NHTSA, EPA to Hold Emissions Hearings
EPA and NHTSA announced the location addresses for the joint public hearings to be held for the ``Proposed Rulemaking to Establish Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards and Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards ...
Arctic Snowplows Opens New Facility in Quebec
Arctic Snowplows announced the opening of a Quebec regional office and warehouse in Pointe-Claire, Quebec, to help support Arctic’s continued growth in Quebec and the Maritimes...
High-Strength, Low-Weight Materials Critical To Future Of Commercial Vehicle Industry
Participating in this year’s SAE Commercial Vehicle Engineering Congress & Exhibition, Todd Summe, Division Manager, Product Design & Development, Alcoa Inc., discussed the fuel economy and emissions benefits of using advanced aluminum applications in manufacturing commercial vehicles...
NTEA Recognizes MVP Members
Through its Member Verification Program (MVP), the NTEA has recognized the following member companies for their commitment to safety and quality standards...
Study Shows Fleets Can Spur Major Decreases in Emissions, Fuel Consumption
The "greening" of corporate vehicle fleets presents an opportunity to move a substantial number of highly efficient, clean fuel vehicles onto the road in a relatively short timeframe -- with results that are both environmentally and economically positive...
Freightliner Unveils Coronado Severe Duty
Freightliner Trucks today introduced the new Coronado Severe Duty (SD) at the International Construction and Utility Equipment Exposition...
ATA Receives EPA Environmental Excellence Award
The American Trucking Associations (ATA) received an Environmental Excellence Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) SmartWaySM Transport Partnership...
Economy Biggest Issue in Trucking Industry Survey
The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI), the trucking industry’s not-for-profit research institute, today unveiled its list of the top ten critical issues facing the North American trucking industry...
Vanguard Opens New Truck Center in Texas
Vanguard Truck Center of Austin, a member of the Vanguard Truck Centers dealer group, has opened a $4.5 million state-of-the-art truck center facility in Buda, TX...
Navistar Signs JV in Czech Republic
Navistar Defense, LLC and Tatra, a.s., a heavy-duty truck manufacturer located in Koprivnice, Czech Republic, have signed an agreement to jointly develop, produce and market new military tactical off-road trucks...
September Preliminary Heavy Truck Orders Up For Fourth Straight Month
FTR Associates has released preliminary data showing Class 8 net orders for all major North American OEM’s totaled 10,817 units in September -- the fourth consecutive month that orders have shown a month over month increase...
Universal Trailer Purchases Wells Cargo
Universal Trailer Holdings Corp. (UTC) and its affiliates announced the purchase of Wells Cargo, Inc., the nation’s original cargo trailer manufacturer...
Navistar Rolls Outs Electric Truck Prototype
By Sean Kilcarr, Fleet Owner senior editor
Navistar showed off a prototype of a light-duty all-electric delivery truck to members of Congress during a special event held here yesterday here on Capitol Hill...
Oshkosh Awarded $801 Million Order for HEMTTs, PLS Trailers
Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE:OSK), announced that its Defense division has received a delivery order valued at $801 million from the U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command Life Cycle Management Command (TACOM LCMC) for more than 2,450 new and recapitalized Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Trucks (HEMTT) and Palletized Load System Trailers (PLST). Work is expected to be completed by May 2011...
Kinedyne Opens Nantong, China, plant
A sprawling manufacturing facility in the Chinese city of Nantong was recently completed by Kinedyne Corporation for the manufacturing and distribution of tie-downs and other equipment utilized to secure cargo during transport...
Peterbilt to Permanently Close Tennessee Truck Assembly Plant
Peterbilt Motors Company is realigning its North American manufacturing operations, which will result in the permanent closure of its Madison, Tennessee, truck assembly plant, effective December 1...
Oshkosh Receives $24 Million Order For TAK-4 Suspensions
Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE: OSK) announced that its Defense division has received orders valued at $24 million to supply its TAK-4 independent suspension system for more than 300 BAE Systems USCS RG-33 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles...
GM To Go Months Without Diesel Trucks
A shortage of light- and medium-duty diesel trucks may be looming as chassis manufacturers modify production dates in response to new 2010 emissions regulations...
ATA Truck Tonnage Index Up 2.1% Percent In August
The American Trucking Associations’ advance seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 2.1 percent in August, matching July’s increase of the same magnitude...
Arrow Truck Sales Opens Minneapolis Store
Arrow Truck Sales, Inc. is opening another new store in Minneapolis, MN. Company-wide, this is the second new store opening for Arrow in the last 3 months...
Collapse Of The Eastern European Transport Market
The collapse of the finance market has produced a spectacular result: out of fifteen East European countries, five are forecast to have drops in trailer demand of between 80% and 90%, according to consulting group CLEAR...
Bendix Issues Important Fraud Alert
Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC (Bendix CVS) and Bendix Spicer Foundation Brake LLC, the North American leaders in the design, development, and manufacture of commercial vehicle active safety and brake system technologies, is warning its employees, customers, and other consumers about a business financing scam that has appropriated the companies’ identities...
ACOFAS Sets Chassis Alignment Clinic
ACOFAS will hold a Heavy Duty Chassis Alignment Clinic October 6-7 at Mutual Wheel Company, Milan, Illinois....
Former Great Dane President Dies
Harvey Granger Jr, former president of Great Dane Trailers, died September 10. He was 81. ...
Arvinmeritor Opens Technical Center In India
By Brian Straight, Fleet Owner managing editor
With the Chinese and Indian truck markets poised for rapid expansion in the near future, ArvinMeritor is positioning itself to take advantage of the opportunities that will be presented...
