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TRUCKMAKERS NEWS * USA
* Illinois - Customers Wouldn't Pay Extra for Any Non-Compliance Penalties Imposed on Navistar
Warrenville,ILL,USA -Truckinginfo, by Tom Berg -2 Jan 2012: -- Customers would not see an upcharge if Navistar International has to pay government penalties for producing engines whose emissions exceed the absolute federal limit for nitrogen oxide (NOx), said Jim Hebe, senior vice president of North American sales... Hebe was commenting on the Environmental Protection Agency's announcement that Navistar might have to pay a penalty for each engine produced that exceeds a limit of 0.2 gram per horsepower-hour for NOx. The penalty would be as much as $1,900 per engine, EPA said... Navistar now makes 2010-legal diesels which emit as much as 0.5 gram of NOx compared to competitors' engines that meet the 0.2-gram limit. EPA allows the higher amount because of credits Navistar previously earned for producing thousands of engines that were cleaner than required... Navistar will continue to avoid liquid urea injection into exhaust, the active part of competitors' selective catalytic reduction method, Hebe insisted...
* Wiscosin - Can Oshkosh Corp.’s SandCat give it an edge in developing a new vehicle for the Army and Marines?
* Oshkosh - Oshkosh Corp. vs. Carl Icahn: Most Oshkosh directors keep seats; 1 race is close
Oshkosh,WIS,USA -The Associated Press/The Chicago Tribune -January 27, 2012: -- Oshkosh Corp., the truck maker which has been pressed by investor Carl Icahn over the direction of the company and who should sit on its board, said on Friday that most of its directors had won election, although the voting for one director is too close to call... Oshkosh said it believes that at least 12 of its 13 director nominees have been elected, based on the preliminary proxies turned in for its annual meeting on Friday... Icahn, who holds about 9.5 percent of Oshkosh shares, had proposed a slate of six candidates for the 13-member board. Oshkosh did not identify the director who may not have gotten enough votes to be on the board...
* Wiscosin - Oshkosh profit falls on slow defense sales
Oshkosh,WIS,USA -Associated Press/The Chicago Tribune -January 31, 2012: -- Truck maker Oshkosh Corp. said Tuesday that its profit fell by nearly two-thirds in its fiscal first quarter on lower sales of some military vehicles and parts... Lower spending by cities, fewer sales to airports and "operational challenges" at a Florida plant hurt sales of fire and other emergency vehicles in the quarter, the company added. It said performance at the Florida plant would improve as the year goes along... Net income was $38.9 million, or 42 cents per share, for the three months ended Dec. 31 compared with $99.6 million, or $1.09 per share, a year earlier... Excluding expenses related to a proxy fight, currency-exchange losses and tax benefits, the company said it would have earned 41 cents per share...
* Illinois - Caterpillar Bullish On 2012 After Record Fourth Quarter
(Photo: The Cat Vocational Truck, Cat CT660)
Peoria,ILL,USA -Forbes, by Steve Schaefer -26 Jan 2012: -- Fourth-quarter earnings season has shown most companies are still laser-focused on whittling down costs to wring every ounce of profit from sluggish, or nonexistent, revenue growth. Caterpillar is in a different camp though, and after a record-breaking year the heavy equipment make says it expects to add costs in 2012 through increased capital expenditures and R and D. It may be a bit easier for Caterpillar to be so upbeat after a fiscal year and quarter that were the best in the company’s history. Caterpillar earned $4.9 billion in profit on $60.1 billion in revenue in 2011, up 83% and 41% respectively from the prior year... The company is not resting on its laurels either, steaming forward with the integration of acquisitions like mining equipment maker Bucyrus and upping its commitment to growth by spending some of the cash it generates...
* Illinois - Hybrid propulsion system to be integrated into Caterpillar transmissions
(Photo: BAE Systems Launches Hybridrive Parallel Propulsion System)
Peoria,Illinois,USA -Fleet Owner -Jan 27, 2012: -- Caterpillar has signed a 20-year agreement with BAE Systems to use BAE’s HybriDrive parallel hybrid propulsion system. Under terms of the agreement, BAE will integrate its HybriDrive into the Cat CX family of transmissions as well as establish an aftermarket field services model using Caterpillar’s global service network... The parallel system, which is in final development, is based on BAE’s HybriDrive series system, currently used in more than 3,800 transit buses worldwide. The system is said to improve fuel economy 30% for heavy-duty truck applications including refuse collection, construction, pickup and delivery, and utility...
* Virginia - Volvo adds 30 hp. to fuel economy model
Dublin,VA,USA -Fleet Owner, by Jim Mele -Jan 26, 2012: -- Volvo Trucks North America is now offering its XE fuel-economy integrated powertrain with a 455 hp. rating... Introduced just last September with a 425 hp. rating, the Class 8 highway package combines Volvo’s D13 heavy-duty diesel with its proprietary I-Shift automated overdrive transmission, rear axle ratings of 2.64 to 2.69, and proprietary powertain control software to deliver a 3% improvement in fuel mileage... Overall, the integrated powertrain concept is growing in popularity with Volvo customers, in 2011 80% of its trucks were sold with Volvo diesels and 40% with its automated mechanical I-Shift transmission...
* DC - D.O.E. awards $19 million to Volvo for more fuel-efficient trucks
Washington,DC,USA -EcoSeed, by Jhoanna Frances S. Valdez -January 29, 2012: -- The Department of Energy is awarding Swedish truck maker Volvo Group $19 million to develop more fuel-efficient tractor-trailers and deploy more cutting-edge trucking technologies which the agency says will help boost the competitiveness of the U.S. auto and manufacturing industry... The five-year funding will be used to improve the freight-moving efficiency of heavy-duty vehicles like the Mack and Volvo Trucks and to reduce greenhouse gases... D.O.E. expects fuel economy increases from 6.5 miles per gallon to 9.75 miles per gallon, which would save long-haul truckers more than $15,000 per truck per year in fuel costs. Fuel economy for trucks is under the agency's SuperTruck program, an initiative aimed at improving heavy-duty truck fuel efficiency by 50 percent...
* Utah - PacLease-CR England Dedicated LNG 1
(Photo: LNG-powered Kenworth T800)
Salt Lake City,UT,USA -flickr -27 Jan 2012: -- C.R. England Dedicated operates this LNG-powered Kenworth T800 and others in a pilot project by leasing them from PACCAR Leasing (PacLease). By leasing natural gas-powered trucks through PacLease, companies like C.R. England Dedicated can acquire the new technology without having to deal with the maintenance, says Olen Hunter, director of sales for PacLease... The 15-liter, 450-hp Westport GX engine offers low-emissions performance while maintaining equal horsepower, torque and efficiency to diesel-fueled engines. A typical Class 8 truck using the cleaner burning LNG fuel may reduce greenhouse gas emissions by up to an estimated 27 percent, compared to a diesel-fueled truck equipped with a 2010 emission-compliant engine...* Wiscosin - Odyne Systems Delivers Seven Hybrid System Work Trucks Throughout Wisconsin
(Odyne - The New Benchmark in Hybrid Performance)
Waukesha,WIS,USA -Truckinginfo -31 Jan 2012: -- Hybrid system maker Odyne Systems LLC has delivered seven trucks featuring the Odyne advanced plug-in hybrid propulsion system to utilities and municipalities in Wisconsin... Communities and utilities receiving the new technology were partially funded under the Wisconsin Clean Transportation Program, jointly administered through the Wisconsin State Energy Office and the U.S. Department of Energy Wisconsin Clean Cities Program. The new units will deliver fuel efficiency over a conventional truck of up to 50% annually depending on truck use... Odyne hybrid systems are modular and can be applied to a wide range of commercial work vehicles. The technology combines reliable electric power conversion, power control and energy storage technology with Remy advanced electric propulsion motors, modular Johnson Controls lithium-ion battery systems and other robust, automotive quality components...Labels: truckmakers news USA
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