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NewsSeptember 17, 2009

Class 8 Orders, Production See Boost From July

While Class 8 orders, production and sales were lower year over year in August, new orders and production was up compared to Jul

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NewsSeptember 17, 2009

Remy, Phoenix Team Up on Hybrid Motors and Controls

Through a new agreement, Remy International and Phoenix International will produce a standardized platform of high performance motors and controls for hybrid and electric vehicle

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NewsSeptember 17, 2009

Nebraska Diesel School Receives Cummins Engine Donation

Northeast Community College in Norfolk, Neb., received a 2009 Cummins ISX diesel engine as a donation from Peterbilt of Norfolk, Cummins Central Power of Omaha, and the engine manufacture

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NewsSeptember 17, 2009

AASA Report: Low Quality Parts Hurt the Aftermarket Industry

A new report by the Marketing Executives Council of the Automotive Aftermarket Suppliers Association warns the independent aftermarket industry from using low-quality, low-cost aftermarket parts because of the issues associated with the industry's imag

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NewsSeptember 17, 2009

Chemrec's BioDME Plant Spurs Interest in Diesel Fuel Alternative

On the heels of dimethyl ether testing by the Volvo Group and Ford Europe, recent news that Chemrec AB will build a BioDME plant in Sweden is bringing up interest in DME as a diesel fuel alternative

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NewsSeptember 17, 2009

TWNA Raises $3,000 For Goodyear Highway Hero

The Truck Writers of North America has raised $3,000 to help get Jorge Orozco-Sanchez, the 2008 Goodyear Highway Hero, get back on the road

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Articlesby Jim ParkSeptember 15, 2009

Streetwise Tires: Avoiding Urban Damage

Unlike their relatively pampered long-haul cousins that run all day long on flat, straight Interstates, tires that earn their keep on city streets get up close and very personal with all manner of road hazards, including curbs, potholes, piercing grave

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Articlesby Tom BergSeptember 15, 2009

CA Goes Aero: CARB's New Aerodynamic Rules

Not many owners of semitrailers have bought aerodynamic fairings and low-rolling-resistance tires to save fuel, but a lot of them will have to under new rules from California's Air Resources Board

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NewsSeptember 15, 2009

McLeod Software Debuts Cooperative Marketing Initiative

McLeod Software has teamed up with Southern Cal Transport to introduce a new marketing initiative called MPowered by McLeod Software, a program that offers incentives to carriers that purchase or upgrade to a new software syste

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NewsSeptember 15, 2009

DOE's New Mobile Application Locates Idle Reduction Facilities

The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory has launched the new Mobile Truck Stop Electrification Locator, a mobile application that helps truck drivers find public truckstops with idle reduction facilities

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