Category: HD Pickup & Van

Tweaking the van into a better work tool

Whether you are talking about compact city vans equipped to serve tradesmen such as plumbers, electricians, and the like, or larger “bread van” units aimed at the food truck and parcel delivery markets, those platforms are undergoing a series of “tweaks” for lack of a better term to improve their functionality. (All photos by Sean Kilcarr for Fleet Owner)

Tweaking the van into a better work tool

Whether you are talking about compact city vans equipped to serve tradesmen such as plumbers, electricians, and the like, or larger “bread van” units aimed at the food truck and parcel delivery markets, those platforms are undergoing a series of “tweaks” for lack of a better term to improve their functionality. (All photos by Sean Kilcarr for Fleet Owner)

Focusing on functionality for work trucks

The demand for better fuel economy is still there, but GM says the desire for more “functionality” is what’s driving work truck design efforts now.

John Schwegman will tell that while demand for greater fuel economy “has always been important and will stay that way” for light- and medium-duty units “work truck” roles, the desire now is for more options and more overall “functionality” when it comes to vocational-focused platforms.

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Focusing on functionality for work trucks

The demand for better fuel economy is still there, but GM says the desire for more “functionality” is what’s driving work truck design efforts now.

John Schwegman will tell that while demand for greater fuel economy “has always been important and will stay that way” for light- and medium-duty units “work truck” roles, the desire now is for more options and more overall “functionality” when it comes to vocational-focused platforms.

read more

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