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CVSA's recent check on the industry shows the lowest rate of out-of-service vehicles in two decades, despite concerns that a weakening economy with ever-increasing fuel prices would push safety to the bottom of the list for commercial motor vehicle fleets
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A coalition of nearly 20 environmental and science organizations sent a letter last week calling on President Obama to establish new vehicle pollution and fuel economy standards, including cutting fuel consumption from long-haul tractors pulling van trailers by 35 percent by model year 2017
Read More →National Retail Federation President and CEO Matthew Shay Friday emphasized the importance of infrastructure to the retail industry and in turn its impact on the national economy, in a keynote address to the Valley Industry and Commerce Association's 23rd Annual Business Forecast Conference in Los Angeles
Read More →When it comes to aerodynamic versus traditionally-styled sleeper tractors, owner-operator trucks are still commanding a premium in the used-truck market despite the importance of fuel economy, according toa blog post by the National Automobile Dealer Association
Read More →Eaton announced enhancements that it says will increase the fuel economy, performance and payback of its hybrid drive system for commercial trucks, including a new high-capacity battery, a new single-phase 115-volt AC auxiliary power generator, a higher capacity clutch and a remanufactured battery for aftermarket purchase
Read More →Ford's F-150 pickups will soon get an entirely new lineup of V-6 and V-8 gasoline engines that will deliver high power and torque but deliver up to 20 percent better fuel economy than current engines, company executives said on a webcast Wednesday
Read More →There have been a lot of new product launches at the spring truck shows, as you'll see in this month's cover story. Despite the faltering economy, there's been no let-up in that activity
Read More →Orders for new International Class 8 trucks have doubled in the last couple of months, but Truck Group President Steve Keate remains optimistic that the upturn is mainly due to the economy, not pre-buying to beat Oct. 1 emissions
Read More →Chevron has found that its Delo 400 LE SAE 10W-30 heavy-duty engine oil can improve fuel economy by 1 percent over 15W-40 oils and by 0.5 percent over 5W-40 grade synthetic lubricants, according to recent laboratory and field testin
Read More →A new report finds that even with the development of alternative fuels, diesel is still a major driving factor in the U.S. economy and is likely to remain so for the foreseeable future
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