* USA - Volkswagen takes on Toyota for share of the Latin American light-truck market
Miami,FL,USA -The Miami Herald, by Joseph A. Mann Jr. -20 May 2012: -- In a battle waged from Miami, relative newcomer Volkswagen is challenging dominant leader Toyota for a slice of the fast-growing Latin American light-truck market... In this battle for market share, VW Commercial Vehicles is pitting its
four-door, diesel-powered Amarok pickup truck against the ruling
champion, Toyota’s Hilux pickup, which comes in several different models
but is not sold in the United States. VW also sells four other light
commercial vehicles in the region — the T5, Crafter, Caddy and Saveiro. In addition to the Hilux, Toyota offers the Hiace van and sport utility vehicles like Fortuner and RAV4...
* Germany - Daimler's Predictive Power Control "sees ahead" to help trucks save fuel
(Daimler's new GPS-based Predictive Power Control system automatically shifts trucks into lower gears as they approach hills)
Stuttgart,Germany -Gizmag, by Ben Coxworth -May 23, 2012: -- Although transport truck drivers routinely shift gears when going up or down hills, those hills can sometimes sneak up on them. Using Daimler’s GPS-enabled Predictive Power Control, however, the new Mercedes-Benz Actros tractor unit will now be able to see those hills coming. This will allow it to automatically change gears before the going gets tough, resulting in fuel savings of up to three percent over moderately difficult topography... In 2009, Daimler introduced a system known as Predictive Cruise Control, on its Freightliner trucks in the U.S. This uses GPS data to control the vehicle’s speed and braking functions for maximum efficiency, given its present geographical location. Predictive Power Control is built on this system, but uses its knowledge of the road ahead to also preemptively downshift the Actros by one or two gears...
* India - M and M taps Korean arm to crack China
(Photo from REUTERS, by Vivek Prakash: An employee pushes the frame of the cabin of a Mahindra Bolero vehicle at the company's manufacturing plant on the outskirts of Mumbai May 23, 2012)
Mumbai,India -Reuters, by By Henry Foy -May 24, 2012: -- Mahindra and Mahindra is finding it tough to exorcise the ghosts of failed Chinese ownership at its South Korean car unit Ssangyong as it looks to push the brand into China's auto market, the world's largest... At the same time, the Indian car, tractor and truck maker, the core part of the $14.4 billion diversified Mahindra Group, will take its own rugged sport utility vehicles (SUVs) elsewhere, to emerging markets such as Brazil and South Africa - though it is developing engines to be used across both brands...
* Belgium - First Renault Midlum ATK with European COC
Grammont,Belgium -
Truck and Business, by Michael Buckinx -25 May 2012: -- The garage Antoine delivered a first Renault Midlum ATK receiving a COC (Certificate of Conformity) European to a processor Dutch. Active as a truck manufacturer ATK, garage Antoine, Renault Trucks dealer, has indeed a European approval to market its version of ATK based on Renault Midlum. As a reminder, all processors must now meet a new EU directive laying down a procedure for type approval and have the COC...Labels: truckmakers news worldwide
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