Mack Enhances Engine Efficiency
While a 3% improvement may not seem like a big deal: the average Class 8 truck drives over 60,000 miles per year. Yes, a big deal
Gary S. Vasilash
Editor-in-Chief, AutoBeat Group
Mack to Beat Nikola to Refuse Truck Market
Volvo Group subsidiary Mack Trucks announces commercialization of Mack LR Electric refuse truck
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.
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.
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.
