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Nov 2, 2013

TRUCKMAKERS NEWS * USA & Canada

* Washington - Paccar’s profit jumps 32.4%

(Photo: A Kenworth truck) 
Bellevue,WASH,USA -Transport Topics -29 Oct 2013: -- Truck maker Paccar Inc. said its profit increase 32.4% in the third quarter amid higher truck deliveries and record profits in its parts and financial service businesses... Paccar sells the Kenworth Truck Co. and Peterbilt Motors Co. brands of light-, medium- and heavy-duty trucks in North America. It also sells the DAF Trucks and Leyland Trucks brands internationally...


* British Columbia - Westport ending 15L natural gas engine production, shifting focus to OEM integration

Vancouver,BC,Canada -Fleet Owner, by Brian Straight -Nov. 1, 2013: -- Westport formally announced the shutdown of 15L natural gas engine production in its latest earnings report this week. The company said it will no longer take orders for the powerplant, which features Westport’s high-pressure direct injection (HPDI) system, as of Nov. 15 of this year... The company is not, though, abandoning its HPDI system, says Nicole Adams, director of communications... Adams added that Westport is now working on integrating the next-generation HPDI system with Volvo’s new 13L natural gas engine with expected availability sometime in 2014...

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