill event
With a $39 million grant from the Dept. of Energy, Navistar is planning to build 400 all-electric trucks by next year. ...
The power and promise of new technology
At the recent Clean Diesel Showcase held in Washington D.C., speakers reviewed the power and promise of new technology. ...
Trucking's impact on U.S.
Glen Kedzie, ATA's VP and Enviromental Counsel, provides a snapshot of trucking's impact in the U.S....
U.S. House unveils hybrid Pt. 2
Daniel Beard, chief administrative officer of the House of Representatives, is eyeing more hybrids for the fleet. ...
Video: U.S. House unveils hybrid
The U.S House of Representatives is adding a Peterbilt Model 330 diesel-electric hybrid vehicle to its six-truck fleet. ...
Video: Electric truck overview
Smith Electric Vehicles is going to start building all-electric medium-duty commercial trucks in the U.S. this September. Kevin Beck, VP-business development for Smith, explains the inner workings of the company's Smith Newton unit...
Video: Why electric trucks?
Kansas City Power & Light (KCPL) is one of two utility companies investing in Smith Newton electric trucks for its fleet. William Herdegen, KCPL's VP of T&D operations, explains how all-electric trucks make a good fit for his fleet...
Video: Changing transportation
Carol Browner, assistant to the President for energy and climate change, believes transportation must undergo major change. In a speech at the unveiling of Smith Electric Vehicles' all-electric truck, she talked about cutting emissions and fuel use...
Video: Hybrid trucks: Serving the applications
Hybrid truck makers are expanding the reach of their products into more markets. Eaton's Dimitri Kazarinoff explains why that's important at the recent 'Hybrids on the Hill' event in Washington, D.C....
Video: Hybrid trucks: Value for the customer
Mack Trucks has built two diesel-electric hybrid refuse trucks for customer fleet testing. Thomas Kelly III, Mack's Sr. VP, says these test trucks should help show off the value of hybrids to refuse customers...
Video: Hybrid trucks: Cost and caring
Hybrid trucks face two main challenges today: high sticker price and a lack of recognition by the general public. Bill Van Amburg, Sr. VP with CalStart, explains how to get over the cost hurdle in the hybrid truck market...
Video: Rethinking Transportation Policy | Part 2
U.S. Senator Mark Warner (D-Va.) is an outspoken proponent of reforming U.S. transportation policy. He also strongly believes that transportation policy reform must be a bipartisan effort, or it will not work...
Video: Rethinking Transportation Policy | Part 1
A new initiative by the Bipartisan Policy Center seeks to overhaul U.S. transportation policy. Dennis Archer, a former mayor of Detroit, is one of the co-chairs of this transportation policy project. Here, Archer explains why U.S. transportation policy mush shift to a "bottom up" approach...
