Fuel Created By Cows Makes Dairy Farm Trucks Run Cleaner
Jun 20, 2011
Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc. announced today that it has received a contract in the amount of $434,000 for high capacity natural gas on-board storage tanks from Agility Fuel Systems for use in Class 8 renewable natural gas powered dairy trucks. The tanks will be installed on Kenworth T800 Class 8 t ... Continue reading
Maintenance and Repair Provider, Lawson Products Gets Utah Transit Authority Contract
Jun 20, 2011
Lawson Products, Inc. an industrial distributor of more than 300,000 maintenance and repair solutions, was awarded a three-year contract to supply all of the Utah Transit Authority's (UTA) fastener needs. As per the agreement, Lawson Products will provide a minimum of 2,500 different fastener products including bolts, ... Continue reading
GPS Insight Wins in Software Category for TechAmerica Foundation American Technology Awards
Jun 19, 2011
GPS Insight, a leading provider of GPS tracking solutions for commercial and municipal fleets, was named the winner in the Software category for the American Technology Awards. ... Continue reading
Class 8 Commercial Trucks Get Visctronic Fan Drives--Increasing Efficiency and Fuel Economy
Jun 17, 2011
A first for Class 8 commercial trucks in North America, BorgWarner Thermal Systems now supplies Visctronic fan drives as optional equipment for Freightliner Cascadia trucks powered by DD13 and DD15 engines. Engineered for optimal efficiency, BorgWarner's electronically controlled Visctronic fan drives operate only when ... Continue reading
90 Million Gallons of Milk per Year Will Be Transported with Compressed Natural Gas
Jun 14, 2011
Renewable Dairy Fuels, an affiliate of major Indiana milk producer Fair Oaks Dairy, has contracted with Clean Energy Fuels Corp. to build and operate a new compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station (Fair Oaks Station) that will dispense CNG fuel to power the initial fleet of 42 CNG milk-hauling trucks that the dairy ... Continue reading
Daimler Trucks Announces Plans to Ramp Up Production and Hire an Additional 1,400 Employees
Jun 10, 2011
Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) today announced that it plans to sharply increase production and employment levels at its Mt. Holly, NC and Portland, OR truck manufacturing plants during the last half of 2011. Production and hiring will also increase significantly at the company's Saltillo plant in Mexico. Over 1,2 ... Continue reading
Meritor Launches 18X Single Reduction Axle in Lindesberg, Sweden
Jun 8, 2011
Meritor, Inc. announced today it has taken another step toward increasing efficiency in commercial vehicles with the launch of its 18X rear axle for fast and heavy long-haul operations. Today at the company's manufacturing facility in Lindesberg, Sweden, Peter Karlsten, president of Volvo Powertrain and Rose-Marie Freb ... Continue reading
Volvo Trucks First to Market LNG Powered Truck for Long-Haul Operations - VIDEO FEATURE
Jun 1, 2011
Gothenburg, Sweden - If things go as planned, we expect sales to take off in 6-8 European countries within the next two years, with about 400 Volvo FM MethaneDiesel trucks sold a year. Future sales will naturally depend largely on expansion of liquefied gas filling stations for commercial vehicles. Volvo Trucks (STO:VO ... Continue reading
HELP--Heavy Vehicle Electronic License Plate Gets New Leader
May 31, 2011
Rick Clasby, a 23-year veteran of commercial vehicle safety enforcement, will serve as the organization's new president and CEO effective July 1. Clasby will report to HELP's board of directors. Serving the people of Utah since 1988, Clasby has been involved in all aspects of commercial vehicle compliance from on-road ... Continue reading
Ryder Chairman and CEO to Address KeyBanc Capital Markets Industrial & Automotive Conference
May 28, 2011
MIAMI--Ryder System, Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Greg Swienton will present a Company update at the KeyBanc Capital Markets Industrial & Automotive Conference. Who: à Ryder System, Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Greg Swienton à What: KeyBanc Capital Markets Industrial & Automotive Confere ... Continue reading
DriveCam, Inc. Announces MV Transportation Renews 5,000 Vehicle Fleet Contract
May 26, 2011
SAN DIEGO--DriveCam, Inc., a global Driver Risk Management Company, today announced that MV Transportation, Inc. has extended its full-fleet contract for three additional years. This renewal is a result of the ROI achieved, along with the program support DriveCam provides to help run a successful program for collision ... Continue reading
Compare EPA MPG Estimates With Real World Owner Shared MPG
May 26, 2011
FYI: Rank cars and trucks by MPG FYI: Find Your Exact Fuel Costs For 1997-2011 Vehicles Fuel Economy.Gov is a U.S. government web site that has created very useful tools and collected useful and surprising MPG data. Below you will find comparisons of the EPA estimated MPG compared to the MPG of drivers like you. In thi ... Continue reading
Chrysler Group Providing Selected Cities With a Test Fleet of PHEV Ram 1500 Pickup Trucks
May 25, 2011
AUBURN HILLS, Mich., May 25, 2011 -- One hundred forty plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) will be supplied to selected cities and states as part of a demonstration project Up to 6.5 million miles to be accumulated on demonstration vehicles over the next three years Fleet of vehicles developed in partnership with U ... Continue reading
Who will win? Scania in Fuel Efficiency Duel with German Haulier
May 24, 2011
Sweden--Scania's Transport Laboratory and the German transport company TSL have challenged each other: who can save the most fuel while transporting commercial cargo? Spectators may follow the deciding test on the web, with special insight into the positioning and fuel consumption of the two Euro 6 trucks provided by S ... Continue reading
2011 Toyota Tacoma PreRunner Review - Late Production
May 23, 2011
2011 TOYOTA TACOMA PRERUNNER ACCESS CAB compact pickups, review By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau Of all segments in the car and light truck market in the US one of the weakest is what are sometimes called compact pickups. Compare to:Nissan Frontier, Suzuki Equator, Chevy Colorado, Ford Ranger (due to go ... Continue reading
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