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2008 Ford Explorer Sport Trac Review

2008 Ford Explorer Sport Trac Review

The latest generation Ford Sport Trac, a member of the Explorer family, made its debut late in 2006. Like the original 2001 Sport Trac, it is built like a pickup with a large Explorer-based cabin mounted to the pickup truck frame. Behind is a short 4.5-foot bed. Like the Explorer and unlike F-150, Sport Trac has Indepe ... Continue reading

Oshkosh Corporation to Manufacture Additional 1,084 HEMTT A4s for U.S. Army

Oshkosh Corporation to Manufacture Additional 1,084 HEMTT A4s for U.S. Army

OSHKOSH, Wis.--Oshkosh Corporation received a contract modification from the U.S. Army to the current family of heavy tactical vehicles (FHTV) contract, ordering the manufacture of 1,084 heavy expanded mobility tactical trucks (HEMTT) in the A4 configuration. This contract modification raises the total of Oshkosh® HEM ... Continue reading

TPMS Will Tell You if Your Tires are Under Pressure

TPMS Will Tell You if Your Tires are Under Pressure

BETHESDA, Md., March 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- You've just purchased a new vehicle and already a dashboard warning light is on, but this is one you might not have seen before. There's a good chance it's the new warning light tied to the Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS), which as of 2008, is standard on all new ... Continue reading

Volkswagen AG Buys Controlling Share of Scania Trucks

Volkswagen AG Buys Controlling Share of Scania Trucks

GENEVA/STOCKHOLM, March 3, 2008; Christiaan Hetzner and Niklas Pollard writing for Reuters reported that Volkswagen will take majority control of Swedish truckmaker Scania (SCVb.ST: Quote, Profile, Research) in a $4 billion deal that brings it a major step closer to its goal of creating Europe's truck market leader. Th ... Continue reading

CarSponsorships.com Partners With Sun Automobile

CarSponsorships.com Partners With Sun Automobile

We at CarSponsorships.com pride ourselves on giving our clients the best products that are available on the market. With our staff working daily adding new Sponsor companies, we are glad to bring on another company for our clients to jump on board with. The latest addition to the CarSponsorships.com family is SUN AUTOM ... Continue reading

Coca-Cola's Hybrid Electric Drivetrain Order Is Eaton's Largest To Date

Coca-Cola's Hybrid Electric Drivetrain Order Is Eaton's Largest To Date

KALAMAZOO, Mich.--Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton Corporation today announced that Coca-Cola Enterprises will purchase 120 new trucks in 2008 powered by Eaton’s hybrid electric drivetrain systems. The Coca-Cola order represents the largest North American commercial order to date for Eaton’s hybrid s ... Continue reading

Adams Electric Will Own First Plug-In Hybrid Electric Diesel Utility Vehicle (PHEV)

Adams Electric Will Own First Plug-In Hybrid Electric Diesel Utility Vehicle (PHEV)

GETTYSBURG, Pa.--Adams Electric Cooperative, headquartered in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, will be the first utility in the United States to own and operate a Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) bucket truck. “To our knowledge,” says Steve Rasmussen, Adams Electric’s CEO/general manager, “no other u ... Continue reading

Dodge Continues Commercial Vehicle Market Offensive with Strategic Upgrades, Enhancements

Dodge Continues Commercial Vehicle Market Offensive with Strategic Upgrades, Enhancements

ATLANTA, Feb. 26 -- -- 2008 Dodge Ram 4500 and 5500 Chassis Cabs' fuel economy 23 percent better than Chevy Kodiak and GMC Topkick; 14 percent better than Ford F-550 Chassis Cab -- 2008 Dodge Sprinter offers 25 percent better fuel economy than Ford E-series vans -- 2008 Dodge Ram 4500 and 5500 Chassis Cabs certified fo ... Continue reading

Smart Energy Solutions Launches New Product for Heavy Duty Trucks, Buses and RVs

Smart Energy Solutions Launches New Product for Heavy Duty Trucks, Buses and RVs

Targeted at Medium and Heavy Duty Fleet, Beverage, Courier, Construction, Bus and RV Markets POMPTON PLAINS, N.J., Feb. 26 -- Smart Energy Solutions, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: SMGY) , developer and manufacturer of the innovative Battery Brain(TM) electronic controller for vehicle and marine batteries has developed and is l ... Continue reading

NGVAmerica Applauds Actions by Port of Long Beach to Cut Pollution by Replacing Dirty Diesel Trucks

NGVAmerica Applauds Actions by Port of Long Beach to Cut Pollution by Replacing Dirty Diesel Trucks

WASHINGTON--Yesterday, in an historic step, the Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners voted to approve the final elements of a landmark Clean Trucks Program that will replace and modernize the entire port trucking fleet with natural gas and other cleaner trucks. The result will be the reduction of port-related air p ... Continue reading

National AF&V Conference Keynote Speakers Announced - Focus is on Greening Global Transportation

National AF&V Conference Keynote Speakers Announced - Focus is on Greening Global Transportation

Las Vegas, NV - February 12 - Alternative Fuel Vehicle Institute (AFVi) hosts the fourteenth Alternative Fuels & Vehicles National Conference + Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada, May 11-14. AF&V Conference 2008 raises the topical issues of the role vehicles and fuels play in energy security and climate change. The national con ... Continue reading

2008 Chicago Auto Show: International LoneStar Debuts; Truck Combines Style, Functionality - VIDEO ENHANCED

2008 Chicago Auto Show: International LoneStar Debuts; Truck Combines Style, Functionality - VIDEO ENHANCED

CHICAGO--The deep-throated roar of a big bore diesel engine wrapped in a sleek chrome grill announced the arrival today of the world’s most innovative big-rig truck. Navistar International Corp. (Other OTC: NAVZ) unveiled its International® brand’s new flagship product, the visually stunning and technologi ... Continue reading

2008 Chicago Auto Show: Ford Work Solutions: Expanding the Capability and Productivity of America's Favorite Trucks

2008 Chicago Auto Show: Ford Work Solutions: Expanding the Capability and Productivity of America's Favorite Trucks

- Ford Work Solutions is a collection of affordable technologies - including four industry-first features - that will provide Ford customers connectivity, flexibility and security to better run key aspects of their business - from their Ford Truck, even on the job site. - Ford Work Solutions will be available this fall ... Continue reading

China's top 10 commercial vehicle makers in 2007

China's top 10 commercial vehicle makers in 2007

Shanghai. February 4 (Gasgoo.com) – China’s domestic sales of commercial vehicles reached 2.49 million units last year, up 22.25 percent from one year earlier, according to China Association of Automobile Manufacturers. The table below shows top 10 commercial vehicle makers in Chinese market last year. Rank C ... Continue reading

2008 Chicago Auto Show: GMC to Introduce Denali XT - VIDEO ENHANCED

2008 Chicago Auto Show: GMC to Introduce Denali XT - VIDEO ENHANCED

Detroit February 3, 2008; General Motor’s GMC division will unveil its Denali XT, a sport-utility hybrid truck concept, at the 2008 Chicago Auto Show. The four-door Denali XT concept features a 2-mode hybrid propulsion system, E-85 capabilities and direct-injection technology. By using this technology, GM official ... Continue reading

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