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PROGNOSIS * USA - The Truck of the Future is Around the Corner
Class 8 concepts riding magnetized highways are on the drawing board as the Army gets involved
Washington,DC,USA -World Trade Magazine, by Amy Zuckerman -April 30, 2009: -- The truck of the future may well be a highly fuel efficient vehicle, possibly an electric/diesel hybrid, that is capable of capturing its energy output for feed back into its electrical system, and with advanced diagnostic and prognostic tools that will limit maintenance significantly... Down the road in 20 or more years and trucks may flow along magnetic highways barely touching the ground, using only minimal fuel, much as fast trains do today. In fact, says Vic Suski, general manager of Shenandoah Express, Middleton, Virginia, there’s a possibility that the truck as we know it today won’t even exist... Some of these visions are already on the drawing board thanks to a joint collaboration between the United States Army National Automotive Center and the TMC Future Truck committee. Paul Skalny, director of the National Automotive Center in Warren, Michigan, says the Army has committed $3.2 million over the next four years to study and validate up to 12 possible technologies that hold promise for both the military and commercial markets... (Photo from roadtransport (UK) - Big-lorry concept truck by Luigi Colani)
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