Work Truck Online News

TORRANCE, CA - Professional fleet managers are encouraged to cast their ballots for one of 19 nominated medium-duty work trucks. A $50 American Express gift card will be awarded to one randomly selected professional fleet manager among the voters.

Tags: Award, voting

HOLDEN, LA - The City of New York has awarded another large contract to supply the New York City Fire Department five heavy rescue trucks.

Tags: City of New York, fire truck

INDIANAPOLIS - Firestone Industrial Products Company, LLC's Work-Rite suspension solution is now available for a comprehensive list of Chevrolet, GMC, Dodge, Ford, and Nissan pickup trucks, commercial vehicles, and vans,.

Tags: Dodge, Firestone, Ford, Nissan, Work-Rite

LAS VEGAS - At a press conference at the annual World of Concrete trade show, Navistar International Corporation formally introduced Continental Mixers as the latest addition to the Navistar portfolio of brands.

Tags: Continental Mixers, Navistar

FULLERTON, CA - Due to continued increases in the cost of raw materials and energy-related expenses, Yokohama Tire Corporation announced it will increase prices on its light and medium commercial truck tires by up to 7 percent, effective March 1

Tags: Tire Price, Yokohama Tire

PORTLAND, OR - Daimler Trucks North America LLC announced a partnership with Cleaire Advanced Emission Controls, LLC, to be the exclusive North American (excluding California) provider of Cleaire retrofit emission control systems.

Tags: Cleaire, Daimler Trucks, Diesel Retrofit, DTNA

DETROIT - ThyssenKrupp Elevator has purchased 140 Ford Transit Connects to date, and uses an upfit package with a combination of shelves and drawers from Ford supplier Leggett & Platt.

Tags: Ford, ThyssenKrupp Elevator , Transit Connect

NEENAH, WI - J. J. Keller & Associates, Inc. announced the release of a Web service that helps companies obtain permits for vehicles that are oversize, overweight or not properly permitted to travel to designated locations.

LOGAN TOWNSHIP, NJ - Mitsubishi Fuso Truck of America (MFTA) announced a new incentive program for 1Q 2010. Called "Get Up & Go," it offers 1.9-percent APR financing for 24 or 36 months in the U.S. and 5.4-percent APR financing for 48 or 60 months in Canada.

Tags: Incentive, MFTA, Mitsubishi Fuso

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA - Four medium truck tires will be introduced by Kumho Tire U.S.A. Inc. in 2010. One is the KMA02, a wide-base, on/off-road mixed service tire.

Tags: Kumho, Medium-Duty, Truck Tire

FORT MILL, SC - Navistar and Continental Tire North America, Inc. announced Continental truck tires are the standard fitment for all International PayStar, WorkStar, and DuraStar severe service and medium-duty vehicles.

Tags: Continental, DuraStar, Navistar, PayStar, Truck Tire, WorkStar

ARLINGTON, VA - The American Trucking Associations (ATA) joined petroleum refiners and other end-users in a legal challenge to California's recently enacted low-carbon fuel standard (LCFS).

Tags: ATA, California, Fuel Standard, LCFS

COLUMBUS, IN - Cummins Inc., announced a multiyear extension of its current agreement with Chrysler Group LLC. Cummins will supply 6.7L Turbo Diesel engines for Ram Heavy Duty pickups and Chassis Cab trucks while continuing to grow its partnership with Chrysler.

Tags: Chrysler Group, Cummins, Dodge Ram, Engine

EDEN PRAIRIE, MN - GE Capital Fleet Services announced an expansion of its 25-year relationship with G4S Wackenhut and the launch of a new version of Mobile Resource Intelligence.

Tags: G4S Wackenhut, GE Capital Fleet Services, Mobile Resource Intelligence

SAN DIEGO, CA - Rhino Linings Corp., a global leader in protective linings, introduces its newest product, Rhino Hybrid lining, to its family of truck bed linings solutions.

Tags: Rhino Linings, Truck Bed

TOKYO - Effective February 1, Japanese truck manufacturer Nissan Diesel will change its name and brand image to "unify the company's current scattered identity under one global brand, while also increasing its visibility within its parent company, the Volvo group."

Tags: Nissan Diesel, UD Trucks

PRINCETON, NJ - NAFA Fleet Management Association is urging fleet management professionals to write their local Senators in support of extending the tax credit for biodiesel, which expired December 31, 2009.

Tags: biodiesel, NAFA, tax credit

LANSING, MI - Michigan lawmakers have proposed a 6-cent increase in the state's diesel tax to help pay for road improvements.

Tags: diesel, Michigan, tax increase

WASHINGTON - Smith's all-electric, fuel- and emissions-free commercial trucks are now available for purchase by U.S. government agencies and military forces.

Tags: electric vehicles, GSA, procurement, Smith Electric Vehicles, Smith Newton

TORRANCE, CA - Online voting for the 2010 Medium-Duty Truck of the Year is now open. Professional fleet managers are encouraged cast their ballots for one of 19 nominated medium-duty work trucks.

Tags: Award, Medium-Duty Truck, Truck of the Year

WASHINGTON - Truck and bus drivers who travel interstate roadways are now banned from using a handheld device to send text messages, U.S. officials said.

Tags: Ban, Driving-While-Texting, Text Message Ban, Text Messaging

WARRENVILLE, IL - Navistar announced it will receive more than $37 million in federal funding to partner with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to pioneer new fuel efficiency and emissions-reducing technologies.

Tags: DOE, Navistar, Super Truck

PORTLAND, OR - Detroit Diesel Corporation's high performance, fuel efficient family of engines, including the DD13, DD15, and DD16 with the BlueTec emissions control system, has been certified by the Environmental Protection Agency as meeting 2010 emissions regulations.

Tags: 2010 Compliant, BlueTec, Detroit Diesel

ST. LOUIS, MO - To better manage its fleet of trucks, St. Louis-based Schnuck Markets Inc. has hired Xata Corp., Minneapolis. Xata aims to help customers improve fleets by cutting costs and ensuring compliance with trucking regulations.

Tags: Schnucks, Telematics, Xata Corporation, XATANET