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PROGNOSIS * USA - Optimism for truck and component manufacturers
The worst is over and the recovery is under way
Las Vegas NV,USA -Fleet Owner, by Jim Mele -Jan 19, 2010: -- The worst is over and the recovery is under way, according to economists and analysts here at Heavy Duty Dialogue, an industry meeting of truck and component makers sponsored by the Heavy Duty Manufacturers Assn... Fleets and their suppliers still face a number of economic hurdles that will moderate the rate of recovery, but long-term prospects point to steadily improving freight volumes and a return to healthy conditions for the truck-manufacturing industry... Freight began to show signs of recovering in the last quarter of 2009, but low utilization and excess truck capacity will keep fleets from rushing back into the new truck market this year, Eli Lustgarten, sr. vp at Longbow Research told the conference. With utilization rates bottoming out at 73% in the middle of 2009 and now at about 75%, North American Class 8 truck production will only reach 125,000 to 150,000 units this year, said... In a gradual move back to more normal truck demand, Lustgarten forecast Class 8 production of 175,000 to 225,000 in 2011 and 250,000 units in 2012, which he said would mark “the new normal”... (Photo from paschaltrans: truck)
* USA - The future of high tech trucks is now
Las Vegas,NV,USA -Today's Trucking (CAN) -19 Jan 201o: -- While the past decade served mainly as an R&D period for advanced truck technologies, the next 10 years is when telematic and hybrid systems will really mature for real-world use... That was the word from a trio of experts at the Heavy Duty Dialogue 2010 here in Las Vegas during a panel discussion on trucking technology, titled The Next 10 Years...The first phase of telematics has been focused on vehicle monitoring, while the next era will be more heavily geared towards paying special attention to driver monitoring, says Denny Slagle, CEO of North American Trucks (the branding unification of Volvo-Mack)... Driver fatigue monitoring, distraction mitigation, as well as behavior monitoring and reaction, are all part of the new generation of safety oriented telematic systems... On the business efficiency and comfort side, trucks are evolving into mobile "hotel rooms" of sorts, providing a driver with rest and leisure accommodations as well as business tools such as in-cab scanning, signature capture, and true in-cab navigation... (Municipal vocations are driving hybrid truck utilization, but the gap between public and private sectors is closing)Labels: trucking markets prognosis
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