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Dale's Trucks Blog July 2008 Archive

By Dale Wickell, About.com Guide to Trucks since 2002

Raser Technologies Building a Plug-in Hybrid Truck

Tuesday July 22, 2008
Raser Technologies has already partnered up with a major (unnamed) automaker to build a 100 mpg SUV, and today the company announced that it's putting its plug-in technology into a ... Read More

Auto Sweepstakes

Tuesday July 22, 2008
The price of gas would be easier to take if someone gave me a free vehicle. Sandra Grauschopf is About.com's Guide to Contests & Sweepstakes. She keeps track of ... Read More

HUMMER H3T

Tuesday July 22, 2008
Larger than a mid-size truck but not as massive as a full-size, HUMMER's hoping the H3T Crew Cab pickup creates a niche of its own. Full-time four wheel drive, good ... Read More

Datsun's Share of Pickup Truck Heritage

Saturday July 19, 2008
Nissan took a chance in 1959 when it introduced a 37-horsepower compact truck to the V8, gas-guzzling US market. It took awhile, but those little trucks grew on us. And ... Read More

Which Trucks Are Still Selling?

Friday July 18, 2008
Truck sales have all taken a hit in 2008, but a few models have fared better than others. The Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) has compiled a list of truck ... Read More

Are We Being Abandoned?

Tuesday July 15, 2008
There's no doubt that automakers feel like the truck buying public has abandoned them, so it isn't surprising that much of the news we're hearing revolves around plant closings and ... Read More

2008 GMC Canyon Pickup Trucks

Monday July 14, 2008
Like its big brother Sierra, the GMC Canyon didn't change much for 2008. In fact, the photo gallery from 2007 still applies -- GMC only released a couple of new ... Read More

Is There a Diesel in Toyota's Future?

Wednesday July 9, 2008
Toyota Motorsports Group built the Tundra Diesel Dually Project Truck from a CrewMax Tundra modified to accept a big Hino engine. That group's always tinkering around with something, but you ... Read More

2008 Colorado Truck Highlights

Sunday July 6, 2008
Chevy gave the Colorado a power boost in 2007 by adding two new engines, but the changes for 2008 models are more modest. And that's not a surprise, since the ... Read More
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