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EPA and DOT Finalize Greenhouse Gas and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Heavy-Duty Trucks

Aug 24, 2016

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Department of Transportation's (DOT) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) have jointly finalized standards for medium and heavy-duty vehicles that will improve fuel ...

Tags: EAP, DOT, finalized standards

US DOE Grants $80m For Supertruck II Project To Develop Long-Haul Tractor-Trailer Truck Technology

Mar 7, 2016

The US Deparment of Energy (DOE) has granted $80m fund under the SuperTruck II initiative for the research, development and demonstration of long-haul tractor-trailer truck technology. More than $12m was also granted for three new ...

Tags: DOE, Supertruck II Project, Long haul tractor-trailer truck technology

Michelin Introduces Auto Inflate For Maintaining Pressures On Commercial Trucks

Mar 7, 2016

Michelin Americas Truck Tires has introduced MICHELIN Auto Inflate. It is an easy, wheel-mounted tire-management solution that allows fleets to automatically maintain optimal tire pressure. Leaky valve stems, extreme temperature changes ...

Tags: Michelin American Truck Tires, MICHELIN Auto Inflate

PPG at U. S. Diesel Truckin’ Nationals

Sep 18, 2015

For the fourth consecutive year, the commercial coatings group of PPG Industries' automotive refinish business will exhibit its extensive line of products at the annual U.S. Diesel Truckin' Nationals & Motorsports Spectacular, to be held ...

Tags: PPG, commercial coatings products, diesel trucks

ZF Has Produced a Prototype System That Can Maneuver a Long Combination Vehicle

Aug 21, 2014

AACHEN, Germany — ZF has produced a prototype system that can maneuver a long combination vehicle up to a loading dock precisely with no driver in the cab at all. Perhaps with no driver anywhere to be seen, because anyone who can ...

Tags: ZF, Driverless Truck, Auto Parts

Freedom Talks to Complain About How The Digital World Has Robbed Them Something or Other

May 5, 2014

People are forever complaining about how the digital world has robbed them of something or other. Peace. Anonymity. Freedom itself. I just see possibilities. So I've been keen to follow a new kind of connection made possible by the ...

Tags: Transportation, Auto Parts

Accuride Has Introduced a New Aluminum Wheel It Claims to Be The Lightest in The Market

Mar 9, 2014

Accuride has introduced a new aluminum wheel it claims to be the lightest in the market. The new 14-inch Accu-Lite Duplex aluminum wheel weighs just 56 lbs, about four pounds less than its predecessors. Rick Dauch, president and CEO of ...

Tags: Transportation, Auto Parts

A California Company Has Invented a New Tire Inflation System

Feb 28, 2014

A California company has invented a new tire inflation system that uses the wheel’s rotational motion to pump and maintain optimal air pressure. Aperia Technologies says it has tested its Halo Tire Inflator over eight million ...

Tags: tire inflation system, innovative technology, fuel savings

Wal-Mart Stores Unveiled a Concept Tractor-Trailer Feb. 17 During a Meeting to Report

Feb 19, 2014

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. unveiled a concept tractor-trailer Feb. 17 during a meeting to report on progress in meeting the company's sustainability goals. The Wal-Mart Advanced Vehicle Experience (WAVE) features a microturbine hybrid power ...

Tags: Unveils, Tractor-Trailer, Trailer, Transportation, auto

The Need to Redefine The Road at a Session

Dec 11, 2013

The leader of Women in Trucking expressed the need to redefine the road at a session during the Recruitment and Retention conference hosted by Over the Road. On October 2, Ellen Voie, the president, CEO and founder of Women in Trucking, ...

Tags: Women in Trucking, Redefine The Road

A New Campaign Is Aiming to Educate Cyclists

Sep 19, 2013

A new campaign launched by the Share the Road Cycling Coalition, Ontario's cycling and advocacy organization, is aiming to educate cyclists on the dangers of pulling up alongside a tractor-trailer's right side — a particularly ...

Tags: bike, Transportation, truck

Net Trailer Orders Increased by 7% in June

Jul 31, 2013

According to Americas Commercial Trucking (ACT) Research, nearly 15,400 net trailer orders were received in June, 2013, up 7% from May. "June's cancellation rate was only half of that posted in May," says Frank Maly, director-CV ...

Tags: Trailer Industry

Update on Kenworth's Natural Gas Approaching The Topic More Proactively

Jul 16, 2013

According to Kenworth’s national sales manager for specialty markets, Andy Douglas, the third annual update on Kenworth’s natural gas progress has customers approaching the topic more proactively. Attitudes are changing from ...

Tags: Gas Offerings, Kenworth, Auto Parts

IT's the End of The Line for Roadrunner That Reigned as World's Fastest Supercomputer

Apr 2, 2013

IT'S the end of the line for Roadrunner, a first-of-its-kind collection of processors that once reigned as the world's fastest supercomputer. The $US121 million ($116m) supercomputer, housed at Los Alamos National Laboratory in northern ...

Tags: Computer Products, Consumer Electronics

ORIGOSafe Is a New Ignition Interlock System

Mar 18, 2013

With texting while driving and other forms of handheld cell phone use behind the wheel continuing to be a leading killer on U.S. roads, ORIGO? today launched a solution designed to end this deadly epidemic. ORIGOSafe is a new ignition ...

Tags: Origo, handheld cell phone, ignition interlock system

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