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As pickup trucks bulk up, consumers are considering a new class of smaller, city, or urban pickups like the Ford Maverick, Hyundai Santa Cruz and Honda Ridgeline. Honda pioneered this new and diverse segment of pickups with the Ridgeline, basing the vehicle on the same unibody or passenger-car style platform used for its Pilot SUV and Odyssey minivan. The Maverick and Santa Cruz also tap existing unibody platforms for their vehicles.

Editor’s note: Written David L. Buss, chief executive of DB Schenker USA, a global freight forwarder and 3PL provider. This is one in a series of periodic guest columns by industry thought leaders. U.S. logistics companies are up against a lot of challenges, including a widespread and ongoing truck driver shortage. Shipping costs are rising due to many factors, including fuel costs, and compounded by companies paying higher wages for drivers.

Toyota buyers are among the most loyal in the industry. Still, those who drive a Sequoia SUV haven’t had much reason to buy another until the recently introduced and completely redesigned 2023 Toyota Sequoia. The new version will go on sale and will replace a vehicle that is primitive compared to the current competition in the big SUV market. The 2023 Toyota Sequoia is better in just about every way. It has a much improved powertrain that promises to be far more fuel-efficient.

Editor’s note: Written by Jorge Valdivia, chief technology officer at Fleetio, a fleet maintenance software company. This is one in a series of periodic guest columns by industry thought leaders. When we think of cybersecurity and associated risks, we typically conjure up images of such connected devices like smartphones, tablets, and laptops — often forgetting that many vehicles today fall into that same category.

Editor’s note: Written by Paul Steidler, a senior fellow with the Lexington Institute, a public policy think tank based in Arlington, Virginia. Climate activists are giving us a preview of their fanatical impulses to force Americans to purchase electric cars and trucks. Exhibit A is the reckless, hypocritical, and short-sighted demands they are making of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to buy an all-electric fleet of delivery vehicles.

Editor’s note: Written by Dr. Shaun Passley, chief executive of ZenaDrone. This is one in a series of periodic guest columns by industry thought leaders. When infrastructure breaks down, business slows down. If you have ever sat in a traffic jam caused by road construction, you know what I’m talking about. Traffic congestion slows down everyone, including the more than 1.3 million delivery drivers on the road in the US.