The Top Safety Pick award recognizes vehicles that draw a “good” rating -- the highest rating available -- in four IIHS crash tests: moderate overlap front, side, rollover and rear.
Read More →The National Truck Equipment Association’s (NTEA) big event for 2013, The Work Truck Show, started in Indianapolis this week, where vehicle manufacturers and a range of companies showcased new products for the work truck marketplace.
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Pay-TV provider DISH Network Corp. announced at the NTEA's 2013 Work Truck Show in Indianapolis that it will roll out 200 ROUSH CleanTech propane autogas-fueled Ford E-250 cargo vans in its fleet in 2013. DISH said its new alt-fuel vans will support its residential and commercial customer service in Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.
Read More →New neuroscience research in Canada indicates that such a turn requires a huge amount of brain activation and involves multiple areas of the brain. Combining this task with a phone conversation is a dangerous undertaking, compromising vision and alertness.
Read More →Ranger Design Inc. showed its latest products, and its new 24-hour QuickShip ordering program, at the 2013 Work Truck Show in Indianapolis.
Read More →Freightliner Trucks today introduced the Freightliner Frameworks Truck Equipment Manufacturers program at the 2013 NTEA Work Truck Show. This new initiative complements the company’s overall strategy to develop solutions for truck equipment manufacturers (TEM) that make the upfitting process as efficient as possible.
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Chrysler announced MSRP for its all-new 2014 Ram ProMaster Cutaway, Chassis Cab, and Cargo Van models. Chrysler’s Ram Commercial division said the ProMaster targets businesses of all sizes in many industries.
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Navistar unveiled its new TerraStar 4x4 medium-duty work truck, which the company said is a 4x4 version of its original 4x2 TerraStar launched in 2010.
Read More →Spireon has added another dimension to its already existing GSM technology powering their FleetLocate Trailer and Asset Management Solution. The company has introduced their next-generation CDMA technology that gives trailer tracking customers additional reliability and coverage across the country.
Read More →The company said this fully automatic parallel hybrid system system is for medium- and heavy-duty trucks for refuse, utility, and shuttle fleet applications. Allison said it expects to begin production of this system later this year.
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