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TRUCKMAKERS' NEWS
* USA - Kenworth's Fuel Economy Sets Industry StandardKirkland,Wash,USA -Layover -April 30, 2007: -- Kenworth Truck Company's environmental-friendly and "green" commitment to producing aerodynamic, fuel-efficient trucks has helped reduce emissions, fuel usage and customer operating costs since it introduced the industry's first truly aerodynamic truck, the T600A, in 1985... Building on this aerodynamic heritage, Kenworth's latest models ? the new T660 and T2000 ? were recently acknowledged as SmartWay eligible trucks by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...
* Sweden - Scania to Deliver 100 trucks to Italian Transport Company
Stockholm, Sweden -TNN (UK) - 1 May 2007: -- The transport company Gruppo Gavio Spa has ordered 100 Scania tractor units. Scania's ability to provide low-weight trucks with engines that meet the Euro 4 exhaust requirements with EGR technology, combined with competivite service solutions were the main reasons behind the choice of supplier. The deal includes a full five years repair and maintenance contract...
* USA - Peterbilt, Kenworth Add Medium-Duty Hybrids
Louisville,Ky,USA -Light & Medium Truck, by Frederick Kiel -May 2007: -- Peterbilt Motors Co. and Kenworth Truck Co. announced prototype models of heavy-duty and medium-hybrid trucks at the Mid-America Trucking Show, and said they will all go into commercial production between 2007 and 2010... The technologies are similar, but the truck makers, subsidiaries of Paccar Inc., are undertaking research and development at their separate plants... Most of the trucks use an electric motor to boost the truck's diesel engine, especially in situations requiring high torque...
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