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posted by admin on Jun 12

Use of hybrid engine technology in commercial trucks remains very much in its infancy. Expect that infancy to last a while, even with diesel prices soaring

New York,NY,USA -Forbes, by Andrew T. Gillies -11 June 2008: -- ... A hybrid big rig costs 50% more than a conventional one, too rich a premium for most consumers. The federal government, while interested in promoting more efficient trucks, isn't a likely savior here... All this was up for discussion at a Tuesday Capitol Hill hearing, held by the House Committee on Science and Technology's Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment... It's not for lack of trying: For 15 years, the federal government has worked on bringing about that shift, through both military efforts and Department of Energy programs like the Advanced Heavy Hybrid Propulsion Systems initiative and the 21st Century Truck Partnership... Meanwhile, the private sector has been pushing ahead with hybrid systems, which combine gas and electric motors, in passenger cars... But, as several panelists pointed out Tuesday, passenger cars and commercial trucks are very different beasts... Tags: big rig, hybrid, motors, trucks

posted by admin on Jun 10

As costs rise for the trucking industry, our costs rise

Milwaukee,WI,USA -The Milwaukee Small Business Times, by F. James Sensenbrenner -June 9, 2008: -- ... Commercial traffic is vital to the American economy, and no industry is more affected by rising energy costs... The additional price of the truckers' fuel raises the price of our food, health care, manufacturing, retail, waste removal and other goods and services ... The answer is not to burden these businesses with additional taxes for the carbon dioxide they
release... Technological advances can mitigate the fuel crisis just as effectively as tax increases. Congress should encourage the development and introduction of technologies that will reduce fuel costs and consumption.In this case, the technologies we need already exist. We just need research to adapt them to the trucking industry. Everyone has seen hybrid cars, which combine gas and electric motors for a powerful and efficient engine. Hybrid technology can be even more effective in trucks, because trucks consume so much more fuel... Tags: hybrid, motors, trucks

posted by admin on Jun 6

* Brazil - Mercedes-Benz beats sales record of heavy trucks

São Bernardo Do Campo,SP,Brazil/Stuttgart,Germany -AutoMobiles Review -June 5, 2008: -- Mercedes-Benz has just reached a historical monthly sales record of heavy trucks in the Brazilian truck market. In May, the brand sold 1,010 units of these vehicles and reached a new sales record of heavy trucks... Accumulated from January to May of this year, Mercedes-Benz registered sales of more than 4,300 heavy trucks, which is a 52% growth compared to the same period of last year. The brand, thus, maintains the leadership in the heavy market, with an approximate 27,5 % market share, confirming the position conquered in 2007... Axor 2540, the best-selling heavy truck in the country... Mercedes-Benz has today the best-selling heavy truck in the Brazilian market, the Axor 2540. From January to May of this year, approximately 1,450 units of this model were sold, confirming its wide acceptance by customers...



UK - Highlighted as major growth market for Iveco

London,UK -Easier/Motoring -3 June 2008: -- Iveco has reduced lead times for its Stralis and Trakker products to six months, as part of its strategy to increase the company’s share of the heavy truck market to 15 per cent by 2011... The additional product availability comes at a time when Iveco has already recorded a 61 per cent increase in its heavy truck order intake in the UK between January and May 2008, compared with figures for the same period last year... The advantage of shorter lead times is designed to bring further benefits to operators by enabling them to ensure that any orders placed between now and early next year can be registered ahead of the 30 September 2009 Reduced Pollution Certificate (RPC) deadline... This enables vehicle owners to receive a discount of £500 per year in Vehicle Excise Duty, for the duration of the vehicle’s life...


* India - Trucks Makers' Raising capacity

Mumbai,India -BBC (UK), by Neil Heathcote -5 June 2008: -- This feeling of gloom is felt across many parts of industry... The latest survey from the Confederation of Indian Industry shows business confidence has fallen about 9% compared with the previous six months... All the more surprising, then, that the companies that make trucks are rapidly expanding their production here... A string of international firms have set up joint ventures to get into the Indian market... Last week Volvo and Nissan both announced new subsidiaries, in partnership with Eicher Motors and Ashok Leyland respectively... Not to be left out, local companies such as Tata Motors have announced ambitious expansion plans of their own... In all, the industry is spending more than $3bn (£1.5bn) over the next two years to increase production and raise capacity... "You have to take some long term decisions" said Tata's head of commercial vehicles, Prakash Telang... "While there are some corrections happening in the marketplace in the short run, we're quite buoyant about the long-term view of the country. We want to have our capacities ready when the market wants it."... He points to the rising need for transport as the cities grow, and at the substantial government investment aimed improving the roads around the country. Tata also has its eye on the overseas market. It wants to turn India into a production hub, providing trucks for developing economies from Russia and Africa to South East Asia... But when will demand in India itself start to pick up again?... "It's difficult to answer this question," says Prakash Telang, "but it's not going to be soon."... (Picture: India's road to prosperity is far from smooth) Tags: motors, trucks

posted by admin on Jun 4

Tire PricesMichelin & Cie., the worlds second largest tiremaker, is raising Roadcheck Shows Improved Safety Compliance, CVSA SaysThe Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance said 23. 9 of the 52,345 vehicles that underwent comprehensive inspections during Roadcheck last month were placed out of service, the lowest percentage in the programs 21year history. More Safety & Security GM, Ford, Toyota Sales Plunge in General Motors Corp., Toyota Motor Corp. Truck Stops See Increase in Diesel Thefts as Fuel Prices SoarAn executive with Pilot Travel Centers said the number of diesel fuel thefts has soared this year.

FirstHalf ProfitAfter notable hiatus, truck maker Navistar International Corp. prices as much as 8 for commercial truck replacement tires because of higher costs for raw materials, energy and transportation, Bloomberg News reported. Democrats Be Open to Allowing More Oil Exploration, Journal SaysA key Senate Democrat said he would be open to compromise with Republicans to allow oil exploration in protected lands and in offshore areas where it is prohibited, the Wall Street Journal reported More Safety & Security GM, Ford, Toyota Sales Plunge in General Motors Corp., Toyota Motor Corp.

Bush Expected to Sign Bill Aimed at Reducing Ships EmissionsCargo ships would have to reduce their emissions under federal legislation approved by Congress, which President Bush is expected to sign into law, the Ventura County Calif.

large pickups, Bloomberg News reported. Truck Stops See Increase in Diesel Thefts as Fuel Prices SoarAn executive with Pilot Travel Centers said the number of diesel fuel thefts has soared this year. Freight Transportation Index Rises in MayThe Department of Transportations freight transportation services index for rose 2. 1 from year and showed monthtomonth gain, DOT said CVSA Finds Fewer Violations During Annual RoadcheckThe Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance said 23. 9 of the 52,345 vehicles that underwent comprehensive inspections during Roadcheck last month were placed out of service, the lowest percentage in the programs 21year history.

California Outlines Global Warming PlanCalifornia outlined for the first time the broadest large pickups, Bloomberg News reported. Environmental Protection Agency on how to regulate greenhouse gases. Oil Dips Following Record HighOil fell in early trading from last weeks record high, but its continued climb has prompted some analysts to predict the price could jump to 200 barrel this year, the Wall Street Journal reported Navistar Raises Prices on International Brand TrucksCiting high commodity prices, Navistar International Corp. Tags: cargo, freight, fuel prices, motors, safety, transportation, trucks

posted by admin on Jun 3

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posted by admin on May 25

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posted by admin on May 22

Washington,DC,USA -Today's Trucking -22 May 2008: -- A government-corporate partnership led by Calstart's Hybrid Truck Users Forum has selected Hybra-Drive Systems LLC to build three Class 6 trucks for real-world testing by UPS, FedEx Ground and Canada's Purolator... Hybra-Drive hopes the evaluations will demonstrate up to a 60 percent cut in fuel use along with an accompanying reduction in emissions.In a hydraulic hybrid truck, a high-efficiency diesel engine is combined with a unique hydraulic propulsion system, replacing the conventional drivetrain and transmission... The vehicle uses hydraulic pumps and hydraulic storage tanks to store energy, similar to what is done with electric motors and batteries in hybrid electric vehicles. Fuel economy is increased in three ways: vehicle braking energy is recovered that normally is wasted; the engine is operated more efficiently; and the engine can be shut off when stopped or decelerating... Tags: batteries, hybrid, motors, trucks

posted by admin on May 22

GM, other carmakers find partnerships there a challenge

St. Petersburg,Russia -The Detroit News, by Christine Tierney -May 22, 2008: -- When Renault SA Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn and the owners of Russian automaker OAO AvtoVAZ sealed their $1 billion partnership on Feb. 29, the smiles and warm handshakes evoked a similar scene from just a few years earlier... In 2001, General Motors Corp. CEO Rick Wagoner and a different set of AvtoVAZ bosses also embarked on a project to build vehicles together with high hopes... When it came time to form a full-fledged equity partnership, AvtoVAZ turned to Renault. GM is now in talks with Russia's No. 2 automaker, GAZ, after a bumpy relationship with AvtoVAZ that showed the risks of doing business in Russia. In addition to the dramatic ups and downs and the tedious bureaucracy that characterize emerging economies, corruption is rife, and the Russian government intrudes with a heavy hand in the energy, media, auto and other sectors it considers critical... According to people familiar with the venture, GM suspected AvtoVAZ's affiliated suppliers of inflating their prices, while AvtoVAZ managers grumbled that the venture wasn't making the kind of modern cars they wanted... GM and AvtoVAZ muddled along until December 2005, when events took a bizarre turn: Executives from a Russian state arms exporter run by an ex-KGB colleague of then-President Vladimir Putin descended on AvtoVAZ's Togliatti headquarters with 300 federal police and seized management control. AvtoVAZ executives were as baffled as their GM counterparts and couldn't explain what was happening... But such rough tactics were commonplace in Russia, a country that has lurched from Communism to chaos to a new, undemocratic order in the past two decades. When the powers-that-be want to restructure industries, they can seize assets and arrest businessmen... Seasoned Russia experts assumed that the Kremlin had run out of patience with AvtoVAZ's modernization efforts and effectively renationalized the carmaker by putting in its own people... After the dust settled, GM managers found themselves facing new and openly hostile counterparts. The conflict erupted two months later, in February 2006, when production at the venture was halted for 10 days as GM and AvtoVAZ's bosses argued over what the Russian suppliers should be paid... That summer, after Moscow appointed more conciliatory directors to the venture's board, the partners seemed to have resolved their differences... But the damage was deep. AvtoVAZ already was in talks with Renault... (Russian automakers look for partners as foreign brands dominate their market. Here, a motorist parks his BMW in front of a Hummer on Nevsky Prospect in St. Petersburg) Tags: motors

posted by admin on May 22

Legislation not likely to be law this year, gives 14 states waiver to force higher mileage standard

Washington,DC,USA -The Detroit News, by David Shepardson -May 22, 2008: -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee approved a bill to allow California and 13 other states the right to impose a 30-percent reduction in vehicle tailpipe emissions by 2016... By a 10-9 vote, the committee approved a bill to reverse a Dec. 19 decision by the Environmental Protection Agency to deny California a waiver under the Clean Air Act to impose its own limits on vehicle tailpipe emissions of carbon dioxide... Even its supporters, however, concede the bill, which is opposed by the Bush administration, is unlikely to become law this year... The bill is vigorously opposed by automakers and the United Auto Workers, saying it would create an untenable regulatory framework, requiring automakers to meet state by state standards. General Motors Corp. has said the tougher limits would require about an average of 35 miles per gallon by 2016 and force it to stop selling 80 percent of its vehicles in those states that adopted the limits... Tags: motors

posted by admin on May 22

Nine Senate Democrats and one Republican on Wednesday voted a bill out of committee that would grant California and 13 other states permission to set emissions rules that are stricter than the federal standards

Detroit,Mich,USA -The Detroit News, by Manny Lopez -May 22, 2008: -- ... California's elected officials desperately want to control the domestic auto industry but they're not interested in seriously considering the damage that will be done if their efforts are successful... but the most notable is that California's demands apply different rules to different automakers. Companies that sell fewer than 60,000 vehicles in California are exempt from the rule as written in the state's air regulations for which the Environmental Protection Agency's waiver is needed... That's quite a nod to Kia Motors Corp., Hyundai Motor Co., Volkswagen AG and Subaru Motors, among others... It should come as no surprise that Detroit's automakers get no favors from the left coast. But it's offensive to see that they're building in protections that intentionally penalize the biggest and most successful car companies... The nonsense isn't likely to stop and it likely will get worse, but there is a solution... Offer counter legislation that forces California to eliminate a third of its vehicles. Conservatively, there are more than 30 million registered vehicles in California... Let's get some legislation going that arbitrarily adjusts that number. Wipe 10 million California cars off the road. And do the same for the other 13 states tagging along. After all, if the goal is emissions reductions, the solutions should start at home... Otherwise, California's officials are just full of hot air... Tags: motors