Navistar is quite optimistic about the future of electric vehicles or EVs which are specifically designed for use in light commercial applications. The company thinks that the time of these vehicles has finally come. This is because of the recent rise in the prices of diesel, which are projected to remain at a high for quite sometime.
Navistar’s electric truck eStar, director of marketing, sales and strategy, Mark Aubry, explained that what they are witnessing is a joining of many factors. More strong EV technology is currently being deployed; the costs of batteries reduce, while there is also a rising concern regarding the future and current price of petroleum fuels.
There are also many state and federal incentives in place for providing notable opportunities to early adopters deploying [...]
Eaton, one of the leading transmission manufacturing companies recently announced that they had approved their new automated mechanical UltraShift Plus transmissions as data book choices for the selected models of Freightliner’s Class 8 Cascadia truck and heavy duty Volvo VN power units, at the Mid-America Trucking Show, last week.
In the Cascadia series, the Eaton UltraShift Plus will be available in the 125″ BBC truck which is powered by Detroit’s DD13, DD16 or DD15 diesel engine. This transmission will also be offered with the 113″ BBC Cascadia model which is also equipped with a Detroit DD13 diesel engine. At the North American division of Volvo Trucks, this transmission will be available with their line haul of heavy duty trucks which are powered by the diesel Cummins [...]
The North American division of Volvo Trucks recently announced that they would be recalling 700 workers as well as boosting their production levels in the New River Valley, Virginia plant. The new addition of workers will bring the total number of people employed at the facility to just above 2,200.
The Senior VP of the company’s marketing and sales department, Ron Huibers, said that their customer response to their products especially regarding performance of their near zero emission engines and fuel efficiency continue being positive. In combination with an improving economy, this positive response has helped them in continuing with the momentum established with their last year’s increase of market share.
VTNA will be adding a new second shift in regards to their production revamping. [...]
Swedish manufacturer of trucks, AB Volvo, recently appointed a new CEO, Olof Persson who is Volvo Construction Equipment’s current president. Olof will be the new CEO and President of the company, effective from September 1 this year.
Olof Persson will be assuming the position for AB Volvo’s president and Volvo Group’s CEO, on September 1, when the current CEO and President, Leif Jonhansson, will retire. By May 1, this year, Olof Persson will be the deputy CEO as well as the executive vice president and will work with the current CEO and President, Leif Jonhansson.
Meanwhile, the successor to Persson, as the president of the Volvo Construction Equipment division, is not yet known as of now. Olof Persson had begun his career at the ABB, and between the other assignments, he [...]
The administrator for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, David Strickland, said that the US is at the cusp of major technological advances which will help to bring about efficiency in the transportation of goods, during his keynote address at the Green Truck Summit.
David was referring to the improvements made in fuel efficiency which will result fromt the standards of fuel economy set by the NHTSA for heavy duty work trucks, which wil begin implementation with the trucks of the model years 2014, and also the other breakthroughs like the communications between vehicles.
Strickland said that, as a nation, they may not have pure inexpensive labor to offer as that of other countries, however they lead when it comes to innovations around the world, noting that companies in America [...]
The Ford Co. has introduced a new gasoline powered engine for its medium duty F-650 work pick up truck. While Ford had discontinued the use of the V10 6.8 liter engine for the Super Duty 2011 pick up trucks as an option, the first use of this engine will be available for the medium duty 2012 F-650 chassis truck. This truck made its debut at the work truck show of NTEA in Indianapolis.
The present F-650 commercial pick up has an inline six Cummins diesel engine, which is a variation of the same oil burner six cylinder engine that is offered in the Ram HD chassis cabs and pick up trucks. Kauffman said that with the prices of diesel outstripping that of gasoline by 10 cents and more in many places in the nation, the entry of a gasoline powertrain makes for a perfect timing in the medium duty pick [...]
After the Ford Motor Co. was requested by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NHTSA, the company has readied itself to recall about 144,000 F-150 Ford pick up trucks because of an issue arising wherein the air bag of the drivers seat may possibly deploy without warning.
The recall of F-150 Ford pick up trucks includes 135,000 pick up trucks from United States alone as well as 9,000 pick up trucks from Canada. The story began last month when the NHTSA insisted the Ford Motor Co. to recall 1.3 million of the F-150 Ford pick up trucks belonging to the model year 2004-2006, after many of its customers reported being hurt when their air bags were deployed inadvertently.
However the Ford Motor Co. refused to issue a recall which forced the NHTSA to send them a formal letter to issue [...]
All manufacturers are fall over each other in a bid to attract the attention of the American consumers growing love for pick up trucks. The Chrysler Co. has introduced yet another Ram model to add to its already existing fleet in a bid to compete with the successful F Series of trucks by the Ford Motor Co.
Chrysler’s newest Ram is meant for those consumers who are looking to buy their first truck. So far this new model goes by the name of Adventurer as the official name has not yet been chosen. This truck borrows a lot from the Ram 1500 tradesman version which was presented last week at the Chicago Auto Show.
This truck is powered by a standard V8 HEMI engine with a horsepower of 390 and a torque of 407 pound feet. The main consumer target of this truck is new comers to the trucking industry. [...]
After the inauguration of the Volvo Company’s new facility located in Presov in Slovakia, it recently opened its newest Truck Center which will be located in the Zilina area. This new truck center will have a full host of services and products that the company has to offer which includes new as well as used trucks and genuine original Volvo Trucks parts and services which will be made available under the solution concept of total business.
The Managing Director for the Slovakian Volvo Truck division, Johannes Kjellgren said that the new facility is located along the biggest transport corridors to Ukraine and Poland, and because of this strategic location there is a huge potential to not only serve transporters of each region but also the traffic in transit which is traveling to some of [...]
The 2011 year model of the Honda Ridgeline will be offering a utility pick up truck which is very unique. Some of the unique innovations that this truck boasts of include a suspension which is fully independent as well as an in bed trunk which is quite large.
The new 2011 Honda Ridgeline is a half ton, five passenger pick up truck which is built using a unitized closed box body structure so as to give it a unique combination of interior spaciousness, capability as well as a ride performance which is comfortable.
The Honda Ridgeline model also delivers on many of the capabilities that you will find in a conventional pick up truck such as a 5,000 pounds max tow rating and a payload rating of half tons. The Vice President of the American division of Honda Motors, said that, the new Honda Ridgeline [...]
