Navistar accumulates 5 million hybrid miles

The number of owners and operators of Navistar's hybrid-powered commercial vehicles is growing as hybrid trucks and buses become more and more attractive to businesses looking to their fleets and improve fuel economy...

Four Hendrickson divisions join SmartWay

Hendrickson announced that four of its divisions Truck Suspension Systems, Trailer Suspension Systems, Auxiliary Axle Systems, and Bumper and Trim have joined the SmartWay Transport Partnership...

ArvinMeritor hybrid Class 8 truck technology gains notice of federal government leaders

ArvinMeritor Inc hosted President Obama's White House energy advisor, Carol Browner, at its Troy MI headquarters to discuss the company's dual-mode hybrid Class 8 truck's green benefits and test-drive the vehicle...

Detroit Diesel, ESOC develop fuel filter change system safer to environment

Detroit Diesel Corporation has collaborated with ESOC (Environmentally Safe Oil Change) Commercial Truck Inc...

BlueTec technology reaches
25-million-mile testing level

Detroit Diesel Corporation announced its BlueTec emissions technology completed 25 million miles of testing ahead of schedule...

Daimler announces pricing
for emission technologies

Daimler Trucks North America announced pricing for meeting EPA2010 standards with its Detroit Diesel BlueTec or Cummins mid-range engine emissions technologies...

ArvinMeritor hybrid Class 8
truck gains greater notice

ArvinMeritor In recently hosted President Obama’s White House energy advisor, Carol Browner, at its Troy MI headquarters to discuss the company’s dual-mode hybrid Class 8...

ATA applauds bill offering
incentives to reduce idling

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) applauds Reps Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and Kay Granger (R-TX) for their sponsorship of HR 3383...

Oregon launches B2
biodiesel requirement

Oregon’s 2% biodiesel (B2) requirement has gone into effect as of August 5, making it the third state supporting increased reliance on the cleaner-burning, domestically produced fuel...

Alcoa, CIMC to develop efficient tanker trailer

Alcoa and CIMC Vehicles (Shandong) Co Ltd, a specialty truck manufacturer in China, have formed a strategic partnership to design and develop a new, energy-efficient aluminum fuel tanker trailer for the Asian market....

Study indicates preference for SCR to meet EPA 10 rules

With just six months to go before the new EPA 2010 emissions standards for heavy-duty diesel engines go into effect, a national research study conducted...

Volvo No Regen Engine tour touts excellence in emissions technology

Seeing is believing, so Volvo Trucks North America is making sure as many people as possible see its EPA2010 emissions technology in action through its...

Navistar on track with engines for 2010; final tests nearly done

Continuing on its path to meet the latest emissions requirements through its Advanced EGR (exhaust gas recirculation) MaxxForce engines, Navistar announced...

Freightliner debuts M2 112 natural gas-powered truck

Freightliner Trucks introduced its first natural gas-powered truck, the Freightliner Business Class M2 112 NG, ideal for port operations, natural gas...

House approves bill to bring more NGVs to market faster

The US House of Representatives, by unanimous consent, passed HR 1622, a bill that would direct the Secretary of Energy to: (1) conduct a five-year program...