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Navistar ships about 17,000 vehicles

At a facility tour for media at the company’s Huntsville Engine Plant in Huntsville AL, Navistar International Corporation announced its success in delivering approximately 17,000 vehicles to US and Canadian customers in the past quarter. ...

Volvo partners with WWF to cut emissions

The Volvo Group will join the World Wide Fund for Nature’s (WWF) Climate Savers Program. As a WWF partner, the Volvo Group’s truck companies undertake to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from vehicles manufactured between 2009 and 2014 by 13 million tons....

Capacity of Texas will develop
hydrogen fuel cell terminal truck

Capacity of Texas announces the award of an $872,000 grant to develop a hydrogen fuel cell terminal truck. The project is supported by the state of Texas through a grant from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality....

ATA applauds Obama administration
for supporting more productive trucks

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) applauds the Obama administration for its efforts to make permanent two pilot programs that grant more productive trucks access to Interstate highways in Maine and Vermont. ...

Used-vehicle price rises 3% in September

The average retail sales price of Class 8 used vehicles sold in September 2010 increased 3% month-over-month to $42,100 according to ACT Research Co. ...

DTNA optimism

THE ECONOMY is back on track, and there is reason for optimism in the trucking business, Andreas Renschler, member of the Board of Management of Daimler...

Volvo Trucks field-tests liquefied gas

Volvo Trucks will initiate public field testing with methane diesel trucks that can run on liquefied methane gas. At the same time, Sweden's first filling...

Mack forecast

OPTIMISM was abundant during the Mack Trucks World Sales Conference October 26-28 in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Mack officials made it clear that they believe...

Kenworth C500 has larger cooling module

The Kenworth C500 vocational model has received a new, larger cooling module and hood facelift for 2010. Designed to handle heavy loads over rough terrain,...

Prius on steroids
, BY RICK WEBER

FREIGHTLINER describes it as the first-ever diesel electric hybrid fuel truck. With apologies to Toyota, Diesel Direct president Dan Abrams calls it a...

Historic first

BARBARA Windsor made trucking industry history during the American Trucking Associations 2010 Management Conference October 16-19 when she accepted the...

CARB tries to amend Truck and Bus Rule, SmartWay mandate

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has released draft regulatory language for proposed amendments to the In-Use On-Road Diesel Vehicle Regulation (Truck and Bus Rule) and the Heavy-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Regulation (California SmartWay mandate)....

NC2 launches operations in South Africa

NC2 Global LLC, the global joint venture between Caterpillar Inc and Navistar Inc, has launched operations in South Africa, where it will market a full line of commercial trucks under both the International and Cat brands. ...

NC2 targets Australia with on-road trucks

The first-ever Cat on-road trucks will be launched in October by NC2 Global LLC, the global joint venture between Caterpillar Inc and Navistar Inc....

Medium-duty truck
production constrained

While medium-duty truck demand has been slowly growing for several months, a strong rebound in North American production of medium-duty trucks is being constrained by continuing weakness in the housing and construction sector...

Preliminary Class 8 data
shows surge in orders

FTR Associates has released preliminary data showing September 2010 Class 8 truck total net orders for all major North American OEMs at 14,872 units, a 21.6% increase over the previous month and 38.8% better than September 2009...

Westmor builds its
biggest LP bobtail yet

Westmor Industries, a manufacturer of petroleum and liquid handling equipment, recently completed engineering and production work on its largest-capacity LP bobtail. The new unit will be put to work by FCA Co-op, a propane distributor with several locations throughout southern Minnesota...

Volvo EPA 2010 truck orders above 10,000

Volvo Trucks North America announced that orders for Class 8 trucks equipped with EPA 2010-certified Volvo Group engines which include the Volvo D11,...

CTP hails Obama administration
inclusion of Maine, Vermont
truck weight increase proposal

The Coalition for Transportation Productivity (CTP), a group of more than 160 shippers and allied associations dedicated to responsibly increasing federal weight limits on Interstate highways, applauded the Obama administration for including a provision in the Fiscal Year 2011 Continuing Resolution that formally asks Congress make permanent two pilot programs that give heavier, six-axle trucks full access to Interstate highways in Maine and Vermont. ...

SelecTrucks extends
Down Payment Match

SelecTrucks is extending its Down Payment Match promotion through December 31, 2010. ...

August Class 8 net
orders similar to July’s

FTR Associates has released preliminary data showing August Class 8 truck total net orders for all major North American OEMs at 12,337 units, a 8.3% increase over the previous month’s net orders and 16.8% better than August 2009....

Truck dealers urge sales
incentives in meeting
with Obama officials

The American Truck Dealers (ATD) led a coalition of trucking industry executives to meet recently with senior members of the Obama administration and to discuss the state of the industry, the impact of higher costs resulting from new emission mandates, and options to boost medium- and heavy-duty truck sales....

Used commercial vehicle registrations set a record

There were 354,400 used commercial vehicles (GVW Class 3-8) registered in the United States during the first two quarters of 2010, according to Polk...

TRALA meets with Obama officials, pushes financial incentives to aid trucking

The Truck Renting and Leasing Association (TRALA) was joined by representatives of truck dealers, truck, engine, equipment manufacturers, and truck operators in meeting with senior officials of the Obama administration...

Blackberry app connects
truckers with Michelin

Michelin Americas Truck Tires (MATT) is rolling out a mobile dealer-locator application for Blackberry smart phones used in the United States and Canada. The new Michelin Blackberry application joins the existing Michelin ONCall emergency road service (ERS) and online dealer and service locator in Michelin’s “Wherever You Go” offering....

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