TRUCKMAKERS' NEWS * WORLDWIDE
* Sweden - Volvo Trucks in Umeå Showcases its Successful Environmental Commitment
Stockholm,Sweden -Business Wire -Oct 14, 2009: -- The Volvo Trucks cab factory in Umeå, will soon be an entirely CO2-neutral factory. This is being achieved by replacing propane with DME and by cutting energy consumption through the use of an ice-cold underground river to cool the production machinery. At the same time, considerable environmental improvements in the paintshop have helped create the world`s cleanest and most energy-efficient paintshop... In conjunction with the meeting of the European Ministers in Umeå, Sweden on October 14-16, Volvo Trucks showcased its highly successful pro-environmental work at the cab factory in Umeå... Energy consumption has decreased by 30 percent per manufactured cab over the past ten yeas, at the same time as there has been a record increase in production volumes... (Image from europeanmotornews: Volvo's Umea factory)
* Japan - Mitsubishi Fuso Delivering Fuso Canter Eco Hybrid Trucks Outside of Japan for FIrst Time; Orders in Europe and
Australia
Tokyo,Japan -Green Car Congress -14 October 2009: -- Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corporation (MFTBC) has sold ten Fuso Canter Eco Hybrid trucks to Ireland’s leading utility company, the Electricity Supply Board (ESB), in Dublin... With the order from Ireland and another order from Australia, also for ten Fuso Canter Eco Hybrids, MFTBC is for the first time delivering a Fuso hybrid truck to customers outside of Japan. MFTBC is planning to expand its hybrid trucks business into targeted export markets starting in 2010... The Fuso Canter Eco Hybrid is the first series-production hybrid truck to be sold in Europe...
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