On April 20, Dongfeng Commercial Vehicle attended 2014 Beijing International Automotive Exhibition with its 6 models and some powertrain. The exhibition of its energy efficient and environmentally friendly models and powertrain demonstrated ...
Tags: Commercial Vehicle, Vehicle, Transportation, Auto Parts
France-based automobile maker Renault has announced its plans to invest R$500m ($223.44m) during 2014-2019 to expand its Curitiba Ayrton manufacturing facility in Brazil . Under the five-year plan, the company will invest the amount to ...
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Data from Automobile Association data showed a slight overall growth in the domestic commercial vehicle market. In January 2014, the monthly production of 70 companies in the auto market was 2,051,665, an increase of 4.44%, and the ...
Tags: Truck, Transportation, Auto Parts, Heavy Truck
American automaker General Motors is set to introduce its new 2015 Silverado High Country HD pickup truck. Silverado High Country HD, Chevrolet's first premium heavy-duty pickup, combines the refinement and convenience of the Silverado ...
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German automaker Daimler is set to invest EUR500m to expand its Mercedes-Benz Bank unit in Europe. This move is aimed focusing on customer loans to its product offering. The company currently offers its loans to dealers. Mercedes-Benz ...
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South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor is set to commence the production of heavy-duty trucks in China in 2014. The company will produce its Trago cargo and dump trucks at a new manufacturing plant in Sichuan province, which is slated to ...
Tags: Heavy-Duty Trucks, Truck, Transportation
Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Company, plans to launch passenger cars and medium to heavy trucks in India as demand wilts in a slowing home market. The company, also known as JAC, has sent its top executives to India in recent months to firm ...
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President Obama is giving federal agencies slightly more than one year to draft a rule proposal that would boost fuel economy and tighten greenhouse-gas emissions for medium- and heavy duty trucks. Obama directed the National Highway ...
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In what they are calling a world’s first, Hino Motors Ltd. and DENSO Corp. have co-operated on the creation of a new hybrid refrigerator system for heavy-duty trucks. According to the two companies, the electric refrigerator ...
Parts for Trucks, a distributor of parts for heavy duty trucks and trailers, has re-located its Moncton store to a new building in the West Moncton Industrial Park. The new 35,000 sq. ft. facility has a service garage with 13 bays ...
Driven by lower costs and emissions, the trucking industry is slowly shifting towards natural gas engines. A report by Navigat Research, a consulting team that analyzes global clean technology markets, forecasts that sales of natural gas ...
Clip-Lok SimPak has designed new boxes to transport heavy glass loads for a new line of heavy duty trucks. Clip-Lok boxes, which are part of heavy duty truck logistics, are flat-packable and reusable. The collapsible Clip-Lok 2P box, ...
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Several truck makers have recalled thousands of heavy-duty trucks because of possible seat belt defects that may make the devices difficult to unlatch. The recall notices, issued by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, ...
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By Jonathan S. Reiskin, Associate News Editor Orders for heavy-duty North American trucks grew in nine of the first 10 months of the year, as industry watchers wondered when the mild slump in U.S. truck sales would end. Finally, in ...
Tags: heavy-duty North American trucks, U.S.truck sales, New-truck production
Volvo Group said it delivered 4,182 trucks in North America during November, a 19% increase over November 2012. The Volvo brand increased its North American deliveries to 2,630 trucks, 17% more than last year, the Sweden-based company ...
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