Spec'ing your first truck can be a daunting experience, here are some of the basics; your dealer can help with the rest.
BorgWarner said its acquisition of Delphi will create “a leader in electrified propulsion systems."
LoadHandler alternators are an alternative to rebuilt alternators, engineered to match OE design in appearance, fit and function.
A truck’s engine and transmission are key components to ensuring the important — and expensive — “tool” can accomplish the job it needs to do.
Horton introduces the Modulator Fully Variable Retrofit Packages, which deliver engine cooling for any climate. Aftermarket Modulator retrofit packages replace on/off fan drives for many heavy-duty, line-haul and severe-duty vocational trucks where pneumatically actuated fan clutches over-cycle or do not provide optimum performance.
Volvo Trucks expanded its XE powertrain package lineup with the introduction of XE11 for its 11-liter Volvo D11 engine. XE11 is available on Volvo VNM and VNL models and rated up to 80,000 pounds GCWR. The powertrain package improves fuel efficiency by up to 3%, according to the company.
Achates Power, Inc.—developer of internal combustion engines that increase fuel efficiency, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and are lower cost—announced growing market traction for its opposed-piston engine technology with the addition of $35.2 million in Series C financing.
Volvo Trucks announced that its model-year 2014 engines will offer fuel efficiency improvements of 0.5% to 2% as a result of enhanced engine componentry.
A lot of truck owners aren't particularly happy with some of their EPA-emissions-spec engines from the past decade, and that could spell aftermarket opportunities as those engines come out of warranty.
The next step in engine emissions is targeting greenhouse gas emissions in heavy trucks. Because burning less fossil fuel means lower GHG emissions, truck makers soon must meet North America's first fuel economy standards for medium- and heavy-duty truck
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