Western Star last week staged a dealer meeting in Las Vegas to underscore its new structure as a separate business unit under Daimler Trucks North America. Trucking reporters were invited to drive some of the division's on- and off-highway product
Eaton's UltraShift has been updated and upgraded with a new, two-plate, electronically activated clutch and revised logic for the electronic controller that makes it a much sweeter transmission that will learn - or coach - according to driver deman
Will Chrysler return to the Class 8 market that it left 34 years ago? Fred Diaz, CEO of Chrysler LLC's Dodge Ram Truck, said his group will explore expansion into heavy trucks while it adds Euro-style cargo vans and a new American light pickup. They'll all be called Rams but not overtly Dodge Rams because the Ram name has gained near-stand-alone brand status within Chrysler
During the fourth quarter, Haldex Commercial Vehicle Systems will be moving into a new friction center in Columbia, S.C., which includes new equipment as well as an increase in manufacturing space
FedEx Express has plans to buy 51 additional gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles from Azure Dynamics Corporation, rounding out its total fleet of hybrid electric and electric vehicles to 325 after the new step-vans are delivere
Choice Environmental Services, a private waste hauler in south Florida, has deployed a new fleet of 10 compressed natural gas refuse trucks, which are expected to cut emissions by 25 percent compared to diesel-fueled trucks
The U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) has tapped Navistar Defense to produce 1,928 additional medium tactical vehicles worth $348 millio
TravelCenters of America said it lost $12.2 million in the third quarter on continued difficult economic conditions as well as declines in fuel sales volume
Here's a quick quiz: What's your tire cost per mile? How many miles per 32nd do you get out of a steer or drive tire? How many miles do you expect from a steer tire
Falling from a tall trailer will almost certainly result in broken bones or worse for a driver or maintenance person, and will cost thousands of dollars in medical and worker's compensation claims
At the inaugural meeting of the North American Council for Freight Efficiency last week, the Rocky Mountain Institute's Move team spurred a dialogue between users of "efficiency technologies" and the makers of these fuel-saving products. While the two industry groups don't always understand each other, they certainly agreed on the same thing at the council meeting: There is no source of fair, independent and neutral information on these technologies
Repossessions and liquidations of trucking equipment has started to fall off in the third quarter, with Nassau Asset Management's NasTrac Quarterly Index down
Trucking companies and industry associations across the country have been honoring truck drivers for their hard work and celebrating their role this wee
During a presentation at the annual convention of the Service Specialists Association in Washington, D.C., Bill Wade of Wade&Partners stressed the importance of people in affecting change in the next three years as well as the role of technolog
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, along with other state and local leaders, was on hand to celebrate the opening of Electric Vehicles International's worldwide headquarters and primary U.S. facility in Stockton, Calif., recently
The World of Volvo is a stunning global conference and business center celebrating the global heritage and influence of the Volvo brand. And HDT was there for the grand opening ceremonies in Gothenburg, Sweden, on April 8, 2024.
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