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May 18, 2017

TRUCK SLEEPERS * Australia - With very high fitout standards

* NSW - Sleeping in cab comfort

--- What are the truck makers offering in the line of sleepers? Quite a bit it seems... In the Kenworth T409 and T609 series there are five sleeper options... For Western Star's 4800 FXB there are options of a 34 inch Starlight low roof sleeper or a 34, 40 or 54 inch Stratosphere walk through sleeper... Freightliner's Century Class CST112 offers a 34 or a 48 inch mid roof sleeper... Mack's Trident has all the same options as the Titan except for the 60 inch sleeper option but it boasts options for a 46 inch high rise and a 52 inch high rise as well. The Granite has four sleeper options with the 28 inch Super Cab... Iveco's Powerstar range doesn't miss out on a choice of sleepers either with the both Powerstar 6400 and the 7200 series...  All, every sleeper mentioned offer very high fitout standards with the range of fitout options in terms of finish and possible equipment installations, almost limitless... 
Sidney, NSW, Australia - Big Rigs, by Bob Riley - 12th May 2017

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May 15, 2012

AUTO & TRUCK MAKERS NEWS * WORLDWIDE

* China - Toyota JV starts Corolla output at new third plant 
Changchun,China -Justo, by Graeme Roberts -14 May 2012: -- Chinese vehicle manufacturing joint venture Sichuan FAW Toyota Motor (SFTM) has held a line-off ceremony to mark the start of Corolla sedan production at its new 'West Plant' in Changchun... SFTM is owned 50-50 by Toyota Motor and First Automobile Works Group... Initial output at the new factory will be about 100,000 units a year from next autumn. The plant cost CMY3.8bn and created 2,000 new jobs... 

* China - Shanghai GM recalls 47,415 Chevrolet Aveo vehicles 
Beijing,China -Xinhua -12 May 2012: -- Shanghai General Motors Co Ltd (Shanghai GM) will recall 47,415 Chevrolet Aveo-model cars over faulty brake fluid reservoirs, China's consumer quality watchdog said Friday... Problems with some of the vehicles' components could lead to improper monitoring of brake fluid levels, which may result in drivers not being aware of low fluid levels under extreme circumstances, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) said... Shanghai GM will replace the recalled vehicles' brake fluid reservoirs to eliminate safety risks, the AQSIQ said...

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Mar 5, 2012

TRUCKMAKERS NEWS * WORLDWIDE

* India - Daimler unveils BharatBenz trucks in India.  To roll out 3 models in Q3 of 2012 launch entire portfolio of 17 models in 20 months

Hyderabad,USA -Business Standard -March 03, 2012: -- At a special premiere in Hyderabad, Daimler India Commercial Vehicles, the Indian subsidiary of global truck maker Daimler AG, on Friday unveiled a new range of trucks under BharatBenz, a brand that has been dedicated entirely to one market for the first time in the history of the over-a-century-old German company...  Daimler, which launched its first truck in India way back in 1954, floated DICV in 2009...   The company has tested the new range for over 4.5-million kilometre on its test track within its 400-acre Oragadam plant near Chennai during 2010, before unveiling the BharatBenz brand last year. The BharatBenz range had been developed on Daimler subsidiary Fuso’s Canter and Mercedes-Benz’s Axor...

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Jun 3, 2011

TRUCKMAKERS NEWS WORLDWIDE * Italy - Renault Trucks eyes Fiat's Iveco Daily

The Italian press has speculated Fiat may sell Fiat Industrial to help it fund its acquisition of U.S. carmaker Chrysler...  

Milan,TOR,Italy -Reuters -Jun 3, 2011:  --  Renault Trucks would be interested in light commercial vehicle brand Iveco Daily if Fiat Industrial were to sell it, the chairman of the French unit of Sweden's Volvo told an Italian paper on Friday...  Iveco is the truck and commercial vehicle unit of Italy's Fiat Industrial -- the truck and tractor maker which Italian carmaker Fiat spun off in January...  Stefano Chmielewski the chairman of Renault Trucks said, his company had made no formal offer because Fiat had officially not put anything up for sale...  Chmielewski said, Iveco would have to be broken up and sold separately and Renault Trucks would be interested in Iveco's medium and light commercial vehicles segment...  (Image from trucktrend: Ieco Daily van front view)


* Germany - Public takeover offer by Daimler and Rolls-Royce for Tognum successful

Stuttgart,Germany -Transport Weekly -6 June 2011: -- Following the expiry of the acceptance period for its public takeover offer for Tognum AG, Daimler AG and Rolls-Royce Holding plc now hold a total of 59,87 per cent of Tognum shares through their Joint Venture Engine Holding GmbH... Daimler and Rolls-Royce are very pleased with this convincing result. It represents a milestone in the takeover process of Tognum AG and lays a strong foundation for the future co-operation of the three companies. Daimler and Rolls-Royce expect further shares to be tendered during the additional acceptance period... By combining their respective technological strengths and market access, Daimler, Rolls-Royce and Tognum will establish a leading industrial engine systems and solutions company, offering a broad portfolio of products, services and integrated solutions on a worldwide basis...


* Japan - Cat's facilities spared disaster in, but impact will be felt. Despite the devastation - to the country and its economy - the Caterpillar CEO believes that Japan will bounce back.

(Photo: COURTESY OF CATERPILLAR INC: Caterpillar Inc. CEO Doug Oberhelman inspects the damage at a Caterpillar dealer located near the Sendai Airport, close to the epicenter of the earthquake that resulted in the devastating tsunami that hit Japan in March. Last week, Oberhelman visited Caterpillar facilities in Japan, where the company maintains two factories, a design center and 5,000 employees)
Peoria,ILL,USA -The Peoria Journal Star, by STEVE TARTER -Jun 01, 2011: -1 June 2011:  --  After a recent review of his company's operations in disaster-stricken Japan, Caterpillar Inc. CEO. Doug Oberhelman. is optimistic that the country will make a comeback from the March earthquake and tsunami that took an estimated 23,000 lives...  The island nation is an important cog in Caterpillar's worldwide production setup with two factories, a design center and 5,000 employees, said Oberhelman... Caterpillar equipment produced in Japan is marketed throughout Asia and to the United States...  Oberhelman visited a Caterpillar dealer that was hit hard by the tsunami...  "  The dealer was located near the Sendai Airport (north of Tokyo). They lost everything. I saw a D-8 tractor and a 40-ton truck tossed around like Tinker Toys," he said. Oberhelman added that two employees from the dealership died trying to help people during the early recovery efforts"   ...


* Japan - Mitsubishi Fuso earns ISO first

(Photo from Wikipedia: FUSO's Supergreat truck model FU07)
Saiwai-ku,Kawasaki-shi,Kanagawa,Japan -Fleet Owner (USA) -Jun 3, 2011: -- Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corp. (MFTBC) has become the first automotive manufacturer in Japan to earn the ISO/TS 16949 international standard for quality management... Developed specifically for the automotive industry, ISO/TS 16949 certification requires meeting stringent standards covering global parts procurement, prevention of failure, reduction of wastes and limiting variations in quality... The MFTBC certification covers all of the company’s truck and component operations, including the manufacturing facilities for the vehicles, engines, transmissions and axles in its North American truck lineup...


* India - MNAL eyes sale of 50,000 HCVs and 20,000 LCVs in three years

Mumbai,Maharastra,India -Business Standard and Truck Driver/Truck India on Linkedin -7 June 2011: -- Mahindra Navistar Automotive which has recently added heavy commercial vehicles (HCV) of various range in its portfolio, which earlier consisted of light commercial vehicles (LCVs) only, is aiming to sell 50,000 heavy commercial vehicles (HCVs) and 20,000 light commercial vehicles (LCVs) in the next three years... While 160,000 units HCV market in the country is growing at 40 per cent per annum, LCV market of 240,000 units is growing at 15 per cent...   The company, a joint venture between Mahindra & Mahindra and Navistar of the US, manufactures vehicles above 3.5 tonnes gross vehicle-weight to 49 tonnes. Vehicle under 3.5 tonnes are produced by Mahindra & Mahindra... (Picture from dancewithshadows: A Mahindra-Navistar truck)

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Jan 23, 2011

TRUCKMAKER'S CORRUPTION * Germany - MAN demands 237 million euros from former CEO

Hakan Samuelsson left MAN after the corruption scandal in 2009

Munich,Germany -AFP/DPA/DW World, by Kyle James & Sam Edmonds -17 Jan 2011: -- German truckmaker MAN is demanding its former CEO, Hakan Samuelsson, pay more than 200 million euros in damages out of his own pocket in connection with a bribery scandal. In addition to the 150-million-euro fine prosecutors demanded, Piece has added the cost of expensive internal investigations to the bill... Samuelsson is not the only former MAN executive who is being asked to pay dearly for past actions, or inaction, in the bribery scandal. Six former board members have received letters in the mail, including Karlheinz Hornung, MAN's former finance chief, and Anton Weinmann, former head of MAN's commercial vehicle arm. Several of the bills are for over 100 million euros... MAN's supervisory board, which is headed by Ferdinand Piëch, a hard-driving Austrian who is also the chairman of Volkswagen, is seen as a ruthless, but successful, leader... In May of that year, prosecutors opened an investigation into the MAN, suspecting its sales force was paying kickbacks to secure truck and bus contracts. A Munich court fined the company 151 million euros in December 2009 for failing to prevent bribery... After the MAN scandal broke, Samuelsson introduced new anti-corruption guidelines, replaced regional sales heads and made other efforts to stop long-ingrained, but questionable, practices... It is also whether liability insurance that MAN executives had taken out could cover the bills. According to the report, their "Directors and Officers" insurance policy covered up to 200 million euros in damages... Some observers wonder if Piëch is setting a new bar for personal liability when it comes to big German companies and corruption scandals... (Photo from nimg.sulekha: The headquarters of German truck manufacturer MAN are seen in Munich)

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Oct 21, 2010

TRUCKMAKERS' NEWS * WORLDWIDE

* Brasil - New Global Truck Maker, NC2, Launches Operations in

Sao Paulo,SP,Brasil -Business Wire -20 October 2010: ...   NC2 Global LLC, the global joint venture between Caterpillar Inc. and Navistar International Corporation, has launched operations in Brasil, where it will assemble and distribute commercial trucks under both the International® and Cat® brands...   The company will invest approximately US$200 million in Brasil for purchases of equipment; research and development of new technologies; and the hiring and training of employees. Additional investment for construction of new assembly plant will be the subject of a future announcement...   For short-term production, NC2 has assumed responsibility for the current Navistar operation in Caxias do Sul (RS), which has an agreement to develop and produce trucks with NC2 technology in one of the industrial units of Agrale, a Brasilian truck and tractor maker. NC2 will invest US$10 million in expanding the assembly line at this existing plant, with plans to create 150 jobs in the plant by 2011...


* USA - EPA, Truck Makers Tout 'Clean Diesel' as Greenhouse Gas Standards Loom

New York,NY,USA -The New York Times/Greenwire, by GABRIEL NELSON & JASON PLAUTZ -October 19, 2010:  ...  The trucks that were on the market in 1988 produced about 60 times more particulate matter than the new trucks that meet EPA's 2010 emissions standards, truck makers say, and much of those reductions were driven by the agency's clean-trucks program. The program has produced about 13 times more public health benefits than costs, said Margo Oge, director of the agency's transportation and air quality division... With lawmakers threatening to restrict EPA's regulatory authority, the achievement speaks to the agency's ability to solve problems with regulation, said Richard Kassel, an attorney at the Natural Resources Defense Council who led a campaign for cleaner school buses in New York City... Earlier this year, President Obama directed EPA and the Department of Transportation to set the first-ever fuel efficiency standards for medium- and heavy-duty trucks. In a memorandum signed in May, Obama called on the agencies to work on a joint rulemaking with the aim of issuing a final rule by July 30, 2011...

* Sweden - Volvo 3Q Revenue Seen +29%

Stockholm,Sweden -NASDAQ (USA) -20 October 2010: -- As usual, the truckmaker's order intake is in focus, according to analysts, especially how truck orders have developed sequentially. Eyes on operating cash flow and any revisions of outlook for the North American and European truck markets. In its 2Q report, the company said it expected production to increase gradually and a favorable earnings trend, forecasting 10% truck market growth in Europe and 20%-30% in North America for FY 2010. Profitability is expected to continue to improve as a result of greater sales figures and the substantial cost reduction measures implemented in 2009...

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Oct 2, 2010

TRUCKMAKERS' NEWS * WORLDWIDE

* Germany - IAA: More optimistic climate

Hanover,Germany -TruckEurope (Belgium) -Sept 2010: -- The IAA show in Hanover is already set to be a success, stated Matthias Wissmann, president of the VDA, the German automobile industry association which organises the event... The positive developments are, it has to be admitted, more discernible at a global level than for Europe alone... Over the first half year, order taking for heavy trucks, often considered to be a precursor in terms of indicators, increased by 80 % compared to 2009 for the German manufacturers. This increase is unevenly divided between internal German demand (up 46%) and export (up 106%)… and has to be considered in the light of a market which plummeted disastrously between 2008 and 2009...


* France - Renault Trucks at transport festival in Lyon

Lyon,France -TruckEurope (Belgium) -1 Oct 2010: -- French manufacturer Renault Trucks is to take part in the transport and mobility festival to be held in Lyon on October 9th. It will be showing two ecological vehicles: a Renault Premium Distribution Hybrys Tech and a Renault Maxity electric. The first enables fuel consumption and CO2 emissions to be reduced by 20%. The second is totally clean and silent and has a range of 100 km... (Photo from corporate.renault-trucks: cp fete mobilite transports durables 2010)


* The Netherlands - DAF hybrid to go into production

Eindhoven,The Netherlands -TruckEurope, by Claude Yvens -23 Sept 2010: -- DAF will launch production of the LF hybrid before the end of the year. This will be a 12-tonne van unit using parallel hybrid technology with which the vehicle is driven by the diesel engine (an FR EEV of 4.5 litres and 160 bhp) or by the electric engine, or by both. The gearbox is an Eaton Autoshift automatic 6-speed. The first markets will be the Benelux, the UK, France and Germany, based on finance and service contracts with Paccar Financial... (Photo from daf.eu: The DAF LF)


* USA - Cummins developing Euro-6 engine

Darlington,IND,USA -TruckEurope (Belgium) -30 Sept 2010: -- The Euro-6 norm will be in force from December 2013. Compared to Euro-5, this norm reduces particulates by 50% and NOx by 77%. Cummins is currently developing a Euro-6 engine at its Darlington technical centre. Cummins will have carried out over 80,000 hours of testing and more than 2 million miles in order to perfect this engine. In the meanwhile, the engine manufacturer has supplied more than 300,000 SCR engines in Europe and more than 750,000 EGR engines in North America...


* Sweden - Scania to supply engines to Doosan Infracore

Stockholm,Sweden -TruckEurope (Belgium) -1 Oct 2010: -- Scania is to deliver engines to Doosan Infracore, a company specialising in construction equipment. This company is said to have been looking for engines which are ‘reliable, efficient and with a global service network where clients are able to benefit from an excellent level of assistance’. This agreement also enables Scania to have access to the Asiatic construction market. The engines to be supplied are equipped with SCR technology and respond to emissions norms coming into force in 2011...


* UK - August Class 8 Shipments

London,UK -The World Trucks Blog, by Oliver Dixon -October 1, 2010: -- PACCAR up from 2.9 to 4.8 percent, NAV down to 8 percent from 8.7 percent, Cummins down to 38.4 percent from 41.1 percent, Volvo up to 7.3 percent from 6.5 percent and DDC up to 22.5 percent from 22.1 percent. All numbers MoM from July to August...


* Sweden - No Change for Volvo, ZF Iran Policy

Stockholm,Sweden -The World Trucks Blog, by Oliver Dixon -April 19, 2010: -- Following Daimler's decision to pull its Iranian business last week, both Volvo and ZF tell us that they're not about to follow suit. Volvo continues its relationship with SAIPA Diesel, and ZF is hanging on to its 16.7 percent in SS Charkheshgar...


* Japan - Hino engines receive EPA, CARB OK; warranties expanded

Sacramento,CAL,USA -Fleet Owner -1 Oct 2010: -- All Hino Trucks engines have been given a certification of conformity from the EPA and California Air Resources Board (CARB) for meeting 2010 emissions regulations, the company announced. In addition, Hino said it has expanded its engine warranty program to cover additional items... Hino’s engines use selective catalytic reduction (SCR) to meet the 2010 emissions requirement... Hino has expanded its standard engine warranty to 5 yrs./250,000 mi. All items previously covered by past engine warranties are still covered, the company said. In addition, coverage on fuel injectors, the fuel injection supply pump and the turbocharger have been added...

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Sep 22, 2010

TRUCKMAKERS' EVENTS * Hanover / Germany - The IAA Truck Fair

* Emerging economies power European truck makers' recovery hopes

(Photo from Bloomberg via Getty Images: Scania AB trucks sit on display at the IAA Commercial Vehicles Show in Hanover, Germany, on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010.)
Hanover,Germany -M&C -Sep 21, 2010: -- Europe's truck makers are cautiously optimistic about the coming 12 months as a pickup in the world's major emerging economies helps to power demand, the manufacturers' industry association said Tuesday... 'We will see better sales and earnings this year than in 2009,' said Leif Johansson, Chairman of the Commercial Vehicle Board of the European Automobile Manufacturer's Association (ACEA)... 'The recovery in demand that we saw in Asia and South America at the end of last year is now becoming more and more visible also in Europe,' he said... Johansson, who also heads up the Volvo Group, was speaking at a press conference in Hanover organized as part of the IAA commercial vehicle trade fair... European truck production rebounded by 36.4 per cent during the first quarter compared with the same period last year, while the production of vans jumped by 51.3 per cent... The production of heavy-duty vehicles, however, dropped by 5.2 per cent...
(Picture from Bloomberg via Getty Images: Employee Fatima El Itabi tries out a Scania AB R730 truck at the IAA Commercial Vehicles Show in Hanover, Germany, on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010)
The ACEA members include several of the world's leading commercial vehicle makers such as Daimler Trucks, DAF Trucks and Scania. Commercial vehicle manufacturers. had also maintained their investments in R&D as they gear up for the launch of new emissions standards...


* World truck market seen growing over 50 pct by 2015

Hanover,Germany -Reuters -Sep 20, 2010: -- The global market for commercial trucks will grow by more than half by 2015, a senior executive at Daimler, the world's largest lorry manufacturer said on Monday... Ahead of a key industry trade fair this week, Daimler Trucks chief Andreas Renschler said he expects volumes of medium and heavy trucks that weigh six tonnes or more to expand to roughly 3 million units over the coming five years... He did not immediately specify where the growth would stem from, but most industry experts believe demand from emerging markets like China, India, Russia and Brazil will outstrip that in developed economies such as the United States and Western Europe... The IAA truck fair begins this week in Hanover, where the industry is expected to celebrate an end to a severe slump that began in the fourth quarter of 2008 and stretched all the way into the second quarter of this year... Renschler told Reuters last week that he expects the current upward trend to continue in all key markets next year... The overall commercial vehicles market includes the segment of delivery vans and transporters, which also closely tracks the economic cycle, as well as the segment of city buses and travel coaches...


* China - Sinotruck has top three in its sights

Hanover,Germany -Financial Times (UK), by Daniel Schäfer & John Reed -September 22 2010: -- Sinotruk is aiming to become one of the world’s top three truckmakers by volume within five to 10 years, underlining Chinese industrial companies’ growing ambition for global leadership... Qing Pan, executive board member of Sinotruk, told the Financial Times that the Chinese truck group was looking to close the gap on Germany’s Daimler, the world’s largest truckmaker, and its two bigger Chinese rivals – Dongfeng and FAW after claiming it had overtaken India’s Tata as global number four this year... (Photo from moj-album: Sinotruk launches AMT HOWO-A7 heavy truck)


* Germany - MAN Sees Recovery in European Truck Market

Hanover,Germany -The Wall Street Journal (USA), by CHRISTOPH RAUWALD -21 Sept 2010: -- MAN SE's Chief Financial Officer Frank Lutz said Tuesday the German truck maker and engineering firm's revenue could rise to €15 billion ($19.59 billion) in 2010... He said expected deliveries to hit a record high of between 115,000 to 120,000 this year, driven by growth in Latin America and a recovery in the European truck market, revenue in 2010 could come in "somewhere between €14.5 billion and €15 billion," Mr. Lutz told reporters at the sidelines of the international commercial-vehicles show in Hanover. MAN's revenue was €12 billion last ... MAN is due to launch its new commercial vehicle partnership with China's Sinotruk next year... (Photo from german-info: MAN truck)


* USA / Holland - Paccar tops truck maker credit ratings

Hannover, Germany -Road Transport (UK), by Andy Salter -21 September 2010: -- Paccar, owners of DAF Trucks, is currently top of Standard & Poor's credit ratings for global truck producers, according to DAF president Harrie Schippers... Speaking at the company's press conference at this week's IAA commercial vehicle exhibition in Hannover, Schippers explained that despite the economic downturn of the past two years, DAF is a financially sound company, backed by a very strong parent. According to the S&P ratings, Paccar has an A+ rating, while Scania and Volkswagen are next best with A-, while Daimler and MAN both have BBB+ ratings... (Photo from logismarket.co.uk: DAF trucks limited cf series)


* France - Renault-Mercedes van co-operation will bring new product by 2013

Hanover,Germany -Road Transport (UK), by Andy Salter -22 September 2010: -- The recently announced co-operation between Renault and Mercedes-Benz on light van development will bring its first product to market by 2013, says Mercedes-Benz LCV boss Volker Mornhinwerg... The new product will be based on the Renault Kangoo platform, he confirmed, but with significant styling and specification differences to give the new van a Mercedes-Benz feel... The differentiation will be stronger than that currently seen between the Mercedes Sprinter and VW Crafter, where a similar co-operation has been in place for a number of years... Mornhinwerg also confirmed the next generation of Vito will remain a stand-alone Mercedes-Kdeveloped product... (Photo/Image from chopsueyblog.files: Renault kangoo)


* USA - Eaton shows AdBlue-free SCR aftertreatment

Hanover, Germany -Road Transport (UK), by Andy Salter - 22 September 2010: -- Eaton has used the 63rd IAA Hannover truck show to explain a new exhaust after-treatment system that employs SCR technology without the need for the addition of AdBlue... The Eaton system is currently in use in a number of off-highway applications, but the company was generating plenty of interest from truck makers at the show keen to investigate the on-highway applications, particularly on light- and medium-duty trucks...

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Sep 21, 2010

TRUCKMAKERS' EVENT * Hanover / Germany - The IAA Truck Show

* Germany - Mercedes' limited-edition Actros artics are a matter of black & white!

(Photo from roadtransport/big-lorry-blog-UK: A lowliner Actros)

Hanover, Germany -BigLorryBlog (UK) -September 20, 2010: ... Merc's 'limited edition' special artic line, it's the 'Blackliner' Actros complete with MegaSpace cab (on an 1846LS chassis) custom leather interior and all sorts of other nice bits of bling...

(Video from YOUtube, by roadtransport -20 Sept 2010: Dummy installation/demonstration unit of a German MOTIS truck cab storage system and washing/cooking pod in a Mercedes Actros at the IAA 2010 Truck Show)
The 'Whiteliner' again with smart interior but based around a white finish with smart black alloy wheels...nosing around the Blackliner...


* Germany - It's an Actros Jurgen Big 4x4


Hanover,Germany -BigLorryBlog (UK) -September 20, 2010: ... Well it's off to the IAA Show in Hanover today... No sooner do we arrive for the Mercedes pre-IAA bunfight than I spy this monster off-road Actros (I though it was a Unimog at first)...
Haven't a clue what it does but it had an enormous power take-off come centre drive shaft out the back...


* UK - Mercedes-Benz UK to trial the new Unimog U20!

Hanover,Germany -BigLorryBlog (UK) -September 20, 2010: ... The all-new Mercedes Unimog U20 that they are bringing over a couple of U20s to evaluate them in Blighty... And as you should all know by know the U20 has the same cab as the Brazilian-built Accelo light truck.
(Photo: And if you're into low-height Econics here's a natural-gas scissor-lift aircraft loader...)


* Japan - World Premiere of the all-electric zero-emission Fuso Canter E-CELL

(Photo: Fuso eCell)

Hanover,Germany -BigLorryBlog -September 20, 2010: ... Here is the world premiere of the Fuso Canter E-CELL.. the all electric (it's not a diesel hybrid) light truck with a range of 120km... E-CELL is based on a 3.5-tonne Canter 3S13 with a battery pack fitted within the chassis frame, the very latest lithium-ion technology with a 40kWh capacity enough for the truck to have a range of 120km...

(Photo from roadtransport/big-lorry-blog)
The all-electric light midddleweight is powered by a 70KW electric motor with a maximum torque of 300Nm. Its speed limited to a top speed of 80km/h...


* France - Renault goes green at IAA

Hanover / Germany -Road Transport(UK), by Colin Barnett -14 September 2010: -- The Renault Trucks stand showcase its latest fuel saving and alternative energy initiatives... Among these are the Premium Optifuel, the truck with built-in driver training that can deliver a 6.4% fuel saving, the latest technical innovations including new Euro-5 engines, updated auto transmissions and an automatic engine cut-out... A world premiere will introduce OptiTrack on the Lander 4x2, a package based around a hydraulically-driven front axle providing push-button on-demand all-wheel drive... Renault Trucks' version of the latest Master van range will also appear... Renault's latest lable is Clean Tech, and the Premium Distribution Hybrys and Maxity Electric will appear under this banner... (Photo from transporte3: Renault's Optifuel truck)


* Germany - MAN Concept S claims 25% CO2 reduction

Hanover.Germany -Road Transport (UK), by George Barrow -13 September 2010: -- MAN will unveil a new aerodynamic concept vehicle at the IAA 2010 Show in Hannover, which the company claims will reduce CO2 emissions by 25%... The MAN Concept S consists of a streamlined semitrailer tractor that has been honed in a wind tunnel to deliver a low wind resistance and, when coupled to a similarly modified trailer, can consume as much as 25% less fuel than a regular 40-tonne semitrailer... However, its radical trailer design will mean that space is compromised, and as such MAN hopes the design concept will spark further debate on statutory length restrictions as the company sees this as a limiting factor in realising the potential of aerodynamic design... (Photo from nextconceptcars: MAN tgx tgs)


* Germany - VW unveils Caddy update

Wolfsburg,Germany -Road Transport (UK), by Colin Barnett -10 September 2010: -- Volkswagen has revealed the next generation of the Caddy ahead of the official launch at the Hannover IAA show in two weeks' time... The latest model is identifiable by a major restyle forward of the windscreen to incorporate the current Volkswagen family identity, together with a new range of more efficient drivelines and a comprehensive interior update... Standard features include a full ESP package, and a gearshift indicator in the improved dash display, with options including Bluetooth, adaptive cornering lights and 100kg capacity roof rails. Order taking begins on 27 September for November deliveries, with prices, starting at £12,100 (UK), broadly the same or slightly lower than the previous equivalents...

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