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Aug 23, 2012

TRUCKMAKERS NEWS * USA

* Indiana - New report studies NG viability for Class 8 trucks 

Columbus,IND,USA -ACT Research (PR) -August 17, 2012: -- A new natural gas (NG) research report by ACT Research reviews the viability of natural gas as a long-term fuel for transportation of heavy freight in the US... The North American commercial vehicle truck market will see a measured shift to the use of natural gas as a fuel for heavy duty and class 8 vehicles, displacing currently used diesel fuel. In the next years, natural gas will become the fuel of choice for of on-highway vehicles... A fundamental change may be on the horizon...

* Maryland / USA - Volvo opens $8M assembly line for truck transmissions

(Photo by Ric Dugan: John Ebersole, left, of Greencastle, Pa., and Reginald Metts of Hagerstown talk about what Metts does on the new transmission line at the Volvo Powertrain plant near Hagerstown on Thursday)
Hagerstown,MD,USA -The Baltimore Business Journal, by Dan Dearth -August 17, 2012: -- AB Volvo has officially opened its $8 million Volvo Powertrain plant near Hagerstown. The plant will mean 50 new jobs in the area... Volvo had produced heavy-duty truck transmissions in Sweden and modified them at its Western Maryland Volvo Powertrain plant. But with the opening of the assembly line, the Swedish auto and truck maker will start serial production next week of a new and innovative 12-speed "automated manual transmission system" that has the configuration of a manual transmission with an automated box on the top that does the clutch-free shifting...


* DC / USA - Industry Research Favors Roll Stability over Electronic Stability Controls

Washington,DC,USA -TruckingInfo, by Oliver B. Patton -13 Aug 2012: -- New research by the trucking industry finds that for some carriers, roll stability control technology may be more effective than electronic stability control... The analysis by the American Transportation Research Institute, found that RSC trucks had lower average crash rates than ESC trucks, with RSC being significantly less expensive than ESC... The issue is significant in a proposed new rule by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that would mandate ESC on new tractors. The agency evaluated both technologies and found that the net benefit of ESC is greater than RSC... Both systems perform a similar function: if sensors detect the risk of rollover or instability, the control module slows the vehicle by cutting back the throttle and applying the brakes automatically... The difference is that RSC is triggered only when the system detects roll instability, which might occur when a truck is going too fast into a turn or maneuvers too quickly... ESC reacts to both roll instability and yaw instability, such as a skid that could lead to a jackknife. In addition to slowing the vehicle to prevent a rollover, it applies the brakes on the wheel that needs to be slowed to counteract the skid...


* Michigan - Meritor Wabco ups safety quotient

(Photo from Meritor Wabco: Meritor Wabco provided demonstrations and displayed some of its products during a media event at the Ford Michigan Proving Grounds in Romeo, MI.)
Rochester,MICH,USA -Fleet Owner, by Brian Straight -Aug. 16, 2012: -- In the minds of Jon Morrison and Scott Belcher, innovation comes from pushing the limits. First came anti-lock brakes for trucks, then the OnGuard collision mitigation system (CMS). Now, Meritor Wabco is taking safety to a new level with its next-generation OnGuard system as well as a new lane departure warning system, electronically controlled air suspension and a stability and traction control system called ESCsmart...

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