Geert De Lombaerde

A native of Belgium, Geert De Lombaerde has more than two decades of business journalism experience. With a degree in journalism from the University of Missouri, he began his reporting career at the Business Courier in Cincinnati and later was managing editor and editor of the Nashville Business Journal. Most recently, he oversaw the online and print products of the Nashville Post and reported primarily on Middle Tennessee’s finance sector as well as many of its publicly traded companies.

John Hitch | Fleet Maintenance
The Hyliion Hypertruck ERX is set for production in Q4 2023.
Equipment

Hyliion on track for Hypertruck production in 2023; plans fuel-cell truck with Hyzon

March 7, 2023
On a quarterly results conference call, Hyliion leadership gave a financial update, confirmed production on the Hypertruck ERX will begin by year’s end, and revealed they are ...
Daimler Truck Holding AG
Dtg Western Star 2 636e7b4f7c839
Equipment

Daimler Truck CFO: Supply chain still ‘broken’

Nov. 14, 2022
A better product mix and pricing power more than doubled the manufacturer’s North American EBIT in Q3, but there’s still lots of 2023 uncertainty as customers decide between higher...
Photo: Hyliion
The Karno was developed by a skunk works team inside GE's aviation division.
Equipment

Hyliion to buy fuel-agnostic GE generator project

Aug. 29, 2022
The $37 million deal is expected to close in the next five weeks. CEO Thomas Healy expects the company will spend more than $75 million to commercialize the technology.
Paccar Inc.
Pcar Peterbilt 579 62e06c4f835de
Equipment

Paccar pricing power drives Q2 results to new levels

Aug. 1, 2022
The truck maker’s executives say they’ll continue to focus on maximizing production and see margins growing further. North American revenues surged 22% to over $4 billion thanks...
Hyliion
Hyliion Hypertruck ERX
Equipment

Hyliion adds to Hypertruck ERX order book

March 3, 2022
The maker of electric powertrains last week reported Q4 results and said it expects up to $3 million in 2022 revenues from its hybrid product.
Photo: Cummins
Cummins Meritor Acquisition 62150f0170beb
Equipment

Cummins to acquire Meritor to accelerate fleet electrification

Feb. 23, 2022
The $3.7 billion acquisition is expected to close at the end of 2022, positioning Cummins 'as one of the few companies' to provide integrated powertrain solutions across combustion...