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Engine changeover pulls
truck demand forward

In the April North American Commercial Truck and Trailer Outlook flash update, FTR Associates reports strong current production but cautions that a significant portion of current demand is a short-run surge...

Volvo Trucks’ EPA2010
engines begin to deliver
truckloads of confidence

The most tested products in the history of Volvo Trucks North America, Volvo heavy-duty engines for 2010 are already delivering excellent performance, reliability, and fuel economy. More than 150 customers and dealers attended the “Volvo Power Summit” at the Volvo Powertrain plant in Hagerstown MD recently to see the testing, quality, and technology responsible for this achievement...

Navistar withdraws
lawsuit against CARB

Navistar International Corporation has withdrawn a lawsuit it previously filed against the California Air Resources Board (CARB) after an agreement with CARB that addresses the issues that prompted the court action....

TransAm Trucking orders
1,050 Kenworth T660s
to bolster its reefer fleet

Kenworth Truck Company announced it has received a major order for 1,050 T660 trucks with Paccar MX 2010 engines from TransAm Trucking, a refrigerated fleet based in Olathe KS....

Diesel Technology Forum
comments on analysis
touting natural gas use

The Diesel Technology Forum issued a statement in response to the Center for American Progress Analysis advocating natural gas use in heavy vehicles...

Mercedes-Benz engines
rank highest in study

Daimler Trucks North America LLC (DTNA) announced that its Mercedes-Benz engines have received the award for "Highest in Customer Satisfaction among Vocational Heavy-Duty Truck Engines"...

Report assesses methods
for reducing medium-,
heavy-duty truck emissions

The National Research Council and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) have released Technologies and Approaches to Reducing the Fuel Consumption of Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles. This congressionally mandated report assesses and recommends different approaches to (for) improving fuel economy, increasing efficiency, and reducing emission of greenhouse gases from medium- and heavy-duty trucks...

Western Star provides
Cummins ISX15 engine

Western Star Trucks Sales Inc announced the availability of the Cummins ISX15 EPA 2010 engine for the North American market. Combined with Detroit Diesel’s powertrain options, the Cummins ISX15 completes a full line of engine systems that meet the demand for Western Star customers...

Navistar pursues dual-fuel
MaxxForce big-bore engine

Navistar Inc has signed a concept development agreement with Clean Air Power Ltd to develop Navistar’s MaxxForce 13 big-bore engine to run on natural gas and clean diesel fuel for the North American market...

Paccar launches MX engine

Paccar has introduced the Paccar MX engine to be installed in Kenworth and Peterbilt trucks in summer 2010....

Detroit Diesel engine family
certified to meet 2010 regs

Detroit Diesel Corporation’s fuel-efficient family of engines, including the DD13, DD15, and DD16 with the BlueTec emissions control system, has been certified by the Environmental Protection Agency as meeting 2010 emissions regulations...

Cummins receives EPA
certification for engines

Cummins Inc received certification from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its 2010 Heavy-Duty big-bore ISX15 and MidRange ISB6.7, ISC8.3, and ISL9 engines. Certification of these engines means the Cummins engine lineup for on-highway applications meets the near-zero emissions levels required for all engines manufactured in 2010...

Cummins to receive
$54 million in funds
for vehicle projects

US Secretary of Energy Dr Steven Chu announced that Cummins will receive nearly $54 million in funding from the US Department of Energy (DOE) for two projects aimed at improving fuel efficiency in heavy- and light-duty vehicles....

Hino Trucks engines excel
in customer satisfaction

Hino Trucks engines rank highest in customer satisfaction for a second consecutive year according to the JD Power and Associates 2009 Medium-Duty Truck Engine and Transmission Customer Satisfaction Study....

Pumpelly Oil brings Air1
DEF to Texas, Louisiana

In preparation for compliance with January 1, 2010, Clean Air Act regulations, Pumpelly Oil Company has formed an exclusive relationship to supply Yara’s Air1 diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) system by joining Mansfield’s DeliveryOne network....

Yara, Colonial partner
to supply and sell DEF

Yara North America Inc, producer and distributor of Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF), signed Colonial Chemical Company as the agent of its Air1 brand....

Westport Innovations,
Volvo enter agreement

Volvo has entered into an agreement with Westport Innovations Inc as a Tier 1 Development Supplier for its heavy-duty natural gas engines and associated supply chain...

Mack MP diesel engines
are certified for EPA2010

Mack Trucks Inc diesel engines have been certified by the US Environmental Protection Agency and the California Air Resources Board to meet the near-zero emissions standards that take effect in January 2010...

EPA, CARB certify Volvo
diesel engines for 2010

Volvo Trucks North America’s D11 and D13 engines have been certified by the US Environmental Protection Agency and the California Air Resources Board as meeting upcoming 2010 diesel emissions standards...

Detroit Diesel applies to EPA for DD13, DD15 certification

Having recently completed more than 25 million miles of testing with its BlueTec emissions control system, Detroit Diesel Corporation has filed applications with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the California Air Resource Board (CARB) for 2010 certification of Detroit Diesel DD13 and DD15 engines with BlueTec emissions control systems...

Mansfield Oil, Yara team to focus on fleet emissions

In an partnership agreement announced September 21, Mansfield Oil Company and Yara International are combining forces to provide North American fleets with a diesel engine exhaust system that meets 2010 Clean Air Act standards...

DTNA adds surcharge
for engine, technology

A $9,000 surcharge will be added to vehicles with Cummins ISX15 engine and emissions technology. ...

ATA urges transparency
to help curb speculation

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) must act to increase transparency in energy markets and curtail excessive speculation by establishing aggregate position limits...

Navistar on track with engines
for 2010; final tests nearly done

Continuing on its path to meet the latest emissions requirements through its Advanced EGR (exhaust gas recirculation) MaxxForce engines, Navistar announced it is on track with its 2010 engine testing....

Study indicates preference
for SCR to meet EPA ‘10 rules

With just six months to go before the new EPA 2010 emissions standards for heavy-duty diesel engines go into effect, a national research study conducted in May 2009 by Quixote Group Research indicates that purchase consideration for SCR (selective catalytic reduction)...