The ‘Wingfoot Express’, a Packard Model E 5-ton truck sponsored by the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, established the first interstate trucking route with regular nonstop runs from the Akron tire factory in Ohio to the company’s tire fabric mill in Connecticut, US. The truck had the first sleeper cab in the trucking industry, so that the two-man crew could alternate driving chores.

1917年4月9日，由固特异轮胎橡胶公司赞助的帕卡德（Packard）E型5吨卡车“Wingfoot Express”，建立了第一条州际卡车运输线路，从俄亥俄州的阿克隆轮胎厂到该公司位于美国康涅狄格州的轮胎材料厂定期不间断运行。这款卡车拥有卡车运输业的第一个卧铺驾驶室，因此两个工作人员可以轮换驾驶。

编译/周伟平

审核/吴丹

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