Fleet Equipment: Engines

T680, T880 optimized with Paccar MX-13

Kenworth Truck Company is offering the T680 and T880, optimized with the Paccar MX-13 engine, in a configuration for superior maneuverability, visibility, and performance...

Pilot Flying J offers
DEF at the pump
at 3,000 fuel lanes

Pilot Flying J now offers diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) at the pump at 3,000 fuel lanes across the United States....

PEAK unit unveils Final Charge test strips

Old World Industries’ Final Charge global extended life coolant solves the challenge of maintaining proper inhibitor levels when the vehicle is on the road 98% of the time and controlling what coolant technology is used for top-off is limited...

Omnitek technology receives EPA approval

Omnitek Engineering Corporation announced that the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved the company’s submission for its diesel-to-natural gas conversion technology for the line of heavy-duty Navistar DT466E and DT530E engines under specific criteria related to the agency’s Outside Useful Life definition...

GE, Clean Energy Fuels
partner to expand US
natural gas highway

GE and Clean Energy Fuels are collaborating to expand the infrastructure for natural gas transportation in the United States....

EcoDual obtains EPA authorization to install systems on Cummins engines

EcoDual LLC, a provider of dual fuel conversion systems for heavy-duty diesel trucks, has achieved authorization from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to begin installing its systems on all 29 engine families of the 2004 to 2009 Cummins ISM engines...

Cummins Westport develops NG engine

Cummins Westport Inc has begun development on the ISB6.7 G, a mid-range 6.7-liter natural gas engine designed to meet the increasing demand for on-highway vehicles powered by lower cost, cleaner and increasingly abundant natural gas...

Essen Transport
delivers using
Kenworth T700s

Based in Winkler, Manitoba, Essen Transport Ltd provides effective supply chain management that delivers refrigerated cargo and general freight across North America....

Thermo King 25-plus-hp
engines for 2013 receive
EPA, CARB certification

Thermo King is the first transport refrigeration manufacturer to receive US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and California Air Resources Board (CARB) certification for 2013 model year engines greater than 25 horsepower....

Carriers consider natural
gas as alternative—but
conditionally, survey says

Transport Capital Partners (TCP) recently teamed up with ACT Research to conduct a national survey to better understand how carriers are thinking about the potential of natural gas fuel for their fleets....

Emissions-compliant
engines: Problems rise,
satisfaction falls—study

Technology changes related to revised emissions standards for heavy-duty trucks are causing an increase in engine problems and a decrease in overall satisfaction with the powertrain....

PeopleNet delivers engine
reporting for CNG, LNG vehicles

PeopleNet announced that it is the only telematics provider to deliver engine reporting for compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquid natural gas (LNG) vehicles....

Longistics truck fleet adds
fuel-saving Kenworth T700

Longistics has added an innovative new truck to its transportation line: the fuel-efficient Kenworth T700....

Detroit Diesel Corp launches new website

Detroit Diesel Corporation has launched its new website, www.DemandDetroit.com...

TransAm Trucking orders
1,000 Kenworth T680s
with Paccar MX engines

Kenworth Truck Company has received an order for 1,000 aerodynamic Kenworth T680s with Paccar MX engines from TransAm Trucking, a refrigerated transporter based in Olathe KS....

NOx emissions decrease
by 99% in past 10 years
for diesel trucks, buses

New clean diesel technology is powering America’s freight movement in the most environmentally friendly manner anywhere in the world, according to Allen Schaeffer, executive director of the Diesel Technology Forum....

TransAm fully evaluates
Fuel Auditor that creates
audit trail to detect theft

Blue Tree Systems' new Fuel Auditor feature has been fully evaluated by TransAm Inc across its 1,400-truck fleet and will be made available as a standard feature to all new and existing customers....

Cummins ISX12 increases fuel economy

Cummins Inc announced its ISX12 heavy-duty engine with fuel economy improvements for regional haul, vocational, and specialty applications. The ISX12 leverages the strength and performance of its predecessor, the ISX11.9, to deliver fuel economy improvements of up to 5% in regional haul applications and as much as 12% in vocational applications....