Collaborate Disseminate
We don’t think we’re the only ones that spend a piece of each slow-passing afternoon daydreaming about escaping the claustrophobic din of city and suburb life to scurry and burrow deep off-grid. What purer form of social distancing is there? While ther… Continue reading 5 agile 4×4 micro-RVs primed to run for the hills (and way beyond)
Last year, Toyota teamed up with Kenworth Truck company to build a bunch of fuel cell tractors to haul goods around Los Angeles. Now the company is cementing its commitment to fuel cell powertrains with an agreement to jointly develop a heavy-duty fuel… Continue reading Toyota and Hino working on heavy-duty fuel-cell truck
Over the past decade, auto manufacturers have improved the handling and fuel efficiency of their pickup truck offerings. The Ram 1500 is one of the major players in this segment and we drove the 2020 model in both of its higher-efficiency powertrain op… Continue reading How do the 2020 Ram 1500’s efficiency options stack up?
One of the options on the 2020 GMC Sierra 1500 pickup truck is a carbon fiber bed called the CarbonPro. This bed replaces the usual steel interior of the truck bed with a specially formulated carbon fiber that’s both stronger and lighter in weight. We … Continue reading Carbon fiber as a pickup truck bed? We test the GMC CarbonPro
Anglo American and Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE) have joined forces to develop what will become the world’s largest hydrogen or electric powered mining truck, aiming to help bring carbon neutral mining within reach.Continue ReadingCategory: Autom… Continue reading Monster 1000-kWh hydrogen-powered electric mining truck to begin testing
Every year, the Chicago Auto Show opens as the largest motor show in North America. There are two galleries of vehicles in the massive McCormick Center downtown, each with a lot of space for a lot of vehicles to be shown and seen.Continue ReadingCatego… Continue reading In photos: The best in trucking at the Chicago Auto Show 2020
For the first time in its history, Jeep has unveiled a baja-ready, desert-specific, high-speed sand runner. The Jeep Gladiator Mojave, sure to be followed by a Wrangler model as well, was unveiled at the Chicago Auto Show with a newly-minted “Desert Rated” badge where the “Trail Rated” emblem would usually be.
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Tags: Jeep, Truck, Pickup, baja, Chicago Auto Show 2020
Continue reading New desert-focused Jeep Gladiator Mojave unveiled in Chicago
The renowned inventor of useless robots [Simone Giertz] has outdone herself this time. She, along with a team of engineers featuring [Rich Rebuilds], [Laura Kampf], and [Marcos Ramirez], recently decided to convert a Tesla into a pickup truck, and make a video along the way, all while salvaging what remains …read more
UPS is looking to all kinds of new-age vehicle technologies to step up its delivery game, with electric vans, e-bikes and drones that carry smaller packages all part of the mix. It is now expressing a keen interest in autonomous heavy haulers… Continue reading UPS puts autonomous delivery trucks to the test on Arizona highway
As capable as it is, the all-new Patriot X1-N camping trailer is not capable of transporting itself to camp. It still needs a tow partner, and Patriot figures not just any old truck or 4×4 will do. So it secures the camper’s Cruisemaster hitc… Continue reading Retro-rageous Land Cruiser pickup rolls the Outback complete with fuzzy dice