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Jun 28, 2012

TRUCKMAKERS NEWS * WORLDWIDE

* Czech Republic - Ashok Leyland plans new trucks

Prague,Czech Republic -rediff business -June 25, 2012: -- Commercial vehicle major Ashok Leyland plans to strengthen its presence in the 5-12-tonne range of vehicles. It is to launch trucks from the Prague-headquartered AVIA, which it had bought in 2006, and would upgrading its light commercial vehicles (LCVs) from the joint venture it has with Nissan of Japan... Leyland had joined hands with Nissan to enter the LCV space. The first model, Dost, was sold under the Ashok Leyland brand. It has 16.6 per cent nationwide in the 2-3.5 tonne segment...


* Sweden - Volvo Trucks Technology Bypasses Map Makers for Cruise Control, Eco-Driving

Copenhagen,Sweden -GPS Business News, by Ludovic Privat -June 27, 2012:  ... Automatic Driving Assistance (ADAS) based on map data has been for a long time promoted by the like of NAVTEQ/Nokia, Tele Atlas/TomTom and smaller companies such as Intermap. But what does happen if the vehicle itself records the road geometry to use it for ADAS? ... This is actually what Volvo Trucks is doing in a new product called I-See that is focussed on saving fuel for long haulage firms... I-See is linked to the transmission's tilt sensor and obtains information about the road topography digitally. I-See can recall about 4,000 gradients, corresponding to a distance of 5,000 kilometres... For the time being the recording of the road topography is made by each truck for its own use, but it is probably not science fiction to believe that Volvo engineers are thinking about ways to mutualize this data between trucks and beyond...

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