LA Eyeing Hydraulic Hybrid Refuse Trucks
By David Cullen, Fleet Owner executive editor
Rochester Hills, MI-based Bosch Rexroth has announced it is working with the Dept. of Public Works’ Bureau of Sanitation for the City of Los Angeles to study the benefits of hydraulic hybrid technology in their refuse truck fleet...
Collins Industries Closes Ohio Plant
Collins Industries, a leading manufacturer of specialty vehicles in the United States, announced today the closing of the Mid Bus, Inc. production facility in Bluffton, Ohio...
ATA Report Shows 11% Decline in Driver Turnover
The line-haul driver turnover rate among large for-hire truckload carriers (fleets with at least $30 million in annual revenue) experienced its first quarterly decrease in a year during the 2007 second quarter, the American Trucking Associations reported...
NAVC Signs Contracts on Six Fuel Cell Bus Projects
The Northeast Advanced Vehicle Consortium (NAVC) announced the start of six new projects with the signing of contracts with the Federal Transit Administration as part of the National Fuel Cell Bus Program...
Navistar Wins $71.5 Million Contract to Provide Parts
Navistar International Corporation announced that its military affiliate, International Military and Government, LLC, has won a contract from the U.S. Marine Corps ...
Volvo Trucks Invests in Umea Cab Factory
Volvo Trucks is investing in its cab factory in Umea, Sweden, with new production equipment as well as measures designed to increase capacity and flexibility in the production plant...
Hale Trailer Announces Atlantic Trailer Deal
Hale Trailer Brake & Wheel Inc. announced that it has acquired certain assets of Atlantic Trailer & Equipment Sales Inc. in Sewell, NJ...
Meyer Products Acquires Magnum Spreaders
Meyer Products LLC, a leading manufacturer of commercial snowplows, has acquired Magnum Spreaders, a subsidiary of Imperial Electric in Akron, Ohio. ...
U.S. Air Force to Display Mack Hybrid Electric Vehicle
The United States Air Force will display Mack Trucks, Inc.'s innovative and fuel-saving hybrid technology at the Hybrid Truck User Forum (HTUF), September 19-21 in Seattle...
Wabash Signs RoadRailer Agreement with India’s Kirloskar Pneumatic
Wabash National Corporation today announced that it signed a license agreement with Kirloskar Pneumatic Co. Ltd. (KPCL) for Wabash's RoadRailer intermodal system. Under the terms of the agreement, Wabash National has granted KPCL the rights to manufacture and sell RoadRailer intermodal products in India...
Kenworth To Showcase Four Conventional Hybrids At Conference
Kenworth will showcase four medium-duty diesel-electric hybrid trucks at the 7th annual Hybrid Truck Users Forum (HTUF) Sept. 20-21 in Seattle at the Qwest Field Event Center...
Medium And Heavy Truck Sales Down 28%
Medium and heavy truck sales picked up in August but still remained markedly behind last year’s totals, according to figures compiled by Wards Communications...
PacLease Announces Four New Locations
PACCAR Leasing Company (PacLease) continues to expand its franchise network in North America with the addition of four East Coast locations. ...
Construction Equipment Exports Up 22%
Exports of U.S.-made construction machinery totaled $8.2 billion for the first half of 2007, a 22 percent increase compared to January-June 2006...
Cummins Recognized as Sustainability Leader on Global, Regional Levels
The Dow Jones Sustainability Index has named Cummins Inc. to its World index for the third year in row, recognizing the company's continued commitment to economic, environmental and social ...
West Motor Freight Acquires Sanger Trucking
West Motor Freight of PA has acquired the assets of Sanger Trucking LLC, headquartered in Fredericksburg, PA. The terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. ...
Distributors Concerned But Still Buying From China
In a telephone survey of heavy-duty parts distributors conducted this July by Wade & Partners (www.wade-partners.com), 42% of the distributors indicated that they are concerned about what is being imported from the People’s Republic of China-- as are 64% of their customers....
Schneider Logistics Expands Business Offerings in China
Schneider Logistics (Tianjin) Co. Ltd., a part of the Schneider National enterprise, today announced the company has purchased the key operating assets of BaoYun Logistics in the People’s Republic of China....
ArvinMeritor Unveils ‘Smart System’ Strategy
ArvinMeritor, Inc. today announced its commitment to enhance vehicle system performance through the use of electronics and control technologies, or "smart systems" within the company's Light Vehicle Systems (LVS) business group....
ATA Files Motion for 8-month Delay in HOS Changes
Citing the potential for "serious disruption to trucking operations," the American Trucking Associations submitted a motion asking the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit for an 8-month stay...
Former Utility Executive Dies
Michael Leon Britain 53, passed away unexpectedly on August 17 at his home...
ArvinMeritor Consolidates Operations
ArvinMeritor, Inc. today announced it's consolidating its three North American ride control facilities into one, including the closure of its Toronto, Ontario, original equipment shock absorber ...
GM Unveils New Type of IC Engine
By Sean Kilcarr, Fleet Owner senior editor
General Motors is rolling out two test vehicles powered by a completely new form of internal combustion engine that GM said would use less fuel and produce less pollution than current technology powering cars and light trucks...
Dana Points to Bankruptcy Exit
Truck component supplier Dana Corp. has proposed a reorganization plan to help it exit Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection by the end of this year - contemplating, among other things, an investment of up to $750 million...
Oshkosh Awarded Bid in Beijing
Oshkosh Truck Corporation welcomed Chinese Ambassador Zhou Wenzhong and Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle to its offices in Wisconsin on the heels of the announcement that Oshkosh was awarded a bid for six Striker aircraft rescue and fire fighting (ARFF) vehicles for the Beijing Capital International Airport...
