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Drivers•by Staff•February 4, 2009

New DOT Secretary Creates Economic Recovery Team

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has created a team at the U.S. Department of Transportation to coordinate the DOT's role in President Obama's economic recovery program

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Aftermarket•by Staff•February 4, 2009

Company Pushes "Green" Alternative to De-Icers

A Canadian company says it has an environmentally safe alternative to road salts that won't cause the kinds of corrosion problems that have been plaguing the trucking industry since the introduction of liquid de-icers containing magnesium chloride and calcium chloride

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Aftermarket•by Staff•February 3, 2009

ArvinMeritor Delivers Hybrid Diesel-Electric Class 8 Truck to Wal-Mart

ArvinMeritor recently presented Wal-Mart Stores, in Bentonville, Ark., with a prototype heavy-duty truck equipped with the first Meritor diesel-electric drivetrain

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Safety & Compliance•by Staff•February 3, 2009

UMTRI, Con-way Freight Launch Field Testing of Safety Warning System

The University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute has joined Con-way Freight to begin field operational testing of an integrated crash warning system installed in commercial trucks under the Integrated Vehicle-Based Safety System program

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Aftermarket•by Staff•February 3, 2009

Analyst Discusses State of Truckload, LTL

Truckload and LTL demand are "extraordinarily weak" and while capacity has been declining rapidly, it is not keeping up with the drop in demand, according to John Larkin of Stifel Nicolaus Transportation Research

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Aftermarket•by Staff•February 3, 2009

Cummins Reports Year of Record Sales and Earnings

Cummins reported its fifth consecutive year of record sales and profits, despite significant global economic challenges that negatively affected fourth quarter performance

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Aftermarket•by Staff•February 3, 2009

Kelley Fleet Services Expands Relationship With Qwest

Kelley Fleet Services, Mission Viejo, Calif., has expanded its service relationship with Qwest Communications International, bringing the total number of Qwest vehicles maintained by KFS to over 5,700 vehicles in Washington, Oregon, Utah, Colorado, and Arizona

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Aftermarket•by Staff•February 3, 2009

CKCVR Fleet Equipment Buying Index Declines Further in Q1 2009

CK Commercial Vehicle Research reports that their Fleet Equipment Buying Index for the first quarter of 2009 fell 9 percent from fourth-quarter 2008 figures

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Drivers•by Staff•February 3, 2009

Diesel Prices Continue Decline

The average price of a gallon of diesel is now more than a dollar less than it was a year ago, falling 2.2 cents from last week

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Aftermarket•by Staff•February 3, 2009

Wal-Mart Testing New Hybrid Trucks, Alternative Fuels

Wal-Mart announced it will test two new types of heavy-duty commercial hybrid trucks and two different alternatively fueled heavy duty trucks as a part of the company's efforts to build a more sustainable trucking fleet

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