SABIC Creates Amazing Class 8 Fairing
If you look at the top of the cab of that Mack Anthem Class 8 truck you’ll note the way it arcs back to the trailer.
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Editor-in-Chief, AutoBeat Group
Toyota Resumes Output in Venezuela After 6-Month Hiatus
Toyota Motor Corp. says it has resumed vehicle production in Cumana, Venezuela, after a shortage of hard currency forced a shutdown there six months ago.
Carmakers Poised to Resume Production in Venezuela
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, General Motors and Toyota are ready to resume production in Venezuela over the next two months after the government agreed to let them sell their vehicles in U.S. dollars, Bloomberg News says, citing unnamed sources.
Volvo Repeats as Telematics Carmaker of the Year
For the second straight year, the annual TU-Automotive Detroit conference in Novi, Mich., named Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Ltd.'s Volvo Cars unit carmaker of the year for telematics applications.
Brazil Demand Could Fuel Big-Truck Rebound
Swedish truckmaker Volvo AB expects the commercial vehicle market to grow 4% to 230,000 units in Europe and 21% to 105,000 trucks in Brazil this year as the global economy recovers.
Ruling May Halt Sales of Navistar 13-Liter Diesel
A U.S. appeals court in Washington, D.C., has thrown out an Environmental Protection Agency rule that allowed Navistar International Corp. to sell a 13-liter heavy-duty diesel engine that doesn't comply with U.S. 2010 emission standards.
Ruling May Stop Navistar Sales of Big Diesels
A U.S. appeals court in Washington, D.C., has thrown out an Environmental Protection Agency rule that has allowed Navistar International Corp. to sell 13-liter heavy-duty diesel engines that doesn't comply with U.S. 2010 emission standards.
Not the Kind of Hybrid You Might Expect
Chances are, when you think of a “hybrid” vehicle you think of something like this, the Prius: Chances are really good you don’t think of something like this, a Class 8 drayage truck (a truck that moves cargo a short distance, such from a ship to a warehouse) from Mack Trucks: But that truck is actually a hybrid vehicle that Mack Trucks has developed and is testing, in a project led by the California South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) at the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles.
Gary S. Vasilash
Editor-in-Chief, AutoBeat Group
Volvo Goes Green
Volvo Group—as in the company that makes trucks, and buses and construction equipment, not cars—has a strong commitment to the environment.
Gary S. Vasilash
Editor-in-Chief, AutoBeat Group
Mack Trucks’ Bulldog
One of the more famous vehicular logos is the Bulldog that’s the hood ornament used on Mack trucks.
Gary S. Vasilash
Editor-in-Chief, AutoBeat Group
