I work for Freightliner. This information is 100% correct.

My consumption has gone down remarkably in the past 30 years. I used to drink a case of beer in an evening without any problems. Now I loose interest after 2 beers and just want to go to bed. Definitely an improvement.

I just became an owner opperator and I find this info very helful thank you, God bless you.

Vanguard Investment Group is where a large % of my retirement money was, so I'm definitely not surprised they are one of, if not THE main player in this group of 5 major players. Really good video - maybe your best video to date. 👍👍

Take your Research a little further, and see who is on the Boards of Directors for those 5 Companies....

Excellent research work Ronen and very well presented, congratulations and thank you for your work. Let's hope they also present it on TV.

Asset managers (i.e. Vanguard, BlackRock, etc) group investments into sectors. For instance - Energy - Transportation - Real Estate etc. They then offer groupings of multiple companies in that sector to investors. It is done so to limit exposure to just one company, but instead places faith in the sector as a whole. Vanguard and the like are a representation of: institutional investors, 401k contributions or individual investors. Engineering more efficient engines and bringing them to market for profit is harder than making a cell phone battery, I can only assume. But it certainly isn’t asset managers pulling the strings. There’s so much that can be unpacked here, but I hope this sheds some light on what you are actually seeing when you look at the “main shareholders”. If you have a 401k, chances are, that’s your investment dollars at work and not the man behind the curtain. I love the truck videos. Keep em coming!

Ronan and Team, The efforts you are making and the information you are sharing is in invaluable for the trucking industry. Thank you!

Talk about a monopoly.

Big oil companies own it all

Yes.Corporation. Buy out all the competition, then dictate the market...Great video, hat down for your research.

in my opinion it's simply harder to make a choked down engine that still needs to be powerful enough to lug around all that weight to also be fuel efficent

Corruption, greed and murder share the same bed. Your videos are great and seem unselfish. As you climb the ladder of truth, watch out, that someone doesn’t kick it out from underneath you as you near the top.

There seems to be a misconception of 'owners'. These institutional investors own shares, and can influence board makeup. This isn't Vanguard calling up Cummins to tell them to keep the MPG down, so Chevron can make more money. The executive group at each company is charged with increasing shareholder wealth. They will sell a truck that complies with federal standards, and appeals to the most consumers. If more MPG appeals, that is what they will build. If consumers want less MPG, but more creature comforts, or reliability, then that is what they will sell. This video also compares battery advancements to MPG. These two technologies are in vastly different phases of their lifecycle. Diesel engine efficiency also grew by leaps and bounds when it was a less mature technology. I get what you're going for, just not a great analogy. It is like, 'we landed someone on the moon, but we can't...' Landing someone on the moon rarely has anything to do with whatever you're comparing it to.

Hi Ronan, This is Karma, all the way from Bhutan(small Himalayan Kingdom). First of all let me thank you for sharing and updating all the valuable information regarding trucking business. As an truck driver/owner operator, I myself a huge fan of exploring regarding trucking and businesses ideas across the globe through the utube, Facebook or any other social media platform. You are always one of the few person out there who brings lots of valuable information and educating people inorder to sustain and grow their trucking business. I really appreciate you for all your time and efforts in making lots of research. Most of all, for being very authentic and sharing information to the drivers of the world unconditionally. Thank you you very much once again! Take care! Wish you all the best! Karma!

100% one of your best videos yet!!Very enlightening and frightening out of curiosity what about western star?

thank god your in canada, this video might make you go missing, you cracced open the illuminatti with this one

That does NOT surprise me at all, what really did surprise was that Volvo/Mack are dead last in truck sales, even behind International... CRAZY! Also that Peterbilt/Kenworth are so up high in sales... blew me away!

Not only the trucking industry same is the case with insurance companies pharmaceutical companies banks policy makers etc etc

I don’t want electric trucks I love diesels but that’s my opinion.

Thank you Ronen, I've said it and I will said over and over. Your simply a God send to us

This is one hell of a video you have put together

Hang on... A lot of things need to be corrected. I'm an engineer who works on these engines every day and works for one of these companies. Cummins and Detroit (Freightliner- owned by Diamler) have all of the incentive to make a more fuel efficient engine. The end customer drives demand and they pick which engine they want. Fuel economy is a huge reason why they will buy one engine over another. Big fleets can see differences as small as 1%. The competition is super fierce on fuel economy. So don't think Chevron or the stock holders are swaying the decision... Else either one of those companies would go bankrupt very quick elsewise...and these companies make huge amounts of money on these semi engines, so they want the most market share. Number two... Engines have been getting more fuel efficient. Trucks 20-30 years ago we're not getting 6-10 mpg like they are today. They were more in the 4-6 mpg range. That's a huge difference. No truck will ever get 20 mpg because of the rolling resistance on 80,000 lbs and the air drag on a huge box trailer. If engines weren't getting more fuel efficient, they wouldn't be able to meet the CO2 emissions regulations that keep getting more strict worldwide. C02 emissions are directly related the efficiency.

I drive volvo truck in North Europe and my long term fuel consumption in US measure is 10.2 mpg. Emty truckor very light load is 14.4mpg

one of the best Info video

Anyone else getting a kick out of how Ronen say Freightliner (Yeah I'm late to the party). Think eight Ronen, think eight.😊😋😊😋 Super informative, much appreciation for this one!

BlackRock, Vanguard, State Street, Capital Investments, and Geode are in nearly everything.

Best video yet Boss, Thanks !, please post the institutional companies !

I mean you did a really great job in a sense "exposing" the relationship that us bottom feeders would traditionally think

EXCELLENT INFO RONIN! thanks for posting!

Wow...what a news, this is some detective work!👍

Jaw dropping! Damn, it's all a disguised monopoly!

Excellent video!!! It’s amazing the corruption you find in just about every industry when you start asking the right questions. I hope something can be done but what??? Unfortunately, I have no idea, either!!!

So O/O should invest in Vanguard and Blackrock? Rich get richer. Thanks again for doing the leg work

Ronan my jaw dropped when you said this was new information to you. Seriously man this is how capitalism works. If you dig deeper you’ll find that those same cooperations that are invested in this way are invested in everything. These guys aren’t backing the horse they think will win the race, there buying the race itself. It’s an inevitable outcome of capitalism, investment companies seek to protect there investment t so it makes sense to have smaller investments spread across an industry than a few larger ones betting on one or two companies, that’s much more risky. These companies are using the exact same investment strategy that you preach to drivers. Spread your investments, don’t put it all in one place. Try to safeguard your money. They are doing exactly the same thing just on a much bigger scale The days of finding a company that’ll change an industry an revolutionise it, investing in it, taking the risk. Then making a fortune when that company succeeds are long, long gone for the big players Welcome to capitalism, it’s working EXACTLY as planned Love to all at ET

Wow ronin. Slow clap on order. Awesome, thanks for sharing

There used to be some interesting discrepancies between how different countries measured emissions. You might also be interested in looking at how many individuals from the oil industry found their way into organizations like the EPA and what impact that has had on efficiency and emissions testing standards 😳 🤔 🙄.

Wow 😮 thank you Ronen!!!

Thank you man . You just enlightened me. Keep bringing more videos like this . This information is priceless .

Diesel Electirc Hybrid engines will be the future of trucking without a doubt, and will triple fuel economy. That being said, once glass batteries hit the market, fully electric trucks will slowly take over; beginning with more local routes. Once the cost to build charging stations drops, and charging speed increases, they'll begin to enter the OTR market. Within 10-15 years, diesel trucks will be a thing of the past and if OTR isn't phased out by that point (a lot of companies are dropping OTR for obvious reasons) this will definitely be a game changer.

Excellent Video Ronen, Thank you for your really great and informative video. much appreciated

As a trucker myself I really appreciate your content. This is so valuable and eye-opener. Fortunately I heavily invested into vtsax index fund which is one of the strongest index run by vanguard.

I really love who you explain things you are amazing sir

Wow! Great research buddy. Nice work.

Very interesting!!! Thankyou for the research !!! Mpg and emissions are one of my biggest headaches …..

Wow. That blows my mind. Very interesting. Good research and video. Thanks.

Hope this video doesn’t get shadow banned. We all know all this companies fall under 1 umbrella just how cole and Pepsi are the same corporation.

Very interesting facts! Thank you for posting this video.

Mind blowing information..Great work for enlightening..

Very informative video,thank you sir for that.

You are expanding thank you for using your platform not only do they own the fuel transportation but EVERYTHING

Big money underground, Big money got a mighty voice, Big money make no sound, Big money pull a million strings, Big money hold the prize, Big money weave a mighty web, Big money draw the flies - Rush.

This is crazy, a friend told me about these companies but I didn’t pay much mind to it. I believe they own a lot more than just these industries

Thank you I enjoy what yiu put out.

Over the pond ,I run 3 Scania’s,the newest can get 11 mpg at 44.000kgs ,but we do run slower,54 mph, and every thing is totally tracked up,and we pay £. 1.30 per litre,(5.90 per gallon)ronan,find your company (et)a Scania ,you will be impressed,so will the drivers,but cab overs,umm,don’t think so,a Scania is also very good on add blue,it’s good to see North American trucking,but man you guys do to many miles for me ,I could not manage it now, we drive 9 hrs a 24 hrs ,we just would not be able to do your miles,day ,week,month.

I believe that you make some very valid points.

Extremely informative and mind blowing I was not aware of any of this this is more or less a monopoly and this should be illegal

They own the politicians too... LesgoBrandon

Awesome for this original video! The best explanation on how to let some of the "Big Cats" out of the "bag" they are hiding! The same principle is working in the music industry and other industries. I am glad some people are also "trying" to expose this evil in the music industry. I hope everyone watches this video and they get to understand what is going on. Independent innovation cannot be allowed to thrive in this kind of environment. Our bright minds are being stifled left and right by these Big Cats. Thanks for trying to enlighten the masses.

I always wondered why they don't just store the compressed air from engine braking in large tanks and reuse it to later apply this compressed air energy to accelerate the truck. This would surely increase efficiency and fuel economy and Its really not complicated engineering. As you have discovered, there is no incentive to do this from the bean counter owners, but whoever implements will surely disrupt the industry. Every mpg increase is a game changer since insurance and fuel are the main costs. BTW, I am pretty sure these same investment giants and hedge funds have big stakes in Apple as well. However Apple is kept on its toes by Samsung who is probably not owned by these same investment companies to the same extent.

Great Info! I thought that they were fight between those companies. Interesting facts thank you.

Thanks for the valuable information

you and Asain Mai should do a video on this topic it would be great content for the trucking community

Thanks Ronan.

Blackrock basically owns everything vanguard states street and a few others are just different branches of Blackrock

Ronnan, keep going, it gets more interesting!

Currently in college, for my bachelor's in science for business administration. I am a senior at SUNY Potsdam. I am conducting my industry assignment for OTR Trucking Industry covering supply chain systems and value-added models. This will definitely be data I will reference from.

Great work, I appreciate your time. Cheers!

Part of the comparison is unfair, electricity is not confined by its energy but by its storage design\capacity, while fuel is constrained by its thermal\energy output, thus restricting it's efficiency to volume ratio. That being said, another part of the problem is innovation is being actively suppressed to develop high efficiency motors by these corporate giants. The other major problem is we've reached about the maximum ratio of energy output to simplicity of systems and these systems being restricted by the government. I have seen it possible to get into the low\mid teens on MPG fully loaded when there is no EPA restrictions, and the ideas implemented to actually maximize the fuel efficiency. Solutions would be 1. Get rid of the EPA as it stands 2. Incentivize systems and solutions for this, not suppress them 3. Update and enforce monopoly laws.

Wow really interesting video. Thanks for making this

A couple of the biggest Investment management firms have shares in all the big companies, woohoo, what a surprise.. I really like this channel, and a lot of video's are informative. But maybe stick to the stuff you have a lot of knowlegde about, and not start to act like you have discovered some top secret information on how these big firms work. That investors have shares in companies are competitors, does not mean they suddenly don't compeed anymore...

The emissions equipment also plays a big factor. With the ability to remove and custom tune trucks you would see big gains in mpg

wow. what an excellent video. Great research!

And if you research the ATA and the upper management. You'll see members of law firms from around the country, that are retained or are owned by certain mega carriers.

I think it has something to do with physics

Thanks! This explains A LOT!!!

I'm just mad I can't get a truck as a company driver to shift gears manually anymore. I get so frustrated fighting these automatics that I've thought about just saying to hell with it all and going and getting my own truck. That's the direction I'm leaning right now.

Add on who owns the larger trucking companies and who owns the trains.

🤔Wow the trucks and fuel with same investors smells like a Monopoly and it gets even deeper than that holy $h!t good video this video should go viral to all the trucking channels we being screwed.

Well done Ronan🤙💪🏼

I've covered this on my channel. We'll never be given the option of voting for politicians who are not owned by these same few players. In short, we'll never vote our way out of this mess. Massive general strikes and protests are the only answer. There must be a real revolution, and yes, there will be violence because the military and police also are working for the few fat cats at the top. The military and police (as they have during protests in the past) will start the violence. Peaceful protestors will be attacked. That's why those on both sides of the political aisle need to exercise our 2nd Amendment rights. If peaceful protests will be put down with violence, we need a way to continue the fight. Voting only will work in the future when We the People force the politicians to work for us. No longer will we be able to allow the fat cats to own our politicians and to own us. It's time to rise up!

Very informative ! Ummm I guess there downfall/enemies is EPA the push for electrification.

If you can't beat em join em. I see where I will be investing next.

Thank you so much for this video.

As are trucks got slightly more efficient trough the last 15 years out fuel prices rose up the same time. We had 2 price drops as I recall that fuel reached under 2 $ per gallon for a short time but over all an average of around 3 dollars per gallon stayed consistent. Only the rate market jumped around in the last 15 years

that explains a lot on how the fuel companies are intertwined with the EPA and Greenpeace, Force the old trucks off the road make them buy a new trucks it's all intertwined from the bottom all the way around

It's all a big scam 😁

Hence I would give diesel spec a try it void warranty but they do peak tune so fuel mileage or horse power there thing. Makes you wonder now with research you mentioned will still buy freightliner

Very interesting video. The question is, is enough investing in reducing the consumption of trucks? Who decides if it is invested and how much is invested?

That’s actually very good video wow

I like my Cummins because it’s not if it will break down but when and how many people can work on it

Your information as to ownership is correct with PACCAR (KW & Pete) and Daimler (Freightliner & Western Star), and Volvo (Volvo & Mack) along with the other info as to the engine makers and the oil companies. But having lived in the Chicago area (10 years), in Michigan (2 years) and talked to many truck or trailer mfg. firms, in those years and since, over 50% of a Class 8 Truck's fuel consumption is overcoming wind resistance. Now the Peterbilt/Cummins' SuperTruck is supposed to clock in at 10.7 MPG and the Airflow BulletTruck is supposed to clock in at 13.4MPG. So the issue is being worked on but I am always surprised at truck operators whether fleets or one unit that don't avail themselves of regular-speed operation, tire-inflation monitors, side skirts, trailer boat tails, etc. to save fuel. Also, do not agree with the overall premise as first off, if industries other than the computer industry were able to realize the savings/productivity seen in computers, it would be amazing and the smart phones have benefited from lithium-ion batteries just like other sectors have with power tools. If this was a collaboration between engine makers and the oil companies then why have any changes to fuel economy at all?? Why have we went from 10MPG fuel economy in the early 1970s to 20MPG now for cars and light trucks obviously recognizing the impact of Federal CAFE Standards and that the car market has many more players from Asia and Europe?? But why wouldn't the conspiracy just expand to more firms?? Typically 70%-80% of all stocks in the major indexes are held by institutional investors per any number of sources including this one: www.pionline.com/article/20170425/INTERACTIVE/170429926/80-of-equity-market-cap-held-by-institutions. You will see firms like Vanguard (as I know having money in them ) in many sectors and then multiple firms within those sectors for diversification. Therefore this is not a conspiracy but just a fact of life.

Every driver has seen this. Flying J, TA, and Love's. Is always priced higher in fuel 10-30 cents per gallon thin any other fuel station. So there are making more income off of that thin anything else. Just my thought

I’m a KZfaq trucker too snd I’m a fan of your channel. Awesome content. Stay positive brother keep trucking

your right . but the reason trucks use so much fuel is the tires, they don't roll without friction and thats turned into heat . i got better fuel mileage with my 85 maxidyne and test show that motor produces less pollution at highway speeds . but not in city driving . why hasn't there been a variable gear driven transmission invented ? there has to be a way with tapered sliding gears .

Sad reality is my 401 K investments have the same players. Vanguard, Blackrock. We are slaves invested in our owners.

In my opinion the insurance companies run the industry

Even trying to mention the Hebrew owners of Blackrock and Vangaurd is getting my comments removed.

Monopoly, same but wear different hats and it's in very industry, especially in the automotive industry.

Amazing info.. I’ll definitely use this to my advantage 😉❤️