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NewsDecember 8, 2009

Daimler Truck Financial Ranks Highest in Dealer Satisfaction Survey

Daimler Truck Financial has received the highest ranking in the annual dealer satisfaction survey conducted by the American Truck Dealers (ATD), a division of the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA)

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NewsDecember 8, 2009

Smith Throws Switch on All-Electric Trucks

Kansas City-based Smith Electric Vehicles is making the first deliveries of its Newton Class 5 through 7 all-electric truck. Customers for the first six trucks include the Frito-Lay division of PepsiCo, Staples, AT&T, Coca-Cola, PG&E and Kansas City Power and Light, who are all heavily committed to sustainability and low emissions. The Smith Newton is a zero emissions vehicle (ZEV) and fully compliant with California ZEV regulation

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NewsDecember 8, 2009

Obama Calls For Boost in Transportation Infrastructure Investment

In a nationally televised speech today at the Brookings Institution, President Barack Obama outlined his plan for tackling the job market, including additional investments in transportation infrastructure as a way to stimulate jobs and economic growth

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NewsDecember 8, 2009

FedEx Earnings Down 30 Percent From Last Year

FedEx Corporation expects to post earnings of $1.10 per share for the second quarter ended Nov. 30, a 30 percent drop from $1.58 per share a year ago

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NewsDecember 8, 2009

Continental Hosts Fuel Savings Workshop

Continental Tire North America recently hosted an event to provide fleet managers with the opportunity to learn more about fuel efficiency

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NewsDecember 7, 2009

Diesel Continues Slow Decline For Fifth Week

Diesel prices were down for the fifth straight week, slipping 0.3 cents to a national average of $2.772 Monda

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NewsDecember 7, 2009

EPA: On-Road Vehicles Contribute to Threat of GHGs

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced that greenhouse gases threaten the public health and welfare of the American people and that emissions from on-road vehicles contribute to that threa

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NewsDecember 7, 2009

Trucks Hauled 58 Percent of North American Freight in '08

Trucks carried 58 percent of the freight measured by value between the U.S., Canada and Mexico in 2008, accounting for $554 billion, beating out rail, maritime, pipeline and ai

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NewsDecember 7, 2009

Munich Research Team Tests Low-Emission Engine

A research team at the Munich, Germany-based Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) has managed to reduce the pollutants in exhaust emissions to barely measurable levels, just three months after the Euro 5 Norm for exhaust emissions has gone into effec

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NewsDecember 7, 2009

Con-way Truckload to Expand Regional Services

In response to customer demand, Con-way Truckload plans to expand its regional service by adding operations in 10 U.S. states, including Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky

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