March 10 2014 - Products
Alcoa
TMC, NASHVILLE -- Alcoa Wheel and Transportation Products says its new 14-inch wide base and 9-inch wheels are again the lightest in the industry, using Alcoa's proprietary LvL One wheel manufacturing process of light weighting coupled with 6061 alloy.
Tags: Wheels, Alcoa, Wide-base tires
March 7 2014 - Products
Sprinter
The model year 2015 Sprinter 4x4 goes on sale in the U.S. in the first quarter of calendar year 2015. Both 144-inch and 170-inch wheelbases will be available in both low and high roof configurations, in both passenger and cargo versions.
Tags: Cargo Vans, Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, 4x4, Sprinter
March 6 2014 - Products
Meritor
Meritor Inc. introduced a universal knuckle for use with its non-drive front steer axles, giving global customers a new solution to outfit drum or air disc brakes.
Tags: Meritor, Steer Axles
March 5 2014 - Products
SAF Holland
WORK TRUCK SHOW -- SAF Holland has a new steerable lift axle, the Neway LSZ, that features a compact mounting, fast deployment and retracting times, and angled air bags for greater stability on dump, mixer, block and other vocational trucks.
Tags: Holland, SAF Holland, Lift Axle, Auxiliary Axle, Vocational Trucks, Work Truck Show, NTEA, Axles
March 5 2014 - Products
Mitsubishi Fuso Truck of America Inc.
WORK TRUCK SHOW -- A new Canter FE130 model boosts gross vehicle weight rating and body/payload capacity by 700 pounds over the previous FE125 model, and a recalibrated Duonic transmission provides more performance, said executives of Mitsubishi Fuso Truck of America.
Tags: Mitsubishi Fuso, Canter, Fuso, Class 3, Work Truck Show, NTEA, Medium-Duty Trucks
March 6 2014 - Products
Navistar Inc.
Navistar announced enhancements to its severe service and medium-duty product lines, including adding selective catalytic reduction emissions technology to its higher-horsepower midrange engines.
Tags: Emissions, Navistar, Medium-Duty Trucks, SCR, TerraStar, Engines
March 5 2014 - Products
Isuzu
WORK TRUCK SHOW -- Isuzu Commercial Truck of America unveiled its lineup of 2014 and 2015 model year N-Series diesel models. The company also announced that it would extend its 24 Months/60,000 Miles Covered Maintenance Program to all the diesel models sold through June 30, 2014.
Tags: Isuzu, NTEA, Work Truck Show, Medium-Duty Trucks
March 5 2014 - Products
Telogis, General Motors
WORK TRUCK SHOW -- Auto and commercial fleets using OnStar-equipped General Motors vehicles will be able to use Telogis’ location intelligence platform to collect data on vehicle and driver performance that can help reduce costs and improve safety, the companies announced March 5 at the Work Truck Show in Indianapolis.
Tags: NTEA, Work Truck Show, Telogis, General Motors, Telematics, Medium-Duty Trucks
March 5 2014 - Products
Allison Transmission, Freightliner Trucks
WORK TRUCK SHOW -- Allison Transmission says a new series of FuelSense fuel-efficiency features can deliver 5% to 15% savings for certain truck applications compared to its current base-line fully automatic, “constant power” products. Freightliner says it will be the first OEM in North America to release FuelSense in medium-duty trucks late this year.
Tags: NTEA, Work Truck Show, Transmissions, Allison Transmission
March 5 2014 - Products
Goodyear Tires
WORK TRUCK SHOW -- The new Goodyear G731 MSA and G751 MSA mixed-service tires will be available this summer. Fleets will be able to buy several sizes of these tires with Goodyear’s exclusive DuraSeal Technology.
Tags: Goodyear, Tires, Tires and Wheels, NTEA, Work Truck Show, Vocational
March 4 2014 - Products
Navistar, Diamond Logic
WORK TRUCK SHOW -- Navistar announced new Diamond Logic feature bundles specific to the vocational truck market. Feature bundles are categorized by usage and body integration such as dry van, dump and utility as well as outline features relevant to operations of the particular application.
Tags: Navistar, Diamond Logic, Work Truck Show, NTEA
March 4 2014 - Products
Meritor
Meritor Inc. has increased the warranty coverage for RideSentry MPA38 and MPA40 suspensions to now include damage to the slider box caused by sudden, accidental impact with a curb or similar fixed object.
Tags: Warranty, Meritor, Suspensions, RideSentry
March 4 2014 - Products
Kenworth, Bendix
Kenworth Truck Company announced that factory-installed Bendix ADB22X front and rear air disc brakes are now available for new Kenworth T370 medium-duty conventional trucks.
Tags: Kenworth, Bendix, Air Disc Brake
March 4 2014 - Products
Meritor
Meritor Inc. has extended the warranty eligibility for Permalube RPL drivelines to 5 years/500,000 miles from the previous 4 years/400,000 miles for model year 2015 linehaul vehicles.
Tags: Warranty, Meritor, Drivelines
March 3 2014 - Products
Optronics
WORK TRUCK SHOW -- Optronics International is unveiling its new STL68 Combo Lamp at the 2014 NTEA Work Truck Show in Indianapolis. The 9-inch oval combination LED stop, tail, turn and backup lamp easily mounts to the surface of a vehicle, and at only half an inch thick, has the low profile of a through-hole-mounted lamp.
Tags: NTEA, Work Truck Show, Optronics, LEDs, LED Lighting, Lighting
March 3 2014 - Products
Hendrickson Specialty Products, Godwin Group Corp.
Truck Equipment maker the Godwin Group is phasing out the Page brand of suspensions and has named Hendrickson Auxiliary Axle Systems its primary lift axle suspension supplier.
Tags: Hendrickson, Axles, The Godwin Group
March 3 2014 - Products
Meritor
Meritor Inc. announced the introduction of the P600 Series planetary axles, including the P610 and P614. These two planetary axles are engineered for heavy-haul, oil field, logging and mining applications globally and are ready for production.
Tags: Meritor, Axles
March 3 2014 - Products
Beall Trailers
Beall Trailers, part of Wabash National Corporation’s Walker Group division, announced it has started manufacturing its 406 petroleum and dry bulk tank trailer models at Walker Group manufacturing facilities in Fond du Lac and New Lisbon, Wis., in addition to its Portland, Ore., location.
Tags: Expansion, Wabash National, Beall Trailers
February 27 2014 - Products
TireStamp Inc
TireStamp Inc. has added a higher level of intelligence to each of its TireVigil TPMS products. This new concept, branded as IntellAlerting, provides visibility of tire problems when they are occurring as well as when they are being corrected. It sends tire alerts only to personnel who can actually take action based on a vehicle’s location and operating status.
Tags: TPMS, Tires, Wheels, TireStamp
February 25 2014 - Products
Kalmar Ottawa Trucks
Kalmar Ottawa Trucks says it has extensively redesigned its terminal tractor, resulting in a new Ottawa T2 model with a strengthened chassis, smoother styling, an advanced cab interior and easier serviceability.
Tags: Yard Tractors, Kalmar
February 5 2014 - Products
Chrysler
Chrysler Group says its EcoDiesel-powered 2014 Ram 1500 has earned a 28-mile-per-gallon rating from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the best highway-cycle test result ever achieved by a full-size, half-ton pickup, according to the company. Its combined city-highway rating is 23 mpg.
Tags: Chrysler, Ram, Ram 1500, EcoDiesel
January 14 2014 - Products
General Motors
General Motors’ 2015-model Canyon and Colorado pickups buck a trend away from midsize and compact pickups in North America. Ford and Chrysler abandoned the midsize pickup segment, but GM believes there are still healthy sales to be gotten with modern products.
Tags: GMC Canyon, Chevrolet Colorado, General Motors, Light-Duty Trucks
January 14 2014 - Products
Ford Motor Co.
Extensive use of aluminum and high-strength steel in Ford's new F-150 pickup saves 700 pounds over Ford's current full-size pickup.
Tags: Ford F-150, Ford, Lightweighting, Light-Duty Trucks
January 13 2014 - Products
Navistar
Navistar International Corp. announced the availability of its new, re-designed online truck configurators for International ProStar, DuraStar, and TerraStar models on Internationaltrucks.com. The configurators allow customers to virtually design, build and customize their International Truck’s cab, exterior, interior, powertrain and more.
Tags: Information Technology, Navistar