Delphi agrees to supply
Allison hybrid components
Dec 10, 2009

Allison Transmission Inc has entered into a long-term business agreement with Delphi Automotive Systems LLC. Under terms of the agreement, Delphi will supply Allison Transmission with key hybrid drive system components and energy storage systems...

Valvoline, tiwi team up to boost truck fuel economy
Dec 1, 2009

Tank truck fleets are being promised that a new program could reduce fuel consumption by up to 4%...

Carbon Footprint
Dec 1, 2009

Tank container enviromental impact less than drums...

Blendstar breaks ground
for new biofuel terminal
Dec 1, 2009

Blendstar LLC announced the groundbreaking for a biofuel transload terminal to distribute ethanol and biodiesel along the Gulf Coast...

Mack MP diesel engines
are certified for EPA2010
Nov 23, 2009

Mack Trucks Inc diesel engines have been certified by the US Environmental Protection Agency and the California Air Resources Board to meet the near-zero emissions standards that take effect in January 2010...

EPA, CARB certify Volvo
diesel engines for 2010
Nov 23, 2009

Volvo Trucks North America’s D11 and D13 engines have been certified by the US Environmental Protection Agency and the California Air Resources Board as meeting upcoming 2010 diesel emissions standards...

2009 Fleet Study indicates
slow demand for 2010 units
Nov 18, 2009

The 2009 Fleet Study conducted by CK Commercial Vehicle Research indicates a likely slow demand for new 2010 EPA-compliant power units when they are initially introduced. Respondents to the study were wary of committing to placing orders for the new equipment in the first half of 2010...

NRDC attacks ignore
success of Clean
Truck Program: ATA
Nov 16, 2009

In a series of blogs and open letters, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) attorney David Pettit has attacked the Port of Long Beach CA for working with the trucking industry to develop a Clean Truck Program at the port that is achieving positive results, creates a tightly controlled regulatory atmosphere to ensure that those results are sustained and built upon, and also ends costly litigation...

2010 ENGINE EMISSION TECHNOLOGY
Nov 1, 2009

Bio-DME trucks from Volvo taking part in field tests In 2010, Volvo Trucks will start conducting field tests involving Bio-DME...

Kenworth receives Green Washington award for 09
Nov 1, 2009

Kenworth Truck Company was honored with the 2009 Green Washington manufacturing award from Seattle Business magazine during a special awards banquet in Seattle WA recently...

Bendix supports NHTSA findings on value of ESC
Oct 29, 2009

Bendix Commercial Vehicle System LLC supports the conclusions of a study released by the federal government showing that Electronic Stability Control (ESC), also known as Electronic Stability Program (ESP), on heavy trucks (above 10,000 lbs) can both substantially reduce the number of annual heavy-truck crashes and prevent injuries and deaths...

Port terminal operators meet
CARB clean trucks deadline
Oct 5, 2009

Marine terminal operators at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach CA announced they have met the deadline to comply with a new clean trucks regulation from the California Air Resources Board (CARB)...

Detroit Diesel applies to EPA for DD13, DD15 certification
Oct 5, 2009

Having recently completed more than 25 million miles of testing with its BlueTec emissions control system, Detroit Diesel Corporation has filed applications with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the California Air Resource Board (CARB) for 2010 certification of Detroit Diesel DD13 and DD15 engines with BlueTec emissions control systems...