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TRUCKMAKERS' NEWS * WORLDWIDE
* USA - International Trucks showcases its first hybrid electric-diesel engines - Starting next week, the first line of commercial trucks equipped with hybrid electric-diesel engines will go on the market here
Wyoming,USA -mlive.com/The Grand Rapids Press, by Julia Bauer -September 12, 2008: -- ... The Navistar International DuraMax vehicle features hybrid powertrain technology developed by Eaton Corp. in Kalamazoo... On Tuesday, Western Michigan International Trucks LLC celebrates the launch at its sales center, showcasing its first hybrid equipped as a flat-bed tow truck... Early hybrid models coming off the Navistar assembly line are expected to sell for $80,000 to $110,000, about 50 percent higher than their all-diesel cousins... Buyers could qualify for up to a $12,000 grant from a federal program, and other savings are expected after the fact... Fuel efficiency is not the only advantage, he said... (Photo by Paul L. Newby II - Municipal sales manager Steve Bush takes a cruise in the first commercial hybrid electric diesel truck at Western Michigan International Trucks parking lot in Wyoming)
* USA - Oshkosh awarded $82.6M defense contract
Charlotte,NC,USA -The Business Journal of Milwaukee -September 10, 2008: -- Oshkosh Corp. said that its defense vehicles division has won an $82.6 million contract to rebuild 292 heavy equipment mobility tactical trucks... The Oshkosh-based manufacturer of specialty trucks said the contract calls for earlier variants of the vehicles to be returned to Oshkosh, stripped to the frame rails and completely rebuilt to meet the specifications of the new heavy equipment mobility tactical trucks. Work is expected to be completed by April 2009... * India - Bajaj Auto plans four new passenger and cargo vehicles
Firm’s sale of three-wheeler passenger and cargo vehicles have been declining in the past few years, yet it expects segment to look up
Mumbai,India -LiveMint (New Delhi,India), by Shally Seth/The Wall Street Journal (NY,USA) -11 Sept 2008: -- The country’s biggest manufacturer of three-wheelers by market share, Bajaj Auto Ltd, will ignore shrinking numbers in the passenger and cargo segments to launch four new vehicles after September, as it bids to sharpen its competitive edge... The new launches, he said, are part of the company’s strategy to keep competing in the so-called last mile transport segment, which comprises smaller vehicles such as autorickshaws and mini trucks that are used for transporting people and goods to their final destination... In August, sales of three wheelers fell 5% to 24,325 vehicles from 25,504 a year ago... Maheshwari attributed the decline in passenger autorickshaw sales to the limited issue of permits, and in cargo to changing market dynamics and a shift to sub-1-tonne four-wheelers such as Tata Motors Ltd’s Ace mini-truck, the largest-selling vehicle in the segment in India... Several state governments have put a cap on the number of fresh permits for autorickshaws because of congestion and pollution concerns... (Picture: 3 wheelers from Bajaj)Labels: truckmakers' news worldwide
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