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TRUCKMAKERS NEWS * USA & Canada
* USA - Navistar's "eStar" all-electric truck is now coming off the production line
Warrenville,ILL,USA -Truck News (CAN) -Aug 6, 2010: -- One year after US President, Barack Obama, announced a multi-million-dollar pledge to develop and deploy electric trucks at an Indiana-based Navistar facility, the manufacturer's eStar all-electric truck is now coming off the production line... Navistar officials say the eStar all-electric truck is generating significant interest in the marketplace... "In just the last two months, we've seen a number of customers - large and small - express interest in the eStar all-electric truck," said Mark Aubry, eStar's vice-president of sales and marketing. "We've delivered eStar trucks to FedEx and Pacific Gas & Electric Company, and with vehicle orders in the pipeline, we continue to work toward our goal of building 400 units this year" ... (Photo: Navistar's all-electric eStar truck is generating buzz among environmentally responsible fleets, according to the manufacturer)* USA - Navistar's a New Measurement: 'Fluid Economy'
Warrenville,ILL,USA -Truck News, by James Menzies (CAN) -27 July 2010: -- Navistar International would like you to add a new term to your vocabulary: 'Fluid Economy'... One of the strongest selling points behind selective catalytic reduction (SCR) exhaust aftertreatment has been its fuel economy, widely touted to be 5% better than EPA07 models. Navistar, the only truck and engine maker not to use SCR, feels the traditional model of measuring fuel economy is no longer fair, since it measures diesel consumption only and doesn't account for the use of diesel exhaust fluid, a second fluid required by SCR systems... The obvious question is why did International measure its own 13-litre engine against its rivals' 15-litre offerings? The company said it's because that's all that was available at the time and that Freightliner and Kenworth tout their 15-litre truck and engine packages as their most fuel-efficient options. I expect we'll see some reaction soon, particularly from Freightliner, which has never shied away from a PR battle with International...
* USA - Navistar Executives Take Heat Over Bonuses
Warrenville,ILL,USA -Truckinginfo -9 Aug 2010: -- The Securities and Exchange Commission has ordered Navistar CEO Daniel Ustian and former Chief Financial Officer Robert Lannert to pay over $2 million in bonuses back to the company. The company's executives agreed to the order without admitting or denying the commission's findings related to accounting violations, as part of a global settlement... Others named in the order include Thomas Akers Jr., James McIntosh, James Stanaway, Ernest Stinsa and Michael Schultz... The order finds that at times from 2001 through 2005, Navistar overstated its pre-tax income by about $137 million in several instances of misconduct... The SEC also issued a separate settled order Thursday involving Mark Schwetschenau, Navistar's former controller...
* USA - After a year's delay, PACCAR is building engines at a production facility in Columbus
Lowndes County,Columbus,Mississippi,USA -Clarion Ledger, by Jeff Ayres -August 10, 2010: -- The truckmaker's $400 million plant, which opened in June, begins production as the commercial-truck industry heads out of a recession-driven slump in sales... PACCAR produces the MX engine, which it touts as more fuel-efficient than previous engine models... Columbus is the first domestic facility to build the MX engine. The engine also is built in the Netherlands... PACCAR's opening represents what could be the beginning of an economic turnaround in Lowndes County. Columbus is the county seat...
* Canada - Ontario fleet takes new Paccar MX engine on a milk run
Kitchener,ONT,USA -Truck News (CAN) -Aug 4, 2010: -- Ontario-based bulk liquid food and milk hauler Stotesbury Transfer has become one of the first Canadian carriers to run the new Paccar MX engine in its fleet of Kenworth T800s, Kenworth has announced... The 12.9-litre Paccar MX is rated at 485 hp with 1,650 lb.-ft. of torque and is matched with an 18-speed transmission. Pettigrew generally grosses about 139,000 lbs... Stotesbury runs 23 Class 8 tractors and tanker trucks, eight of which run locally picking up fresh milk while 15 power units are deployed as far away as the Midwestern and Southeastern US... (Photo: Stotesbury Transfer is one of the first Canadian fleets to buy the new Paccar MX engine.)* USA - GM Invests in Plug-In Hybrid Manufacturer
Detroit,MICH,USA -Bloomberg News/Transport Topics -9 Aug 2010: -- General Motors has acquired an ownership stake in a company that is developing a plug-in hybrid truck for the light commercial market, reported... In exchange for a minority ownership interest, GM is providing the company, Bright Automotive, with funding and eventual access to GM gasoline engines and transmissions... Bright introduced its IDEA light van in 2008, but the planned 2012 introduction has been postponed due to the recession and a lack of funding for continued development... Bright’s van will use an electric motor paired with GM engines and transmissions. The van will run up to 40 miles on the electric motor and then shift to the engine, which will get about 36 mpg, the company said...Labels: truckmakers news USA
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