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Jul 13, 2017

A REVOLUTIONARY PROTOTYPE * France

* Paris - Attention, truck phenomenal!

--- Above all, do not rely on its banal look. This gouged chassis, obviously used for manufacturer tests, is a revolutionary prototype. The most physiognomists amongst you will have recognized an Actros cabin, yet this 8 × 4 is not a Mercedes. Finally, not quite, but a little all the same... 
Paris, IdF, France - France Routes, by Pascal Stich - June 27, 2017

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"TITANIUM" TRUCK * France: By Renault Deutschland

* Lyon - Titanium, a limited series of Renault Trucks

--- Here's the new Titanium livery that Renault Trucks Deutschland revealed this weekend at the Truck Race Trophy Spielberg in Austria. The first event of the FIA ​​2017 Eurpepe Truck Racing Championship...
Saint Priest, Lyon, Francia - France Routes, by Pascal Stich - May 14, 2017

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TRUCK OF TOMORROW * France: New prototype

* Lyon - Renault Trucks has developed a prototype of the truck of tomorrow

 (Video TFI: From the front it has an ordinary appearance) 

--- Yet the truck of tomorrow is anything but common to what we know: no rear-view mirrors, no apparent wheels, a truck that adapts its speed near a traffic light ... In the last three years a French manufacturer has developed a prototype of Truck of 2020, after investing 9 million euros... 
Lyon, Saint Priest, France - MyTFI - 9 July 2017


* Lyon - Renault Trucks leading FALCON project to cut heavy-duty tractor-trailer fuel consumption 13%

--- Renault Trucks, part of the Volvo Group, is leading the FALCON (Flexible & Aerodynamic Truck for Low CONsumption) consortium project to develop a complete heavy-duty tractor-trailer combination to consume 13% less fuel than a standard coupling towed by a Renault Trucks ... The project team is focusing on optimized aerodynamics of the truck and trailer combination; connected low rolling resistance tires; and predictive energy-saving driving aid and fuel management functions, together with an improved powertrain using a new-generation Rankine heat recovery system and optimized lubricant formulations... With the exception of the Rankine system, this technology is set to be integrated into a demonstration vehicle and tested in real conditions at the end of 2018... 
(Photo: Renault Trucks the all-new Range T Long Haul tractor-unit)  --  Saint Priest, Lyon, France - GreenCarCongress - 30 June 2017

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Mar 18, 2017

PEUGEOT / CITROEN buys OPEL / VAUXHALL * France

* Paris - PSA Group (Peugeot Citroen) buys Opel / Vauxhall

--- PSA Group (Peugeot Citroen) has taken over Opel/ Vauxhall. With the new addition, which generated revenue of €17.7 billion in 2016, PSA will become the second-largest automotive company in Europe, with close to a 17 per cent market share... General Motors Co. and PSA Group today announced an agreement under which GM’s Opel/Vauxhall subsidiary and GM Financial’s European operations will join the PSA Group in a transaction valuing these activities at €1.32 billion( €650m in cash and €670m in PSA share warrants) and €0.9 billion, respectively. PSA and BNP Paribas have agreed to jointly acquire Opel/ Vauxhall’s captive financing activities and have entered into a long-term strategic partnership around the Opel and Vauxhall brands... PSA Group expects his strong and balanced presence in its home markets will serve as the basis of profitable growth worldwide. It has vowed to return Opel and its British Vauxhall brand to profit... 
Paris, France - Transport Parts, by Padraic Deane - March 6, 2017

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RENAULT's CNG TRUCKS * France

* Lyon - Renault Trucks shows CNG capability

--- French truck maker, Renault, is the latest to demonstrate its faith in CNG as a fuel of the immediate future, by showing off its Range D line-up of gas-powered vehicles at the International Transport and Logistics Week trade show (SITL) in Paris, which takes place on March 14-16... A 19-tonne Range D Wide CNG, wearing the livery of French haulier STAF, will be on display on the French Natural Gas Vehicles Association (AFGNV) stand at the show. The truck is fitted with a new generation Euro-6 Step C-compliant 8.9-litre engine with horizontal exhaust... 
(Photo: A Renault Trucks shows CNG capability) -- Saint-Priest, Lyon, Francia - Transport Parts, by John Loughran - March 6, 2017

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Feb 13, 2017

CITROEN's DISPATCH * France: New prized van

* SSD - Citroën Dispatch wins What Van? Award


--- The new Citroën Dispatch has picked up a major accolade. The new mid-size panel van was named joint winner of both the overall Light Commercial Vehicle of the Year prize and the Medium Van of the Year trophy at the 2017 What Van? Awards... The new Citroen Dispatch is built on an impressive new modular platform, ‘Moduwork’. The side passenger seat can be lifted up against the partition to provide extra space with a flat floor and the large flap in the partition, which extends the load length by 1.16 metres. This provides an expanded and very useful length of up to 4 metres. It is also accompanied by an anti-slippage net on the side of the driver’s seat. The great flexibility of this additional load length capability is very useful for ladders, pluming pipes etc... Moduwork also transforms the new Dispatch cabin into a true mobile office with the central arm rest lowering to provide a pivoting tablet with an elastic and adhesive strip to keep objects (such as PCs or tablets) in place. In addition, special supports for smartphones and tablets are available as accessories...
Saint-Ouen, Seine-Saint-Denis depart, France - Transport Parts, by Padraic Deane - 13 Feb 2017

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Feb 10, 2017

Renault Trucks Defense * France - Volvo will look for the highest bidder

* Paris - Global bidders line up for

--- Safran, an aeronautics equipment and defense company, is among European and American firms and investment funds that have considered bidding for Renault Trucks Defense, according to multiple defense sources. CMI, a Belgian builder of turrets and guns for armored vehicles; and three venture capital companies are among those which have also taken a look at RTD, the source said... There was talk of Safran's interest a couple of weeks before Volvo issued a Nov. 4 statement on a planned sale of RTD. Other companies included BAE Systems, General Dynamics, Patria-Kongsberg and Rheinmetall... RTD is a key company in the Volvo group's government sales unit, or VGGS, which the Swedish truck maker plans to sell off once staff consultations have been held. Other firms in VGGS include Acmat, U.S. truck-builder Mack, and Panhard, one of the oldest names in French motor industry... France may have a say, but Volvo is steered by market economics and will look for the highest bidder, a French political source said... The price for RTD is likely to be between €500-700 million (U.S. $533-747 million), or the equivalent of one year’s worth of sales, the first source said. Sales for this year are forecast at €600-€700 million, buoyed by a Canadian order won through Mack, and contracts for the French special forces, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia to arm Lebanon... The acquisition price is usually eight to nine times operating profit, or one year’s worth of sales, the source said. The order book is worth €4-5 billion, offering six to seven years’ work...
(Photo: Sherpa Light SF Special Forces 4x4 armoured vehicle Renault Trucks Defense)   --  Paris, France - Defense News, by Pierre Tran - February 9, 2017

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Dec 7, 2016

MILITARY TRUCKS * France: Volvo's Renault Defense

* Paris - France eyes industry boost from Volvo's Renault Trucks Defense sale


--- France is playing close attention to the sale of Renault Trucks Defense, a divestment seen as key for industrial consolidation, said Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian... “We’re very vigilant on this file,” he told Nov. 24 journalists at Innovation Forum, a technology showcase for small companies organized by the Direction Générale de l’Armement procurement office. “This is an important subject for France” ... Volvo, a Swedish truck maker, said Nov. 4 the workers' councils would be consulted on a planned disposal of the Volvo Group Governmental Sales business. That military vehicles unit, mainly composed of RTD, accounts for some 1.5 percent of Volvo’s total sales and employs 1,300 staff... 
(Photo Credit)  --  Paris, France - Defense News, by Pierre Tran - November 28, 2016

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Sep 16, 2016

RENAULT TRUCKS & Faurecia * France: Testing EHPG

* France - Faurecia to test its exhaust system with Renault Trucks

  (Video from Renault Trucks: Bring efficiency into play - May 12, 2016: Efficiency! The Renault Trucks T 480 High 4x2 tractor displays them before. The special model is the new hero on the field - and impressed by the latest technology and maximum comfort. All it takes for you to win! Since it is easy to become a fan)

--- French automotive parts manufacturer Faurecia has signed a cooperation agreement with Renault Trucks (Volvo Group) and Exoes to test the performance of its EHPG (Exhaust Heat Power Generation) system... According to the terms of this agreement, Renault Trucks is providing a Euro VI truck that will be equipped with Faurecia's EHPG system, including an expander from Exoes. Faurecia is in charge of the overall system definition and integration. On-road tests will begin in 2017... The company claims that "This system, based on the Rankine cycle, recovers the exhaust heat to transform it into energy, therefore reducing fuel consumption and emissions for cars and trucks.".. Faurecia will be showing its EHPG system at the upcoming Paris Motor Show, to be held from September 29 - October 16... 
Nanterre, France - ET Auto News (India) - 15 Sept 2016

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'CALAIS' TRUCKING CRISIS * France: Hungarian trucker, "'I didn't have a chance to respect traffic rules"

* Port of Calais - Truck driver who was caught on dashcam swerving at migrants as they attacked his vehicle: Faces jail

(Video by Akhil Blossom - Sep 14, 2016: I didn't have a chance to respect traffic rules': Truck driver who was caught on dashcam swerving at migrants as they attacked his vehicle in Calais faces jail) 

--- A trucker could be facing jail after he was filmed on dashcam deliberately driving his lorry at a group of migrants... Arpad Levente Jeddi can be heard shouting as he swerved his truck along the side of a road where the migrants were gathered, sending them scattering... Jeddi, from Hungary, was furious after the crowds pelted his vehicle with bottles and other missiles in an attempt to make him stop... Now prosecutors in Hungary are calling for him to be given a suspended jail sentence... They also want him to receive a lengthy driving ban when the dangerous driving case comes to court... Jeddi was sacked soon after the video first emerged last year, but he has since been hired by another transport firm... 
Port of Calais, France - The Daily Mail (UK), by RORY TINGLE - 15 September 2016

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