Mitsubishi to Launch New Hybrid Truck
Jul 7, 2002
TOKYO — Kyodo News reported that Mitsubishi Motors Corp (MMC) plans to launch a small hybrid truck that combines an electric motor with a diesel engine in 2004 to get around tightened rules on diesel engine emissions that take effect next year, company officials said Saturday. The vehicle will be based on the new ... Continue reading
Newtech Introduces Its Full Contact Disc Brake to The Urban Bus Market
Jul 3, 2002
BLAINVILLE, Quebec, July 2 NewTech Group International Inc. announced today that it has been awarded a contract to adapt its full contact disc brake to the ZF drop axles used on the Nova Bus low-floor busses owned by the Societe de Transport de Montreal. The work on this contract will start in August 2002. The impact o ... Continue reading
Jul 1, 2002
CHICAGO, July 1 -- Navistar International Corp., a major maker of diesel engines that is contracted to supply a new line of V-8 and V-6, low emission-type powerplants to Ford Motor Co. for use in the assembly of Ford trucks and sport utility-type vehicles, assigned a second team of designers to create V-6 engine protot ... Continue reading
DaimlerChrysler Full Of Big Wind (Tunnel That Is)
Jun 28, 2002
AUBURN HILLS, Mich., June 28 DaimlerChrysler Corporation today opened a new $37.5 million wind tunnel facility that will provide the company with state-of-the-art aerodynamic and acoustic testing capability in the design and engineering of future Chrysler, Jeep® and Dodge vehicles. "This new facility underscores our c ... Continue reading
Roadway Express Named Carrier of the Year
Jun 28, 2002
AKRON, Ohio--June 28, 2002--Roadway Express, Inc., a leading ISO 9002-certified transporter of retail, commercial and industrial goods in the two- to five-day regional and long-haul markets, has received the "2001 Less-Than-Truckload Carrier of the Year" award from Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. "To be honored as Carrier of the ... Continue reading
Jun 28, 2002
VANCOUVER, June 27 - Cummins Westport Inc., a joint venture of Cummins Inc.and Westport Innovations Inc.announced today that its low-emissions C Gas Plus engine has achieved Euro 3 certification with universal natural gas fuel qualities. To obtain universal fuel certification, an engine must demonstrate emissions at or ... Continue reading
Oshkosh Truck Corporation To List On New York Stock Exchange
Jun 28, 2002
OSHKOSH, Wis.--June 27, 2002-- Move Reflects Company's Emergence in Global Markets Oshkosh Truck Corporation , a diversified manufacturer of defense and commercial trucks and truck bodies, today announced that its common stock will be listed and begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the new ticker s ... Continue reading
Latest NCAP Crash Ratings Of Cars Sold In Europe
Jun 27, 2002
US Automakers Lose 8 out of 10 On Autoweek``America's Best'' Reader Survey
Jun 26, 2002
DETROIT--June 26, 2002--AutoWeek recently tabulated results of its 13th Annual "America's Best" Survey, conducted entirely online this year at www.autoweek.com. The survey allowed respondents the opportunity to actively participate and voice their opinion on their favorite cars, trucks and sport-utility vehicles. The l ... Continue reading
Fuel FX Recognized for 5 Million Miles of Problem-Free Performance
Jun 26, 2002
DALLAS--June 26, 2002--Fuel FX, Inc., a privately held Texas corporation, which has developed proprietary technologies that increase miles per gallon (mpg) on diesel and gasoline engines, today announced that they had received recognition for 5 million miles of problem-free performance from its insurance carrier, Glaci ... Continue reading
Jun 25, 2002
NEWARK, N.J.--June 25, 2002--A state announcement delaying State Farm's application to withdraw from New Jersey's auto insurance market neither ends the threat to auto insurance availability nor remedies consumers' woeful lack of auto insurance choice, warns the Coalition for Auto Insurance Competition. "The state's an ... Continue reading
Ford Pulls Plug on Luxury Pickup
Jun 24, 2002
DETROIT Reuters reported that Ford Motor Co. said on Monday that the Lincoln Blackwood luxury pickup truck will go out of production later this summer, after one of the shortest runs for a mass market vehicle in the history of the modern auto assembly line. "The way we've evaluated the program at this point, it doesn't ... Continue reading
Modine to Supply Components for DaimlerChrysler Fuel Cell Bus
Jun 24, 2002
RACINE, Wis.--June 24, 2002--Modine Manufacturing Company announced today that it will supply thermal management components to Ballard Power Systems for use on fuel cell buses. Ballard is a leader in developing and providing proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell engines for transportation applications. "This is an i ... Continue reading
Jun 24, 2002
OSHKOSH, Wis.--June 24, 2002-- Unique Lifting Device Provides More Flexibility Oshkosh Truck Corporation's European subsidiary, Geesink Norba Group, a leading European manufacturer of refuse collection vehicles, announced today that the City of Munich (Germany) has ordered 30 Geesink brand refuse collection vehicles. T ... Continue reading
Jun 22, 2002
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