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Which trucks go the distance, and what do they cost along the way? Plus, awards voting, darker routes, and fleet news in this week’s Truck Chat.
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BOSTON – Iron Mountain Inc. is outfitting its transport vehicles with a new chain-of-custody technology designed to ward off human fallibility that can lead to the misplacement or outright theft of data.
Read More →SAN FRANCISCO – Pacific Gas and Electric Company is among the first utilities in the nation to test a new diesel-electric utility service truck with the potential to avoid the release of two tons of carbon dioxide per year.
Read More →MINNEAPOLIS – Gov. Tim Pawlenty wants to raise Minnesota's biodiesel mandate from 2 percent to 20 percent. Pawlenty recently proposed raising, step by step, the level of biodiesel that must be blended into every gallon of diesel fuel sold in Minnesota.
Read More →COLUMBUS, IN – Cummins Westport Inc. has received certification from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) for its ISL G heavy-duty natural gas engine to the 2010 emission standards of 0.2g/bhp-hr oxides of nitrogen (NOx) and 0.01 g/bhp-hr particulate matter (PM).
Read More →FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – PHH FirstFleet has added Freightliner LLC to its North American truck maintenance network. The relationship with Freightliner LLC includes all the major brands — Freightliner, Sterling Trucks, Western Star, and Thomas Built Buses.
Read More →PALOS VERDES ESTATES, CA – C.J. Driscoll & Associates has released a new multi-client marketing research study covering interest of U.S. fleet operators in Mobile Resource Management (MRM) systems and services.
Read More →SAN PEDRO, CA – The South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) has approved $2.9 million for the acquisition and deployment of 20 Westport liquefied natural gas (LNG) heavy-duty trucks at the Port of Los Angeles and Port of Long Beach.
Read More →MARSHALL, TEXAS - A federal court jury in Marshall has ruled in favor of the USF Bestway Inc. trucking company in a lawsuit filed by a local woman who blamed the company for injuries she sustained following a 2005 accident.
Read More →WASHINGTON – Hangzhou Zhongce Rubber Co. Ltd. recently sent a letter to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHSTA) in order to provide “more details and data showing that our light truck radial tires sold in the United States are safe.”
Read More →FARMINGTON HILLS, MI – From a high of 9.7 percent to a low of 3.1 percent, pre-tax profits varied widely among manufacturers in the work truck industry. The gap widened even more so when return on investment (ROI) between the typical manufacturer (6.8 percent) and the high-profit manufacturer (25.2 percent) was examined.
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