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Photo Galleriesby StaffJuly 18, 2013

Shell SuperRigs 2013 Best of Show Winners

There's a new winning lineup of Best of Show winners and runners-up in this year's Shell Rotella SuperRigs Contest, because the previously announced winner was found to not meet all the eligibility requirements for a working truck and trailer.

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NewsJuly 17, 2013

Bridgestone's Firestone Brand Targets Small Fleets and Owner-Operators

Bridgestone Commercial Solutions, a business unit of Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC, is promising up to $1,200 annual savings for operators who equip their vehicles with new Firestone-brand commercial tires.

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ArticlesJuly 15, 2013

Study Finds Total Cost of Ownership Similar for Electric and Diesel Delivery Trucks

A research team from Georgia Tech compared medium-duty electric and diesel urban delivery trucks for a range of scenarios and discovered the total costs of ownership were very similar – but the cost-competitiveness of the electric truck drops in drive cycles with higher average speed.

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Newsby Jim ParkJuly 15, 2013

Meritor Streamlines Global Air Disc Brake Production for Improved Cost, Quality, Safety

Meritor is reinvigorating a 75-year-old brake manufacturing facility in Wales, complete with a state-of-the-art engineering and test center, to meet expected increased demand in North American, European and emerging commercial vehicle markets.

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NewsJuly 15, 2013

Navistar International Amends Agreements With Two Large Shareholders

Navistar International announced it has amended agreements with Carl Icahn of Icahn Partners and Mark Rachesky of MHR Fund Management, including the opportunity to designate two nominees for election to Navistar’s board of directors at the company's annual meeting in February 2014.

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Newsby Tom BergJuly 15, 2013

KW Exec: Natural Gas Gaining Popularity but Diesel Will Still Dominate

CORRECTED -- Kenworth Truck Co. sees a lot of promise in natural gas-powered vehicles, so it featured them last week at gatherings for dealers, customers and trade press writers at its plant in Chillicothe, Ohio. But diesel-powered trucks form a huge majority of those on the road and will continue to dominate the Class 8 business, one of the company’s executives commented to reporters.

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ProductsJuly 11, 2013

Phillips Introduces Combination Electrical and Air Assembly Products

Phillips Industries has introduced two new products that keep electric and air coils well-organized.

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ProductsJuly 11, 2013

Gunite Introduces Silver Lightweight Brake Drum

Accuride's new Gunute Silver Lightweight Brake Drum offers an affordable alternative to lightweight “steel shell” drums with improved performance, according to the company.

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ProductsJuly 10, 2013

Three-Point Latch System, Underbody Toolboxes

Buyers Products introduces three-point latch underbody toolboxes, expanding its comprehensive line of tool and truck boxes.

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ProductsJuly 10, 2013

Electric Trucks with Deluxe Commercial Units

GreenGo Tek Inc. (GGT) specializes in delivering full-electric technologies vehicles. GGT electric trucks with A.R.E. custom deluxe commercial units (DCUs) are known as “rolling toolboxes” to users.

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