Spec'ing considerations for tires run the gamut from application to serviceability, and from life cycle costs to anticipated fuel savings. No two fleets will have exactly the same considerations, but at year-end, fuel costs will factor into most spec'ing decisions
Read More →Last week the House Committee on Energy and Commerce adopted an amendment to the "Global Warming Bill" (H.R. 2454) that would move authority to regulate fuel economy for heavy-duty trucks away from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Read More →With the economy in a recession and the trucking industry suffering through what Stifel Nicolaus analysts now say is a freight depression, trucking companies are all looking to cut costs to survive.
Read More →Navistar says it's the first truck and bus manufacturer to receive total hybrid vehicle certification from the California Air Resources Board for improving fuel economy and overall emissions
Read More →Some are seeing indications of economic recovery, but trucking, a traditional early indicator of the economy's direction, is still waiting for good news
Read More →The slack economy and low sales have caused Cummins Inc. to drop its ComfortGuard auxiliary power unit, but it will continue to honor warranties for those in use and support them indefinitely with parts and service
Read More →Collective Data, which provides fleet information and maintenance management software systems, announced a year-over-year growth of 27 percent for 2008
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The U.S. is not in a depression, said Clare Zempel, a noted economist and financial advisor, in remarks Wednesday at the Pegasus Transtech Users Conference in Clearwater, Fla
Read More →More than 8,400 work truck industry professionals attended The Work Truck Show 2009 and 45th Annual National Truck Equipment Association (NTEA) Conventio
Read More →Despite the down economy, PeopleNet announced it achieved record revenue and subscriber growth in 2008.
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