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IRVINE, CA – Truck deliveries by world No.2 truck-maker Volvo fell four percent in January through August as gains in Europe and Asia failed to offset lingering weakness in North America.
Read More →New hybrid vehicle registrations have grown more than 49 percent nationwide in the first seven months of 2007 year over year, according to R. L. Polk & Co. The Midwest region posted the highest increase of 56.9 percent.
Read More →Company demonstrates three-year sales growth of more than 800 percent.
Read More →ST. PAUL – The first U.S. state to mandate biodiesel is proposing a new long-term plan that would require vehicles to fill up with 20 percent biodiesel blends by 2015.
Read More →ALEXANDRIA, VA – The American Trucking Association's (ATA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index rose 0.3-percent in July, the first month-to-month increase since last March.
Read More →The hydraulic hybrid technology is expected to improve the fuel efficiency of the yard tractor by 50 to 60 percent, reduce or eliminate emissions during idling, and decrease brake wear.
Read More →PASADENA, CA – Innovations in diesel technology during the past decade have reduced key emissions from new school buses, delivery, and utility trucks by more than 90 percent.
Read More →CYPRESS, CA – Toyo Tire (U.S.A.) Corp. will raise prices on its consumer products by 3.5 percent on Oct. 1, 2007
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 →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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