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Patrick Foster: International failed to grow with truck market
“(T)he truck market was going to break out of its previous boundaries and begin a historic climb in which it would eventually surpass automobiles in total sales. In time trucks would become the biggest and […]
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Vulpine: Detroit can force people to buy cars they don’t want
“Obviously you can, since the truck I’m driving is pretty close to 20% larger than I wanted, in overall dimensions. Nobody makes a proper ‘small’ truck for the US market as yet and hasn’t done […]
Drive-By Musings
NHTSA and automakers drag their feet on pedestrian safety
The federal government has been dragging its feet on pedestrian safety despite increasing fatalities. Jalopnik deserves a shout out for giving visibility to this underdiscussed issue. For example, Managing Editor Erin Marquis (2020b) recently pointed […]
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Jose Delgadillo: Yesterday’s big Cadillac is today’s big truck?
“Today I put on 75 miles driving around the South Bay. What did I see on the road? Expedition after Expedition, Suburban XLs, Escalades, Full size, quad cab pick ups of every marque and plenty […]
Data Dive
CO2 emissions: Automakers still partying like it’s 1975
The U.S. automobile industry has shown admirable ingenuity in developing new technologies to reduce the greenhouse gases produced by its cars and trucks. The problem is that a religious devotion to bigger, glitzier and more […]
Current Events
Rivian is timid in reimagining American truck
In developing an electric truck, Rivian Automotive has promised to reset expectations about a market segment that has been short on innovation for decades. At least that’s what R. J. Scaringe, CEO of the Detroit-based start-up, told […]
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PickupTrucks.com
I haven’t spent much time at this website, but it appears to do a workmanly job of covering industry news as well as posting the occasional history piece, such as one I drew upon for a photo feature on […]