DETROIT— Peterbilt showcased autonomous-assist driving technologies this week at the at the Intelligent Transportation Society 2014 World Congress in Detroit. The systems are installed in a Peterbilt Model 579 concept truck. ...
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Axalta Coating Systems broke ground in Wuppertal, Germany, on construction to expand its capacity to produce waterborne coatings. The new facility will increase the footprint of what is already the largest of the company’s 35 ...
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Volvo Trucks is now launching I-Shift Dual Clutch, the first transmission on the market with a dual clutch system for heavy vehicles. Thanks to power-shift gear changes without any interruption in power delivery, torque is maintained and ...
Tags: Volvo Truck, Gearbox, Heavy Vehicles
In the January-August period of this year, sales of passenger cars and commercial vehicles in Turkey decreased by 21.49 percent year on year to 406,967 units, according to the statistics released by the Turkish Automotive Distributors ...
In August this year, Argentina's auto production (including commercial vehicles) decreased by 7.17 percent compared to July and by 34.52 percent year on year, amounting to 45,787 units, according to the report released by country's auto ...
Tags: Auto Output, commercial vehicles
In August of the current year, new motor vehicle registrations (including automobiles and commercial vehicles) in the German market totaled 236,610 units, down 22.81 percent month on month and increasing by 0.31 percent year on year, ...
China leading commercial vehicle maker Dongfeng Commercial Vehicles will join the 65th IAA for the first time, and Dongfeng will send their Kingland flagship truck, Kinglan heavy truck, Kingrun etc. three main truck models which cover ...
In July this year, South Korea's total automotive (cars and commercial vehicles) output amounted to 409,283 units, up 7.58 percent month on month and increasing by 22.4 percent year on year, according to a report released by the Korea ...
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COLUMBUS, IN — Used Class 8 trucks sold better in July compared to the month before and selling prices remain high, according to data from ACT Research. July sales for lass 8 used trucks were two percent higher than June’s ...
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Volvo has unveiled its new generation electric bus Volvo 7900 Electric Hybrid bus, which is set to be officially launched at the International IAA Commercial Vehicles show in September 2014. The next generation hybrid bus features plug in ...
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General Motors has unveiled plans to temporarily scale back production at its facility near St Petersburg, Russia. The proposed plans come in response to a slump in demand in the Russian automotive market. A General Motors spokesperson ...
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We have heard many good news from China commercial vehicle industry in the first half year. Ankai Bus started to deliver the 1100 city buses to Algeria on July 22; Yutong president Tang Yuxiang signed agreement with Venezuela Minister of ...
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Wabco Holdings Inc., a global supplier of technologies to improve the safety and efficiency of commercial vehicles, announced that at IAA Commercial Vehicles 2014 in Hanover, Germany, it will showcase the company’s continued ...
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The Tata Motors Group global wholesales in July 2014, including Jaguar Land Rover, were 80,151 nos. Cumulative wholesales for the fiscal were 3,08,442 nos. Global wholesales of all Tata Motors' commercial vehicles and Tata Daewoo range -- ...
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With the sales of commercial vehicles decreasing in China, Foton speeds up their overseas strategy. It is learned from Foton Daimler Open Day that their first overseas plant with sole proprietorship will start to build in India in the end ...
Tags: Transportation, car, auto