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TRUCKMAKERS' NEWS * WORLDWIDE
* USA - Company To Assemble Electric Trucks At KCI - Production To Begin In Third Quarter Of 2009
Kansas City,MO,USA -KMBC TV -March 27, 2009: -- Smith Electric Vehicles announced Friday that a line of electric delivery trucks will be assembled near the Kansas City International Airport... The trucks will be about the size of a common parcel delivery truck. They'll be marketed to companies with a fleet of trucks that drive daily routes of about 100 miles... Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon was in Kansas City for the announcement, and he test drove one of the electric trucks... SEV CEO Bryan Hansel admitted the trucks are more expensive than current delivery trucks that are now in use. But he said over the 15-year life of the vehicle, operating costs are 80 percent less. He hopes that eventually attracts fleets from other companies... (See Video)* India - Tata Motors Plans Truck-Making Unit in Myanmar
Mumbai,India -Bloomberg, by Anoop Agrawal -March 29, 2009: -- Tata Motors Ltd. plans to set up a truck-making unit in Myanmar with the financial support of the federal Indian government, the Business Standard newspaper reported without saying from where it got the information... The government will sanction a $20 million credit line which will be used to set up an assembly plant and a component- manufacturing factory, the newspaper said...
* China - Zhou Says Economy Recovers on Decisive Action
Beijing,China -Bloomberg, by Li Yanping -26 March 2009: -- ... SAIC-Iveco Hongyan Commercial Vehicle Co., a Chinese truckmaker, said today it is winning orders from local miners for deliveries as early as the third quarter, indicating demand may be recovering... “We are receiving truck orders for their operations in Southern Africa and India,” Matthew Wang, general manager of SAIC-Iveco Hongyan’s Kairui sales center, said in an interview during the Asian Mining Congress in Singapore. “Our business is increasing as copper prices rise.”...
* USA - Kenworth adds tandem rear suspension
USA -Fleet Owner -Mar 30, 2009: -- Kenworth has added a new tandem rear suspension for its Class 8 trucks. The proprietary Kenworth AG400L, a disc brake-compatible suspension, is a 40,000-lb. highway system for the Kenworth T660, T800, T2000 and W900 models... The four-bag suspension is suitable for over-the-road and P&D applications, Kenworth said, and is designed to provide a smooth ride through a trailing-arm design...
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