The Work Truck Show® 2018 Innovation Awards Go to Workhorse, J.W. Speaker Corporation and CARR
Judges chose winners for The Work Truck Show® 2018 Innovation Awards in three categories at last week’s Show.
The Most Innovative Vehicle award went to Workhorse (Loveland, Ohio) for its W-15 electric pickup truck. The Most Innovative Safety Product award was presented to J.W. Speaker Corporation (Germantown, Wisconsin) for the Model 8910 Evolution 2 LED headlight, and the Most Innovative Truck Equipment honor went to CARR (Temecula, California) for its Factory Step.
GM, Ford Dominate the News at The Work Truck Show
By Mark Boada, Senior Editor
Indianapolis may not be everybody’s ideal destination for early March, but it was the place to be last week as The Work Truck Show set records for product unveilings and press conferences. It also made for a lot of exciting news for the light- and medium-duty markets.
General Motors grabbed top billing, as it used the show to unveil its brand-new Chevy Silverado 6500-HD, the top of the line model in its re-entry this year into the Class 4 through 6 market. The rest of its new lineup includes the Silverado 4500-HD and 5500-HD trucks.
Ford made its own splash with the unveiling of its updated Transit Connect small delivery van for 2019. The big news is that the model includes the first diesel engine in the segment, a 1.5-liter turbodiesel it expects to earn an EPA rating of more than 30 mpg on the highway.
You May Need to Pay Attention to Future Forecasts of ‘Space Weather’
Solar storms can sever the data connection between a vehicle’s global-position system and the satellites that supply location information.
In the event of solar trouble, computer-driven cars would pull over and wait for connectivity to return. Self-driving systems should not be overly reliant on GPS.
"At the very least, in the event of solar disruption, there is enough redundancy for the car to calmly pull itself over and stop, said Danny Shapiro, senior director of the automotive unit at Nvidia Corp., which makes chips and artificial intelligence systems for Uber Inc. and a wide range of automakers. Automated vehicles can operate quite well, even when online connectivity is hampered."
Read the article at Bloomberg.
XL Reveals Its Hybrid-Electric Ford F-250
XL unveiled its new hybrid-electric Ford F-250 at The Work Truck Show in Indianapolis. With regenerative braking and electric assist, the truck offers a 25% MPG improvement over a standard F-250.
Chevy Unveils Silverado Class 4, 5 and 6 Trucks in Indianapolis
Chevrolet just revealed its first-ever Silverado Class 4, 5 and 6 chassis cab trucks at The Work Truck Show in Indianapolis, and they’re billing them as the most customer-focused medium-duty trucks of any major competitor.
