VHD Equipment Network Expands
VHD Equipment Network, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of VIPAR Heavy Duty, has added four new distributors to its roster of members...
Navistar Unveils Industry's First 4WD Hybrid Truck
Navistar today unveiled its newest hybrid truck, the International WorkStar Hybrid 4x4...
Freightliner Custom Chassis Launches Hydraulic Hybrid
Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation (FCCC) introduced the newest addition to its alternative powertrain chassis development program...
February Heavy Truck Orders Reach Lowest Level In Six Years
FTR Associates has released preliminary data showing Class 8 total net orders for all major North American OEM’s fell to 6,167 units in February...
Honda Begins Use of Class 8 Hybrid Truck
American Honda Motor Co., Inc., today became the first company in its industry to introduce a Class 8 hybrid diesel electric truck into its truck fleet...
Ford Unveils Three New Products
Ford Motor Company used the first day of The Work Truck Show in Chicago to launch three new commercial vehicle offerings...
Navistar and City of Chicago Go Green Together
When people think of a hybrid vehicle, they usually envision a small gas-sipping passenger car, not a 33,000-pound medium-duty work truck...
Havis-Shields, LEDCO Merge
Havis-Shields, a manufacturer of mission-critical products designed for public safety fleet and fire vehicles, today announced a merger with LEDCO-Chargeguard...
Butler Named VP-Marketing by Mahindra
Max Butler, an automotive-advertising veteran, today became the marketing vice president of Global Vehicles USA...
Daimler Opens Truck Production Plant in Saltillo, Mexico
Daimler Trucks North America LLC (DTNA) has opened its new manufacturing plant in Saltillo, Coahuila, in northern Mexico...
ATA Truck Tonnage Index Rises 3% In January
The American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index climbed 3 percent in January 2009...
West European Trailer Market To Fall 18%
Consulting group CLEAR projects an 18% decline in the West European trailer market and a 22% production decline for 2009...
Smith Electric Vehicles To Assemble Zero-Emission Commercial Trucks In North America
Smith Electric Vehicles U.S. Corporation (SEV U.S. Corp) to produce all-electric zero-emission commercial vehicles in North America...
Current Recession Less Painful Than Prior Downturns, Says Economist
Contrary to many economists’ declarations, the current recession is not worse than those endured in the past four decades...
Curtis Industries Announces New Distributors For Sno-Pro Line
Curtis Industries LLC has announced three new distributors of the Sno-Pro line of truck snow plow and spreader products...
Pilot Travel Centers LLC To Roll Out DEF
Pilot Travel Centers LLC has announced the details and scheduled rollout for Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) availability at its North American truck stops...
HDMA Announces 2009 Chairman, Board
Dennis Michels, President and CEO of Link Manufacturing, Ltd. of Sioux Center, Iowa was officially installed as the 2009 Chairman of the Heavy Duty Manufacturers Association...
FTR Associates to Host Intermodal Webinar
On March 5, FTR Associates will host a Webinar/Conference Call to discuss the current North American Intermodal environment and the near-term outlook...
ArvinMeritor Selected As Drivetrain Technology Partner
ArvinMeritor, Inc. today announced it will be the drivetrain supplier for two of the three prime contractors awarded technology demonstrator contracts for the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV)...
Schneider National’s Revenue Up in 2008
Schneider National, Inc. today announced that it posted revenues of $3.7 billion in 2008...
Wabash National To Hold Industry Open House
Wabash National will host an industry wide open house later this year...
Oshkosh Defense Awarded $477 Million Delivery Order
Oshkosh Corporation announced today that its Defense division has received a delivery order for $477 million from the U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM)...
Volvo’s Truck Shipments Down 51%
Volvo AB's truck deliveries plunged 51 percent year-on-year in January as demand crashed across all its main markets due to the recession, the company said today...
Market For Commercial Hybrid Vehicles Off To Slow Start
Despite consumer enthusiasm for hybrid vehicles, manufacturers have been slow to integrate hybrid technologies into trucks and buses...
PPG Receives NATM Associate Member Of The Year Award
The National Association of Trailer Manufacturers (NATM) has honored PPG with its 2008 Associate Member of the Year Award...
