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CARB not testing NOx when and where it counts
In 1811, history was made as the recently christened New Orleans steamboat flew along at 12mph down the entire stretch of the Ohio River and onto the Mississippi River where following a 2,000-mile run it arrived in New Orleans in a baffling time of 14 days. Until then, it was current, sails, poles, paddles and […]
September 2, 2020
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Mandatory electric truck and van law invites plenty of challenges
A tried and true axiom comes to mind when considering California’s now-codified plan to phase out tried and true powertrains: don’t put all of your eggs in one basket. In this case, the Golden State is banking on zero emission vehicles to seriously reduce air pollution. In what the California Air Resources Board is calling […]
July 29, 2020
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The automakers that Twitter built?
Never a dull moment. One click and the world can seemingly make you or break you. What else can account for Nikola’s double valuation to $27 billion in a few days following its IPO last Thursday? The automaker that’s never sold an auto is now worth more than Ford and FCA. Other than selling T-shirts, […]
June 10, 2020
Perspectives
Elon’s world: Sell the houses and get some freedom
Strange days indeed. It wasn’t that long ago that Elon Musk tweeted that he was a socialist. Keep in mind that he posted that while he was very much the golden child of California and riding wave after wave of federal and state subsidies to support the production of Teslas that he and his supporters […]
May 6, 2020
Perspectives
Man travels across the country to buy another Titan XD diesel
If you’ve ever been “…standin’ on the corner in Winslow, Arizona…” then you know that across the street from the famous Eagles’ landmark—which includes a flatbed Ford by the way—is a souvenir shop called, appropriately enough, Standin’ on the Corner. It was there that I was reminded of the importance of pickup allegiance. The conversation […]
April 22, 2020
Perspectives
Grab the masks: pandemic hits home
Hey Dad. Can we go to the junk yard this weekend? It’s great hearing that question from my teenage son. We’ve had some fun trips to our local salvage yard checking out trucks and cars while fishing around for parts for a project or two. But with the coronavirus creeping around, I told him it’s […]
March 25, 2020
Perspectives
Time for trucks to muscle-up more than ever
The headlines are grim and surreal, like something out of a strange, apocalyptic movie. A global pandemic brought on by the novel coronavirus is shutting down businesses, schools, sporting events and trade shows and—as of today—causing the DOW to sink below 20,000. But it’s not shutting down life. Far from it. Thanks to the men […]
March 18, 2020
Perspectives
Vehicle ownership ban seriously wrong
Discouraging vehicle ownership, or even calling for its end, is nothing new but the notion has been gaining more traction in the ‘emissions are everything’ era particularly when coupled with fears of over-population. Essentially, if government entities and/or companies own all vehicles they can maintain tight control on vehicle distribution, usage, earnings and emissions. It’s […]
January 21, 2020
Perspectives
Surprised? New diesel technology lowers emissions even further
When I started writing at Hard Working Trucks four years ago, diesel was under heavy attack in the mainstream news brought on largely by Volkswagen’s Dieselgate scandal. Even today, while searching the word ‘diesel’ on Google, nine of the top 10 news stories were negative with some headlines condemning the fuel as dirty and destined […]
January 1, 2020
Perspectives
Electric pickup battles begin as Ford exec swipes back at Tesla following F-150 tow challenge
The video is very telling, if you know what to look for. Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently tweeted a video showing his newly unveiled Cybertruck pulling a Ford F-150 uphill in a bumper-to-bumper towing battle. The video was also shown during last week’s bungled unveiling in California which left Cybertruck with two busted windows. Anyone […]
November 27, 2019
Perspectives
Tesla pickup reveal this week as Workhorse W-15 undergoes name change & redesign
Electric, electric, electric. Are you tired of it yet? Hope not, because more EVs are coming. Ford just revealed its electric Mustang this week which looks more like a crossover SUV intended to take on Tesla’s Model X. And then there’s Bladerunner. That’s what Tesla CEO Elon Musk said to think about when asked about […]
November 19, 2019
Perspectives
California blackouts giving EVs a blackeye
The same state that has fostered the largest EV roll-out in U.S. history is now up against a power crisis brought on by the same force it strives to protect: mother nature. Seriously. Be careful about hugging a tree in California because it could very well be on fire. I grew up in the Golden […]
October 29, 2019
Perspectives
Hectic for electric? Breathe easy with internal combustion
While tagging along for a truck inspection on Interstate 10 in Sneads, Fla., the trooper I was with made it a point to stop and show me the truck’s tailpipe. It wasn’t because the pipe was riddled with holes or improperly mounted but rather because it was so clean. I was so impressed that I […]
September 25, 2019
Perspectives
Remember the Nissan Frontier diesel? Now’s a good time…
Trying to produce a great-selling pickup reminds me of trying out for quarterback. Me? I knew better. I couldn’t throw all that well but I could bust through a line, so I earned a spot at nose guard. It was tough work. Sometimes I had two guards and the center coming at me, but I […]
August 13, 2019
Perspectives
Tesla Semi running out of juice
When Tesla debuted its Semi in late 2017, it got the same rock spectacle unveiling as the company’s flashier consumer products. Loud music. Lights. Tesla CEO Elon Musk whipping the crowd into a frenzy with promises of other-worldly power, torque and 0-60 times. Then, moments later, Tesla’s second generation Roadster rocketed across the company’s Hawthorne, […]
July 31, 2019
Perspectives
Truck-spotting is catching on with the kids
My habit of truck-spotting is getting picked up by my kids which is great. This past Friday my son and I were heading home after picking up pizza when he saw an old Jeep inside a fenced lot. I hadn’t seen it because I had been concentrating on making a right turn and getting the […]
July 3, 2019
Perspectives
All-electric fans unwisely attacking hydrogen fuel cell tech following explosion
We need an alt fuel BattleBots edition to take some of the edge off. Seriously…just unwind…have a beer…and watch Elon Musk and Trevor Milton battle it out in a cage with robots. But they can’t be powered by batteries or fuel cells because there’s way, way, way too much riding on that. They have to […]
June 19, 2019
Perspectives
Get familiar with levels of autonomous driving
Despite some of the videos you may see on social media, cars and trucks do not drive themselves and likely won’t for a very long time. There are important distinctions between the six levels of autonomous driving and “self-driving,” and a lot of people haven’t quite figured that out. SAE International categorizes autonomous driving in […]
June 11, 2019
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