We didn't see as many Volkswagen campers as expected in the parking lot, but the other side of the Abenteuer & Allrad gate was a very different story. There was an entire tent dedicated to Volkswagen campers and plenty of other VWs scattered about the show.
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Daimler Trucks is establishing a global organization for electric mobility called the E-Mobility Group. To kick that off, the company announced that its division in the US, Freightliner, will be adding two new electric commercial trucks to its offerings: the Freightliner eCascadia and the eM2 106.
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This year, we made our first trip to Germany's Abenteuer & Allrad (Adventure & Allwheel) show. Most expos start when you enter the gates, but this one starts the second you step out of the car as the parking lot hosts the wildest collection of 4x4+ camping vehicles you're likely to see.
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Possibly the biggest highlight of Overland Expo West is the field of big, all-terrain motorhomes, monsters that we rarely see on roads or at camp. Along with those huge expedition rigs, we've gathered pickup campers, SUV campers, roof-top tents and all the other sights into one final show gallery.
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If you look through the gallery, you’ll likely get the impression that we used towing with pickup trucks as an excuse to spend a day on the sand dunes in ATVs touring Zion Park. You’d be 99 percent correct in that assumption. It turns out though, even for experts, towing is more than it appears.
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The Honda Civic Type R is already one of the most visually arresting cars on the auto show circuit, and now it's also one of the most visually arresting ... pickup trucks. The little Type R pickup has the attitude of Honda's most aggressive Civic with the utility of a (tiny) pickup truck.
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There’s a bit happening around the future of trucking, and American brewhouse Anheuser-Busch has its finger on the pulse. Its latest move in the area involving a pre-order of hundreds of hydrogen-electric trucks from startup Nikola Motors.
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FedEx Express is currently operating the first fuel cell electric delivery van for on-road use in North America. The zero emission van is a collaboration between Workhorse Group and Plug Power and is based on Workhorse's electric delivery van, using Plug Power's hydrogen fuel cell to recharge.
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Shell Lubricants has teamed up with Connecticut-based AirFlow Truck Company on "the Starship," a concept big rig fitted with various fuel-saving technologies that is being sent from sea to shining sea on a road trip to test its performance.
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UK company ULEMCo has debuted a modified Volvo FH16 truck that's tuned to burn hydrogen gas instead of gasoline in its internal combustion engine. With zero emissions, a range of around 180 miles and some 300-odd horsepower, it's presented as a low-cost way to de-carbonize a heavy goods vehicle.
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