* Michigan - GM boosting production of big SUVs and trucks - sources
-- General Motors Co. is boosting production of its highly profitable large SUVs and trucks to a pace that could result in 48,000 to 60,000 additional vehicles for the 2016 model year, in a bid to capitalize on rising demand, sources told Reuters... GM's Arlington, Texas, plant that makes full-sized sport utility vehicles including the Cadillac Escalade and Chevrolet Suburban added Saturday overtime shifts beginning on Aug. 1, a GM spokesman confirmed on Thursday. GM is also expected to boost output of pickup trucks, other people familiar with the company's plans said, but it was not clear how that would be done... The Arlington plant is capable of making 400 big SUVs per shift, or about 1,200 in a full day's production, barring any planned or unplanned maintenance, said the sources, who wished to remain anonymous because GM has not announced its plans... In recent months, GM has reported lower sales for its big SUVs, but the comparisons are skewed because in 2014, GM bulked up inventories of the vehicles ahead of a major redesign. More of those older models ultimately were sold to fleets...
(Photo REUTERS, by MIKE STONE - A Cadillac Escalade passes through a final inspection point at the General Motors Assembly Plant in Arlington, Texas) -- Detroit, MICH, USA - Reuters, by BERNIE WOODALL - Aug 13, 2015
* North Caroline - Volvo, Mack team with Omnitracs to develop fleet management services
-- Volvo Trucks and Mack Trucks are partnering with technology supplier Omnitracs to develop integrated fleet-management services that would utilize their trucks’ built-in telematics hardware... These collaborations would expand the third-party applications available on Volvo and Mack models, the two original equipment manufacturers said in separate statements Aug. 17. Volvo and Mack are part of the Volvo Group... The OEMs’ agreements with Omnitracs also continue an industry trend toward greater integration between truck makers and technology suppliers, resulting in factory-installed technology that reduces the need for aftermarket hardware purchases and eliminates installation costs... Integrated services from Omnitracs would be enabled by the same hardware that drives Volvo’s Remote Diagnostics and Mack’s GuardDog Connect platforms, which provide proactive fault-code data and repair-planning assistance to reduce vehicle downtime...
(Photo) -- Greensboro, N.C., USA - Transport Topics - 17 Aug 2015Labels: truckmakers news USA
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