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NewsOctober 7, 2012

Ram Truck Dealers to Supply 19 States with Ram 2500 CNG-Powered Pickups

Chrysler Group announced that 13 Ram Truck dealers landed contracts with 19 states to supply their fleets with the new Ram 2500 Heavy Duty CNG pickup truck

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NewsOctober 4, 2012

UPS to Add 40 Hydraulic Hybrid Vehicles to its Fleet

UPS announced the deployment of 40 new hydraulic hybrid vehicles 20 in Baltimore and 20 in Atlanta. Developed by Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation and Parker Hannifin Corporation, the package cars can achieve up to 35% improved fuel economy and up to 30% carbon dioxide emissions reductio

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NewsSeptember 4, 2012

Aftermarket Groups Say Adding Heavy-Duty Could Have Derailed Mass. Right to Repair

Just because the new Massachusetts Right to Repair law only covers light-duty vehicles (up to 10,000 pounds) doesn't mean that independent heavy-duty repair interests aren't continuing the fight to extend accessibility of repair information to the heavier vehicles

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NewsAugust 30, 2012

Navistar Financial Ups Dealer Inventory Funding

Navistar Financial Corp. signed agreements to renew and increase its largest dealer inventory funding facility to $750 million, effective immediately

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NewsAugust 28, 2012

Used Truck Comparisons Up Month-Over-Month in July

In what may be an unprecedented event, all the month-over-month comparisons - volume, price, miles, and age - for all weight groups of used trucks improved in July

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NewsAugust 28, 2012

Groups Speak Out Against I-95 Tolls in Virginia

The American Trucking Associations is among dozens of organizations and municipalities urging the U.S. Department of Transportation to reject an application by Virginia to toll I-95, a critical freight corridor

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NewsAugust 27, 2012

New Advisory Panel Broadens Access to CSA Planning

The trucking industry and other interest groups are getting more say in how the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration shapes its signature CSA safety enforcement program. At the first meeting of a new CSA advisory panel yesterday, the agency spelled out the help it needs, calling for ideas and suggestions on how to solve such long-standing issues as public access to data, improvements in the data correction system and whether or not carriers should get credit for safety technology

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NewsAugust 22, 2012

South Carolina Ports Authority Teams Up with Norfolk Southern for Inland Port

The South Carolina Ports Authority is proceeding with plans to develop an inland port in Greer, S.C., to improve the efficiency of international container movements between the Port of Charleston, the South Carolina Upstate region and neighboring states

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NewsJuly 30, 2012

Safety Groups Challenge Hours Rule

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration erred when it preserved the 34-hour restart and 11-hour driving limit in driver work rules, truck safety advocates told a federal appeals court

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NewsJuly 25, 2012

Truck Groups Warn Against N.Y. Thruway Toll Hike

Trucking and shipping interests are weighing in against a plan by the New York State Thruway Authority to hike truck tolls by 45%. In a letter to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, American Trucking Associations and other trade groups said the proposed rate hike must be stopped

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