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HARTFORD, CT – The Truck Renting and Leasing Association (TRALA) is supporting the passage of legislation in Connecticut that would exempt maintenance and repair costs on trucks over 26,000 pounds from sales tax.
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MASSILLON, OH – A.R.E.'s Deluxe Commercial Units (DCU) are now featured on Toyota's Web site as one of four name-brand work truck aftermarket accessories for the all-new Tundra.
Read More →PORTLAND, OR – Two of Freightliner Trucks' 2008 models — the Columbia and the Century Class S/T — have been selected by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as fuel-saving vehicles worthy of its new SmartWay designation.
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CLEVELAND, OH – Mobile Awareness has released a new generation of TPMS (Tire Pressure Monitoring System) products geared toward Commercial Trucks, Utility Vehicles, RVs, and Trailers. The MA-TPMS series automatically and continuously monitors tire status, alerting the driver to abnormal conditions with an audible alert and LCD display indicator.
Read More →MIAMI, FL – Ryder System, Inc. has presented its annual “Driver of the Year” awards to three professionals who, combined, have driven nearly 10 million injury-free miles and have more than 106 years of professional driving experience.
Read More →WASHINGTON, D.C. – Starting in 2010, owners of diesel-powered cars and trucks may have to fill a supplementary tank with urea, an organic compound that fights nitrogen oxide emissions when it's injected into a vehicle's exhaust system, The Washington Post reports.
Read More →BOCA RATON, FL – Commodity Express Transportation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Fittipaldi Carriers, Inc. (Fittipaldi Logistics, Inc.'s trucking arm), has selected the Global Locating System (GLS) asset tracking technology from SkyBitz for the trailers in its domestic trucking fleet.
Read More →AKRON, OH – Goodyear's interstate Wingfoot Express truck line celebrated its 90th birthday. In 1917, a five-ton Packard with a 10-foot-high, specially-built body established the first interstate trucking route with regular nonstop runs from the Akron tire factory to the company's tire fabric mill in Connecticut.
Read More →NEW YORK, NY – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has a state-of-the-art pollution-slashing hybrid diesel electric trailer refrigeration unit that allows refrigerated trucks and trailers to remain icy cold while switching from diesel power to electric power during loading and unloading, reducing diesel emissions to zero.
Read More →NIEDERWUERSCHNITZ, GERMANY – German truck driver Walter Reckling, 46, was running late for a delivery. He was also hungry, so instead of stopping to cook himself some sausages, he decided to cook while he was driving.
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