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Preliminary Class 8 truck
orders decrease in May

FTR Associates has released preliminary data showing May 2010’s Class 8 truck total net orders for all major North American OEMs at 12,903 units, a 9.8% decline from April.Although May orders slowed from the previous month, year-over-year comparisons show a 74.7% improvement over May 2009...

Market for hybrid
trucks, buses surging

Transit buses have long been an important platform for testing new drivetrains in the heavy-duty vehicle market, but within the past couple of years, manufacturers have increased development of hybrid electric and hydraulic hybrid drivetrains for the medium- and heavy-duty truck segments...

Roadcheck approaches;
inspectors to mobilize

The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) is helping to mobilize thousands of roadside inspectors June 8-10, 2010 to send a message to commercial truck and bus motor carriers and their employees....

Volvo Trucks backs Obama
fuel efficiency initiative

Denny Slagle, president and chief executive officer of Volvo Trucks North America, participated in an event at the White House during which President Obama signed a presidential memorandum aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions...

Mack Trucks supports
Obama fuel initiative

Denny Slagle, president and chief executive officer of Mack Trucks Inc, participated in an event at the White House during which President Obama signed a presidential memorandum aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions ...

Class 8 net orders
climb 91% in April

Net orders for heavy-duty Class 8 commercial vehicles increased 91% in April 2010 compared with the same month in 2009, according to ACT Research Co....

ATA Truck Tonnage Index
advances again in April

The American Trucking Associations’ advance seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased for the sixth time in the past seven months, gaining another 0.9% in April 2010....

Big Green cargo truck
helps ‘electrify’ seafood
deliveries in Big Apple

Big Green, an all-electric refrigerated cargo truck manufactured cooperatively in the Midwest, is making its first deliveries for a seafood business in New York City....

ATA supports Obama’s
calls for fuel economy,
emissions standards

Leaders of the American Trucking Associations (ATA) joined President Obama at the White House for his signing of a presidential memorandum that directs the US Department of Transportation and the Environmental Protection Agency to develop national standards for fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions for heavy- and medium-duty trucks....

CARB expands financial
assistance to truckers

The California Air Resources Board has approved changes to an existing $28 million financial assistance program that will significantly help more California independent truckers qualify for the purchase of a cleaner-running vehicle....

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