With the increasing number of electrically driven components and greater demand for driver comforts, the desire for extra electrical capacity on trucks is becoming nearly insatiable. A technology that is finding growing use in trucking involves the use of capacitors.

In the industry’s quest for innovative technologies, trailers are sometimes viewed as an afterthought. This is truly unfortunate since some of the most productive technologies adopted in trucking are found in the box that carries the freight.

Much has been written and said about the shortage of qualified drivers facing the trucking industry. But an often underreported problem exists, and that is the equally threatening shortage of truck technicians.