Executives from Overdrive/Truckers News, Cummins, Utility Trailer, and Freigtliner held a roundtable meeting at the 2010 Great American Trucking Show in Dallas, Texas.  All agreed that future technologies and current trends and technology will make the next decade of trucking much more fuel efficient and cost-effective than it is today.

The SuperSession: Tomorrow’s trucks and trailers roundtable was presented by Shell Lubricants and featured Jack Roberts of CCJ, Overdrive and Truckers News, Jeff Jones of Cummins, Craig Bennett of Utility Trailer, and Ben Smith of Freightliner (pictured left-right).

The various improvements mentioned and discussed were from all major perspectives of trucking: manufacturing, new technology, engines, etc.

To read more about this panel and their discussion, visit ETrucker at this link.

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