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TRUCKS' COMMENTS & OPINIONS
* UK - Volvo Truck sales are going like gangbusters in Eastern EuropeUK -Biglorryblog, by Brian Weatherley -21 Nov 2006: -- ... During October, the Swedish truck maker Volvo, saw its European deliveries increase by 14% finishing the month at 39,072 vehicles (34,253)... In Continental Europe, "demand was strong" say the men from Gothenburg who add: "The great economic growth in Eastern Europe and growing trade between East and West means an increase in the need for truck transport." In the 'Europe 27' group of countries (that's all the EU plus Norway and Switzerland), Volvo deliveries increased by 9% to 31,297 vehicles (28,772). But the real hike came in Eastern Europe (i.e. countries outside the EU), where it saw deliveries shoot up by a massive 42% (7,775)...
* UK - US Trucking's Aerodynamic Ignorance
UK - Road Transport -21 Nov 2006: -- US trucking firms are bitterly complaining about the price of diesel, but their apparent reluctance to actually help themselves means they aren't going to get any sympathy from me... According to the Energy Information Administration the average price of diesel in the US is $2.55 (£1.40) a gallon . While this might seem like a bargain to us in rip-off Britain, it has come as a major shock to a country which up until a few years ago was paying a little over a dollar (60p) for a gallon. With this in mind you would think that American operators would do their best to become as fuel efficient as possible, but I certainly didn't see any evidence of this on a recent trip to the US...
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