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TRUCKMAKERS NEWS * WORLDWIDE
* Australia - EXCLUSIVE! The first CAT-badged trucks to roll off the joint IH/CAT 'NC2'
(The CT610-lo)Tullamarine,Melbourne,VIC,Australia -Biglorryblog (UK), photos by Robert W Dick -August 11, 2010: -- The first photos of the eagerly-awaited new trucks from the joint Navistar/Cat 'NC2'project which sees the whole thing kicked off in Australia... The Cat-badged trucks are being assembled from semi-knocked-down (SKD) kits on a dedicated line within CAT's Australian facility at Tullamarine, Melbourne.
(The CT630-lo)Here's the CT 630 which is based on the International Prostar---but the major thing is both these products are badged as 'CAT' trucks. The move to build and sell a new range of CAT trucks in Oz (they will later be offered in other non-US markets) follows Caterpillar's annoucement that it was withdrawing from the US on-highway truck engine market and not develop EPA 2010 engines for North America---and that it would pursue markets outside the US with CAT-branded products developed in association with Navistar. Thus the CAT-badged NC2 truck line-up which will be aimed at regular over-the-road applications...
* Germany - Mercedes-Benz all electric Vito E-CELL van prepares for deliveries
Stuttgart,Germany -Gizmag, by Darren Quick -August 1, 2010: ... Mercedes-Benz says the Vito E-Cell will be significantly less expensive to operate than a Vito powered by an internal combustion engine (ICE), with such a vehicle incurring four to seven times the costs of a Vito E-CELL recharged overnight with low-priced off-peak power... 
(Photo: Electric V Internal Combustion Engine Vito)
The Vito E-CELL will have an operating range of around 130km (80 miles) and will be able to carry a payload of around 900kg (1.984 lbs). The vehicle’s top speed is limited to 80 km/h (50 mph) to maximize the operating range of the batteries. The exterior of the van is the same as the conventionally powered Vito right down to the charging socket which is located behind the flap usually concealing the fuel filler pipe. The ground clearance and angle of approach/departure are also practically unchanged compared to the ICE Vito... Mercedes-Benz will deliver 100 Vito E-CELL vans to customers between August and December this year. Half each will be taken into operation in Berlin and Stuttgart, and further units will be used in the Basque region of Spain early next year. These customer trials for the Vito E-CELL are scheduled for four years and roughly 80,000 km per vehicle, after which the 100 vans will be returned to Mercedes-Benz. A further 2,000 units are already planned from 2011...
* Japan - Volvo Japan Unit Reportedly Expanding Diesel Engine Capacity
Tokyo,Japan -Japan’s Nikkei newspaper/Bloomberg/Transport Topics (USA) -9 Aug 2010: -- Japanese firm UD Trucks Corp., a unit of Volvo AB, will invest about $60 million to set up a commercial vehicle diesel engine production line near Tokyo... The line will have capacity to produce 40,000 engines a year, doubling production at the company’s Ageo plant ... Volvo AB is the parent company of Volvo Trucks North America and Mack Trucks...
* India - General Motors India to launch lights truck in the one tonne and below categories
Kolkata,India -Reuters -Aug 6, 2010: -- General Motors India will launch a range of mini-trucks and passenger vehicles in its joint venture with China's SAIC two years from now, a senior company official said on Friday... The company plans to launch two mini-trucks and three passenger vehicles in India, which would be sold under the Chevrolet brand, General Motor's India head Karl Slym told reporters at a press conference... The light trucks, in the sub-one tonne and one tonne categories, would be priced competitively, he said... (Photo from chandrucabs: Chevrolet Tavera)
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