etruck.com.au

It is almost impossible to get the words rationality and trucking industry in the same sentence and make sense. It is in the nature of trucking for those involved to follow the heart not the head and, if the customer kicks up, drop the price. It appears it is a global problem and it’s been [...]

more about “Mack 2010 Emissions in the USA“, posted with vodpod Mack marketing executive Dave McKenna shows off the latest SCR technology as it is fitted on the new Macks in the US. They now need to use every emission reduction technology to get over the line. They already use EGR and a particulate filter. [...]

Along with the issue of a driver shortage in the US comes driving schools which are simply box ticking businesses putting truck drivers out on the highway with no experience and no idea how to handle a truck. The rookie driver interviewed is TruckerDesiree who can be followed on Twitter at http://twitter.com/TruckerDesiree who was unleashed [...]

As the Australian economy starts to pick up, businesses here have come through the global financial crisis relatively unscathed, when compared to those in other parts of the world, especially in the US and Europe. From the transport industry’s point of view some of the problems created by the crisis in the truck industry may [...]

Here’s another video from fleetowner.com with Kansas City Power & Light’s William Herdegen explaining why all-electric trucks make a good fit for his fleet. more about "Buying electric trucks", posted with vodpod

The idea of electric trucks is suddenly becoming more viable and here is Kevin Beck, one of the guys from Smith Electric vehicles, talking about the Smith Newton in Washington DC yesterday. more about "Electric trucks on show in US", posted with vodpod

The transport industry in the USA is trying to catch up with something the rest of the world has been doing for many years. They have decided to to lobby hard to get an increase in the allowable GCM on the roads of the United States.

Trucks using the Cummins Westport LNG gas powered engines have been released onto the US market by Sterling. This is the the first LNG-engined truck to be built on the assembly line in the US. In the past any LNG engines have been fitted later as a repowering oof the truck.

The latest heavy duty engine sales figures demonstrate Caterpillar’s continuing fall in market share among US truck buyers. As Cat fell from 20% to 12% in the first six months of 2008, Cummins rose to 40% from 32% share of the top end of the heavy duty market.

Mack are to quit their long-time headquarters in Allentown, Pennsylvania to move their offices in with Volvo at their Group HQ at Greensboro, North Carolina.