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TRUCKMAKERS' NEWS WORLDWIDE
* USA - Idle Free Hybrid System now available from Mack Trucks
USA -eTrucker, by CCJ -29 May 2007: -- Truck operators no longer need to idle their truck engine to run their televisions and microwaves, or to heat and air condition their sleepers, thanks to the Idle Free Hybrid System, now available as an option from Mack Trucks... This nonpolluting anti-idling system is designed to utilize battery power to provide reliable electrical power and save fuel.... According to Jerry Warmkessel, marketing product manager of highway products for Mack, Idle Free has advantages over traditional auxiliary power units. The total weight of the system -- with five batteries, inverter, HVAC and controls -- is 370 pounds, which is less than many APUs. It is also quiet, does not consume fuel, requires no maintenance, and is not subject to local idling restrictions...
* Holland - DAF to Boost Truck Output To Meet High European Demand
The Netherlands -Bloomberg -29 May 2007: -- DAF Trucks NV, a unit of U.S. truck maker Paccar Inc., plans to increase production at its main plant by about 5% to 192 vehicles per day starting in June to meet high European freight transport demand... European cargo transporters have handled more shipments and bought more trucks amid first-quarter economic growth that exceeded 6% in Poland and was higher than estimates in the 13 countries that use the euro... Paccar is the parent company of U.S. truck makers Peterbilt Motors Co. and Kenworth Truck Co...
* USA - Keeping on trucking?
Marion,ARK,USA -The Arkansas Times -30 May 2007: -- Gov. Mike Beebe has scheduled an economic development announced Thursday at the Hino Motors axle plant in Marion... Might a Hino plant expansion for truck assembly be in the works after all? Reports in April said it had been ruled out, about the time that a variety of questions were emerging about air quality and workforce in Arkansas when Hino-parent Toyota spurned Marion for a car assembly site...
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