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TRUCKMAKERS' NEWS WORLDWIDE * Belgium - Daimler Says Truck-Market Drop May Extend Into 2010
Heavy-truck sales in Europe fell 14 percent from a year earlier in October...
Brussels,Belgium -Bloomberg, by Andreas Cremer -Dec. 10, 2008: -- ... according to figures from the Brussels-based association... The economies of the U.S. and the 15 countries that share the euro are in recession, prompting Daimler, Volvo AB, MAN AG and Scania AB to cut truck production as freight transporters and construction companies scale back operations. Stimulus packages to revive growth in Europe include 32 billion euros ($41.6 billion) in Germany and 26 billion euros in France, equivalent to 1.3 percent of each country’s gross domestic product... Central banks in the euro area, the U.K. and Sweden cut interest rates early this month in an effort to revive credit markets and economic growth. German companies faced tougher conditions trying to obtain bank loans in November compared with August, according to the Munich-based Ifo economic research institute. Sweden’s government increased credit guarantees and borrowing facilities this month to encourage loans to exporters... The European truck market is unlikely to revive until lending becomes more available, Scania Chief Executive Officer Leif Oestling said at today’s conference...
* Germany - Daimler Trucks still interested in Russia's Kamaz
Frankfurt,Germany -AP, by GEORGE FREY & ALEXIS KUNSAK -10 Dec 2008: -- Daimler AG's truck unit is still looking at acquiring a stake in Russian truck maker Kamaz Inc. and expects to make a decision by year-end, Daimler said Wednesday... Daimler spokeswoman Silke Walters said the notification was a normal procedure and that a final decision will be made later this month... The Stuttgart-based company started negotiations in the second quarter of 2008 with the Russian investment company Troika Dialog, which wants to sell its 42 percent stake in Kamaz...
* Canada - Westport Innovations, Paccar to build trucks for Australian market
Vancouver,BC,CAN -The Canadian Press -Dec 2008: -- Westport Innovations Inc., a producer of alternative engine fuel technologies, announced a partnership with Paccar Australia that will produce more fuel-efficient trucks for the australian market... The Vancouver-based company said it would team up with Kenworth Trucks, a division of Paccar, to produce liquefied natural gas vehicles starting in 2009... The trucks will be produced at a plant outside Melbourne, Australia and will feature Westport's fuel system and specialized LNG engine...
* USA - Defying tight spaces
St. Paul,Minn,USA -Fleet Equipment, by Carol Birkland -December 2008: -- Hino conventional trucks are filling a niche in North America with features and designs well suited for inner city applications... The truck –– a Hino 268A, Class 6 (25,950 lbs. GVW), 4 X 2 conventional cab truck (BBC 108-in.) sporting a 24-ft. van body –– stood ready and waiting on the lot... Hino offers the conventional in Classes 4 through 7 with an impressive line-up of standard and optional features for flexibility ideal for a wide variety of fleet applications. The company plans to introduce a Class 4 hybrid version in the future, and has just announced that its proprietary Hino engines will use SCR technology to meet 2010 engine emission regulations... Also, Hino is looking at telematics technology partners to add this functionality to its product line in 2010...
* Sweden - Volvo Hybrid-Electric Refuse Trucks for France and UK
Stockholm,Sweden -Green Car Congress (USA) -10 December 2008: -- Volvo Trucks will deliver four pre-production diesel-electric hybrid refuse trucks to Veolia Propreté, one of the world’s largest refuse handling companies, and next autumn they will start work in London and Paris... The four hybrid refuse trucks are all based on Volvo Trucks’ heavy-duty FE model and combine a 7-liter diesel (320 hp / 238 kW) with Volvo’s I-SAM (Integrated Starter Alternator Motor) hybrid pack featuring starter motor, 120 kW electric propulsion motor, alternator and electronic control unit. The I-SAM system fits between the clutch and the I-Shift automatic transmission... (Photo: The Veolia hybrid refuse truck) Labels: truckmakers' news USA
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