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The mission of the CVBNetwork is to be the toolbox of resources for the entirety of the commercial vehicle ecosystem:

  • To support the entire network of businesses in the ecosystem and increase their connectedness through the exchange of ideas with peers;
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Letter From the Editor: If you Wait, You’ll be Late

Letter From the Editor: If you Wait, You’ll be Late

If you Wait, You’ll be Late There’s been much talk about what’s changing and what the future of the commercial space will look like. And there are about as many predictions as there are prognosticators. However, one thing is certain – if you stand on the sidelines to see how...

Joe’s Letter: Start with WHY

Start with WHY There is a speaker, a consultant, who gave a TED Talk in 2009 that really impressed me.  Apparently, others were interested too, because I just checked, and it has in excess of 62 MILLION views.  It is one of the top ten or twenty TED talks of...

CVBSummit: Expanding Your Horizons

Imagine if your primary business was predicated on vehicles sustaining body damage that then required repairs. What would happen if suddenly these cars and trucks weren’t on the road, and therefore weren’t running into each other (or other objects)? While we frequently have short memories – and this can certainly...

Dealership Success: “Futurish” Shock

By Shawn Horsewill, VP Customer Success, Work Truck Solutions I’ve written quite a bit about commercial vehicle shows in this publication, including NADA 2023 and WTW 23. In this issue, I’d like to talk about the Commercial Vehicle Business Summit (CVBS) Spring 2023, which was hosted by none other than...

Cup o’ Joe: These ARE the Days!

These ARE the Days! By Joe Hughes I just was at the latest meeting of the Northwest Ford Truck Association (formerly Club), and reminiscing about the time twenty years ago when another FordPro, Chris Webster (Bickford Ford), Geoff Strother (Nelson Truck, an upfitter), Robert Jorgenson (now Summit Truck Body), Verle...

AltFuel: The Song Remains The Same

By Ryan Day, Assistant Editor For all the hoopla surrounding EVs, self-driving vehicles, and other underlying technology that’s hitting the streets today, there really is “nothing new under the Sun.” Sayings like that and “The more things change, the more they stay the same”  have become cliches for a reason....

How to Think About Commercial Vehicles In Our Futurish World

When discussing how to think about the future of commercial vehicles, it’s pretty clear that whatever we thought about commercial vehicles in the past is about to change—dramatically. Whether we’re talking about new technologies, new powertrains, new fuels, or new legislation and regulations, everything is going through a drastic transformation....

THE ALWAYS APPEALING TREND OF BEST-IN-CLASS

Long after the first predictions were made of how solar or wind power or rechargeable batteries would replace fossil fuels, gasoline and diesel engines are still the predominant energy source in commercial work trucks. Those great ideas are coming but they are not here yet. First something becomes possible, then...

Knapheide Manufacturing Company Launches Hard at Work Photo Contest

Quincy, Ill. – The Knapheide Manufacturing Company recently announced the launch of its Hard at Work Photo Contest; the competition is set to highlight the variety of Knapheide truck and van body applications and will be accepting entries online through July 30, 2023, at 11:59:59 p.m. CST. Three winners will...